STS-98

STS-98
Atlantis' Canadarm grapples Destiny, prior to the module's installation on the ISS
NamesSpace Transportation System-98
Mission typeISS assembly
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2001-006A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.26698
Mission duration12 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes, 0 seconds
Distance travelled8,500,000 kilometers (5,300,000 mi)
Orbits completed171
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Atlantis
Launch mass115,529 kilograms (254,698 lb)
Landing mass90,225 kilograms (198,912 lb)
Payload mass14,515 kilograms (32,000 lb)
Crew
Crew size5
Members
Start of mission
Launch date7 February 2001, 23:13 (2001-02-07UTC23:13Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date20 February 2001, 20:33 (2001-02-20UTC20:34Z) UTC
Landing siteEdwards, Runway 22
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude365 kilometers (197 nmi)
Apogee altitude378 kilometers (204 nmi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period92 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking portPMA-3
(Unity nadir)
Docking date9 February 2001, 16:51 UTC
Undocking date16 February 2001, 14:05 UTC
Time docked6 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes

L-R: Robert Curbeam, Mark Polansky, Marsha Ivins, Kenneth Cockrell and Thomas Jones
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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,[1][2] after twelve days in space, six of which were spent docked to the ISS.

  1. ^ Jergler, Don (21 February 2001). "A textbook touchdown–Atlantis pays unexpected visit to desert" (PDF). Antelope Valley Press. Lancaster/Palmdale, CA. pp. A1, A5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Welcome Home" (PDF). Desert Wings. Vol. 53, no. 7. 23 February 2001. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2014.