Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 212

STS-99

Endeavour (14)

USA

Patch STS-99 Patch STS-99 SRTM

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  11.02.2000
Launch time:  17:43 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  233 km
Inclination:  57°
Landing date:  22.02.2000
Landing time:  23:22 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)

walkout photo

Crew STS-99

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alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Kregel  Kevin Richard  CDR 4 11d 05h 39m  181 
2 USA  Gorie  Dominic Lee Pudwill  PLT 2 11d 05h 39m  181 
3 Germany  Thiele  Gerhard Paul Julius  MSP 1 11d 05h 39m  181 
4 USA  Kavandi  Janet Lynn  MSP 2 11d 05h 39m  181 
5 USA  Voss  Janice Elaine  MSP 5 11d 05h 39m  181 
6 Japan  Mohri  Mamoru  MSP 2 11d 05h 39m  181 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Kregel
2  Gorie
3  Thiele
4  Kavandi
5  Voss
6  
7  Mohri
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Kregel
2  Gorie
3  Mohri
4  Kavandi
5  Voss
6  
7  Thiele

Flight

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

Mission SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) to produce a 3-D-map of the Earth's surface; a 200-foot (60 m) long boom, with the radar systems in it, was deployed; 99 percent of planned sites had been mapped once.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle SRTM
STS-99 rollout STS-99 on launch pad
STS-99 launch traditional in-flight photo STS-99
STS-99 landing  

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