Space Shuttle Patches 1996-2000

From 1996 to 2000 there were a total of 28 Space Shuttle flights. The first launch of 1996 was STS-72 on January 11. STS-80 set a new record for longest shuttle mission, lasting 17 days, 15 hours. STS-88 made history by delivering to orbit the second module of the Internatinal Space Station, named Unity. It was succesfully joined with the first module, Zarya, which was launched earlier aboard a Russian rocket. STS-95 saw the return to space of an American icon. Astronautt John Glenn became the oldest person to fly into space at age 77. This was Glenn's first trip into space since his historic trip on Mercury mission Froendship 7 in 1962. The final flight of 200 was STS-97 on November 30, 2000.