STS-91

STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 June 1998.

STS-91
Discovery lands at Kennedy, concluding the last mission in the Shuttle–Mir program
NamesSpace Transportation System-91
Mission typeShuttle-Mir
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1998-034A
SATCAT no.25356
Mission duration9 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes, 2 seconds
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Discovery
Landing mass117,861 kilograms (259,839 lb)
Payload mass16,537 kilograms (36,458 lb)
Crew
Crew size6 up
7 down
Members
Landing
Start of mission
Launch date2 June 1998, 22:06:24 (1998-06-02UTC22:06:24Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date12 June 1998, 18:00:18 (1998-06-12UTC18:00:19Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude350 kilometres (220 mi)
Apogee altitude373 kilometres (232 mi)
Inclination51.7 degrees
Period91.8 min
Docking with Mir
Docking portSO starboard
Docking date4 June 1998, 16:58 UTC
Undocking date8 June 1998, 16:01 UTC
Time docked3 days, 23 hours, 3 minutes

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