Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 219

STS-98

Atlantis (23)

USA

 Patch STS-98 Patch STS-98 ISS-5A

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  07.02.2001
Launch time:  23:13 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  328 km
Inclination:  51,6°
Docking ISS:  09.02.2001, 16:51:00 UT
Undocking ISS:  16.02.2001, 14:05:50 UT
Landing date:  20.02.2001
Landing time:  20:22 UT
Landing site:  Edwards AFB

walkout photo

 Crew STS-98

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alternate crew photo

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Cockrell  Kenneth Dale "Taco"  CDR 4 12d 21h 21m  202 
2 USA  Polansky  Mark Lewis "Roman"  PLT 1 12d 21h 21m  202 
3 USA  Curbeam  Robert Lee, Jr. "Beamer"  MSP 2 12d 21h 21m  202 
4 USA  Ivins  Marsha Sue  MSP 5 12d 21h 21m  202 
5 USA  Jones  Thomas David  MSP 4 12d 21h 21m  202 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Cockrell
2  Polansky
3  Curbeam
4  Ivins
5  Jones
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Cockrell
2  Polansky
3  Jones
4  Ivins
5  Curbeam

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Edwards AFB; Mission ISS-06-5A Lab "Destiny".

Docking on ISS space station and common work with the ISS expedition 1; EVAs: Jones and Curbeam on 10.02.2001 (7h 34m) installing the Destiny lab; Jones and Curbeam on 12.02.2001 (6h 50m) completing installation of the Power and Data Grapple Fixture on the Destiny lab and connecting a shuttle docking part (PMA) from Z1 truss to the Destiny lab; Jones and Curbeam on 14.02.2001 (5h 25m) to attach a spar communications antenna to the Space Station's exterior and to release a cooling radiator on the station; it was the 100th American spacewalk.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle ISS after STS-98
STS-98 rollout STS-98 on launch pad
STS-98 launch Destiny laboratory
EVA Jones traditional in-flight photo STS-98
ISS STS-98 in orbit
STS-98 landing  
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