STS-89
1998 American crewed spaceflight to Mir / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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STS-89 was a Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 22 January 1998.
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Names | Space Transportation System-89 |
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Mission type | Shuttle-Mir |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1998-003A |
SATCAT no. | 25143 |
Mission duration | 8 days, 19 hours, 48 minutes, 4 seconds |
Distance travelled | 5,800,000 kilometers (3,600,000 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
Landing mass | 114,131 kilograms (251,616 lb) |
Payload mass | 7,748 kilograms (17,081 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7 |
Members | |
Launching | |
Landing | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 23 January 1998, 02:48:15 (1998-01-23UTC02:48:15Z) UTC |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 31 January 1998, 22:36 (1998-01-31UTC22:37Z) UTC |
Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 359 kilometres (223 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 382 kilometres (237 mi) |
Inclination | 51.60 degrees |
Period | 92.0 min |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | SO starboard |
Docking date | 24 January 1998, 20:14:15 UTC |
Undocking date | 29 January 1998, 16:56 UTC |
Time docked | 4 days, 20 hours, 41 minutes 45 seconds |
Left to right - Back row: Wolf, Sharipov, Reilly, Thomas, Anderson; Front row: Edwards, Wilcutt, Dunbar |
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