STS-98
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This is a mission of the United States Space Shuttle
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| Mission: | STS-98 |
| Shuttle: | Atlantis |
| Launch Pad: | 39-A |
| Launch: | February 7, 2001, 6:13 p.m. EST |
| Landing: | Feb 20, 2001 at 3:33 p.m EST Edwards AFB Runway 22 |
| Duration: | 12 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes, 00 seconds. |
| Orbit Altitude: | 173 nm |
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6 degrees |
| Distance Traveled: | 5.3 million miles |
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| Missing image Sts-98_crew.jpg | Previous Mission: STS-97 |
Next Mission: STS-102 |
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Crew
- Kenneth D. Cockrell (4), Commander
- Mark L. Polansky (1), Pilot
- Robert L. Curbeam (2), Mission Specialist
- Thomas D. Jones (4), Mission Specialist
- Marsha S. Ivins (5), Mission Specialist
Mission Parameters
- Mass:
- Orbiter Liftoff: 115,529 kg
- Orbiter Landing: 90,225 kg
- Payload: 14,515 kg
- Perigee: 365 km
- Apogee: 378 km
- Inclination: 51.5°
- Period: 92 min
Docking with ISS
- Docked: February 9, 2001, 16:51:00 UTC
- Undocked: February 16, 2001, 14:05:50 UTC
- Time Docked: 6 days, 21 h, 14 min, 50 s
Space walks
- Jones and Curbeam - EVA 1
- EVA 1 Start: February 10, 2001 - 15:00 UTC
- EVA 1 End: February 10, - 23:24 UTC
- Duration: 7 hours, 34 minutes
- Jones and Curbeam - EVA 2
- EVA 2 Start: February 12, 2001 - 15:59 UTC
- EVA 2 End: February 12, - 22:49 UTC
- Duration: 6 hours, 50 minutes
- Jones and Curbeam - EVA 3
- EVA 3 Start: February 14, 2001 - 14:48 UTC
- EVA 3 End: February 14, - 20:13 UTC
- Duration: 5 hours, 25 minutes
Mission Highlights
The crew will continue the task of building and enhancing the International Space Station by delivering the U.S. laboratory module. The Shuttle will spend six days docked to the station while the laboratory is attached and three spacewalks are conducted to complete its assembly. The STS-98 mission will occur while the first station crew is aboard the new spacecraft.
Related articles
- Space science
- Space shuttle
- List of space shuttle missions
- List of human spaceflights chronologically
- List of ISS spacewalks
- List of spacewalks
External links
- NASA mission summary (http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-98/mission-sts-98.html)
| Previous Mission: STS-97 |
Space Shuttle program | Next Mission: STS-102 |