![]() Atlantis' Canadarm grapples Destiny, prior to the module's installation on the ISS | |
Names | Space Transportation System-98 |
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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 |
![]() ![]() L-R: Robert Curbeam, Mark Polansky, Marsha Ivins, Kenneth Cockrell and Thomas Jones |
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.