STS-98

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STS-98
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Engineering,Human Crew
Launch date February 7, 2001 (2001-02-07)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 2001-006A
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 26698
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 15098.27 kg
Payload Mass Down 1215 kg
Orbiter Atlantis
Lift Off Mass 2,045,454.55 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 120,057.73 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 90,385.91 kg
Landed Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbits of Earth 203
Orbital Altitude Approximately 200 nautical miles


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Kenneth D. Cockrell
  • Pilot: Mark L. Polansky
    • Payload Commander:
    • Mission Specialist 1: Marsha Ivins
    • Mission Specialist 2: Thomas D. Jones
    • Mission Specialist 3: Robert L. Curbeam Jr.
    • Mission Specialist 4:
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1:
    • Payload Specialist 2:


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

STS 98 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 23:13 UT. It carried a large module, Destiny and a crew of five astronauts to deliver it to the International Space Station (ISS). It docked with the Unity module on 9 February, and delivered Destiny (2001-006B) to another port on Unity. After many hours of spacewalk, the astronauts secured the electrical connections and mechanical fits. The crew also delivered over a ton of food, fuel and equipment to the ISS. STS 98, with all five astronauts, landed in Edwards AFB in California on 20 February at 20:33 UT due to persistent wind problems at Cape Canaveral.


EVA

Extravehicular Activity (EVA) conducted by Robert Curbeam and Thomas Jones during three space-walks for a total of 19 hours, 48 minutes. EVA 1, Curbeam and Jones, 7 hours, 34 minutes; Cur-beam and Jones installed and hooked up Destiny to ISS's Unity module. EVA 2, Curbeam and Jones, 6 hours, 50 minutes; Curbeam and Jones attached a station docking adapter to the forward end of Destiny to establish a new docking port for future shuttle assembly flights. EVA 3, Curbeam and Jones, 5 hours, 25 minutes, the 100th spacewalk in U.S. space program history; Curbeam and Jones attached a spare communications antenna on the exterior of the ISS and inspected the exterior of the ISS and the U.S. solar arrays.


Payload

ISS Assembly Flight 5A; U.S. Laboratory Module "Destiny"


Mission patch:

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