 Discovery lands at Kennedy, concluding the last mission in the Shuttle–Mir program | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-91 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Shuttle-Mir |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1998-034A |
| SATCAT no. | 25356 |
| Mission duration | 9 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes, 2 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Landing mass | 117,861 kilograms (259,839 lb) |
| Payload mass | 16,537 kilograms (36,458 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 up 7 down |
| Members | |
| Landing | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2 June 1998, 22:06:24 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 12 June 1998, 18:00:18 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 350 kilometres (220 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 373 kilometres (232 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.7 degrees |
| Period | 91.8 min |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | SO starboard |
| Docking date | 4 June 1998, 16:58 UTC |
| Undocking date | 8 June 1998, 16:01 UTC |
| Time docked | 3 days, 23 hours, 3 minutes |
 Left to right – Front: Gorie, Precourt; Back: Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin, Thomas | |
STS-91 was the 24th flight of Discovery, and 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.[1]
- ^ Suriano, Robyn (3 June 1998). "Final Flight to Mir Begins". Florida Today. p. 1. Retrieved 7 June 2022.