STS-98
STS-98 was a 2001 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the first human spaceflight launch of the 21st century. STS-98 delivered to the station the Destiny Laboratory Module. All mission objectives were completed and the shuttle reentered and landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base on 20 February 2001, after twelve days in space, six of which were spent docked to the ISS.
Atlantis' Canadarm grapples Destiny, prior to the module's installation on the ISS | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-98 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS assembly |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-006A |
| SATCAT no. | 26698 |
| Mission duration | 12 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes, 0 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 8,500,000 kilometers (5,300,000 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 171 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Launch mass | 115,529 kilograms (254,698 lb) |
| Landing mass | 90,225 kilograms (198,912 lb) |
| Payload mass | 14,515 kilograms (32,000 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 5 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 7 February 2001, 23:13 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 20 February 2001, 20:33 UTC |
| Landing site | Edwards Runway 22 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 365 kilometers (197 nmi) |
| Apogee altitude | 378 kilometers (204 nmi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 92 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-3 (Unity nadir) |
| Docking date | 9 February 2001, 16:51 UTC |
| Undocking date | 16 February 2001, 14:05 UTC |
| Time docked | 6 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes |
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L-R: Robert Curbeam, Mark Polansky, Marsha Ivins, Kenneth Cockrell and Thomas Jones | |
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