GOLDIN schedules press conference to announce Glenn spaceflight.

Retiring Sen. John Glenn will fly on the U.S. Space Shuttle this fall, NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin will announce today. The 76-year-old Ohio Democrat was the first American to orbit the earth, in February 1962, but has not returned to space since. Glenn has argued he could contribute to...

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