The Challenge Project: an introduction to this exiting project, which, in anticipation of the return of John Glenn to space in October, focuses on maintaining physical health and learning throughout the aging process. Elements included are:

The deployment of the Scott Carpenter Space Analog Station (SCSAS) - September 23 - 30, l998
An intergenerational crew, assembled from a broad spectrum of careers, each of whom personifies the Challenge Project themes has been invited to interact with you from the SCSAS.

• About the Scott Carpenter Space Analog Station
  Station description
  Frequently asked questions about the Scott Carpenter Space Analog Station
  
• Life Sciences Topics form the basis of this project:
  Parallel Processes? The Study of Human Adaptation to Space Helps us Understand Aging
  Advanced Life Support explores the needs for long voyages away from Earth
  Aging Research and Spaceflight: ways research in spaceflight can benefit the aging
  More research information on Challenge Project themes
  Exercise and Aging a guide from the National Institute on Aging
• Partner Organizations have contributed participants and will be paralleling on their sites activities that are taking place in the Carpenter Station, interacting with their representatives who were chosen to crew.
  American College of Sports Medicine
  American Museum of Natural History
  American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology
  The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
  COSI select Columbus
  Cosmosphere
  The Harker School
  Indiana School for the Deaf
  Munsie's Children's Museum
  The Munsie Group
  Museum of Natural History, Denver
  National Geographic's
  Sustainable Seas Expedition
  Project logs by Sylvia Earle
  National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
  National Space Society
  Paramount Studio's Star Trek: Voyager
  Paws, the house that Garfield built
  See Space Factoids by Garfield
  Eugene Roddenberry Jr.'s Philosophy Sphere
  Ontario Science Center, Canada
  President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
  Science by Mail, from the Museum of Science in Boston
  Space Center Houston
  Science Museum of London
  Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association

John Glenn returns to space after 36 years providing a unique opportunity to study aging in the context of space.

Sen. Glenn receives letters of congratulation and encouragement.
President Clinton visits JSC April 14, l998 to meet Senator Glenn in training.
Senator Glenn's Webpage includes information on STS-95.
STS-95 focus John Glenn: from Mercury to Space Shuttle
STS-95 from the Kennedy Space Center with vital statistics on the flight.
STS-95 Mission Synopsis
Description of some experiments to fly aboard STS-95
Preflight training images include some pictures of Astronaut Glenn's first flight!
Astronaut John Glenn's Biography
Life Sciences investigations being performed on STS-95