STS-89
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.
Endeavour docked to Mir, as viewed from a window on the Kvant-2 module | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-89 |
|---|---|
| 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 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 31 January 1998, 22:36 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 |
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Left to right - Back row: Wolf, Sharipov, Reilly, Thomas, Anderson; Front row: Edwards, Wilcutt, Dunbar | |
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