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Date: 8th July 1997
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 511
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P511 CEEFAX 1 511 Tue 08 Jul 19:47/18 WRETIRED ASTRONAUT TAKES ON NEW MISSION America's first astronaut — now aged over 75 — hopes to make a return trip into orbit next year. Senator John Glenn plans to make the mission so American space agency NASA can find out more about the effects ofspace travel on older people. One of the results of weightlessness is a gradual thinning of the bones. But Mr Glenn said the mission would be"a lot less scary than last time". Backchat 506Press Pack info 517Contacts 516CBBC Text A-Z 539Next News Sub Zero CBBC Text Main Menu