S98-08729 (9 April 1998) --- Four members of the STS-95 crew participate in a food tasting session at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). From the left are Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; payload specialist Chiaki Mukai of Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist; and Curtis L. Brown Jr., mission commander. They will be joined by three other astronauts when Discovery lifts off in late October of this year for a scheduled nine-day mission. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
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