Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 204

STS-91

Discovery (24)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  02.06.1998
Launch time:  22:06 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  239 - 328 km
Inclination:  51,60°
Landing date:  12.06.1998
Landing time:  18:01 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
STS-91 crew

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Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Precourt  Charles Joseph  CDR 4 9d 19h 54m  155 
2 USA  Gorie  Dominic Lee Pudwill  PLT 1 9d 19h 54m  155 
3 USA  Chang-Diaz  Franklin Ramon  MSP 6 9d 19h 54m  155 
4 USA  Lawrence  Wendy Barrien  MSP 3 9d 19h 54m  155 
5 USA  Kavandi  Janet Lynn  MSP 1 9d 19h 54m  155 
6 Russian Federation  Ryumin  Valeri Viktorovich  MSP 4 9d 19h 54m  155 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Precourt
2  Gorie
3  Chang-Diaz
4  Lawrence
5  Kavandi
6  Ryumin
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Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Precourt
2  Gorie
3  Kavandi
4  Lawrence
5  Chang-Diaz
6  Ryumin
7  Thomas

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC).

9th and final MIR-Docking-Mission; common flight of four days; supplies and equipment were brought to MIR and several experiments were brought from the MIR back to Earth; Andrew Thomas (final U.S. astronaut on MIR) returned to Earth with Discovery; experiment to find the leak in the module Spektr failed; several secondary payloads.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle MIR since 07.05.1996
STS-91 launch MIR
STS-91 landing  

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