98-E-04404 (8 May 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) takes a picture with a 35mm camera while standing in front of one of the Shuttle mockup/training facilities at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth (over 36 years ago) and assigned to fly as a payload specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery later this year, stands in front of the full fuselage trainer (FFT) in the systems integration facility.