STS-89

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STS-89
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew,Microgravity
Launch date January 23, 1998 (1998-01-23)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1998-003A
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 25143
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 9951.81 kg
Payload Mass Down 8876.82 kg
Orbiter Endeavour
Lift Off Mass 2,051,185.45 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 114,405.45 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 98,291.36 kg
Landed Concrete runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth 139
Orbital Altitude 213 nautical miles (245 statute miles)


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Terrence W. Wilcutt
  • Pilot: Joe Frank Edwards Jr.
    • Payload Commander: Bonnie J. Dunbar
    • Mission Specialist 1: James F. Reilly II
    • Mission Specialist 2: Michael P. Anderson
    • Mission Specialist 3: Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov, Russian Space Agency
    • Mission Specialist 4: Andrew S.W. Thomas
    • Mission Specialist 5: David A. Wolf
    • Payload Specialist 1:
    • Payload Specialist 2:


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

STS 89 was a US Shuttle launch intended to reach and dock with the MIR space station to deliver a new American astronaut for endurance and experience in MIR, and to bring back an earlier astronaut after his four months of stay. It also carried 1,500 kg of supplies and docked at 20:14 UT on January 24. STS 89 also carried resources for some microgravity experiments with names like Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System (CEBAS), Microgravity Plant Nutrient Experiment (MPNE), and Interferometer Protein Crystal Growth (IPCG). It unlocked from MIR at 16:56 UT on January 29. More information can be found at: http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-89/orbit/payloads


EVA

Payload

SPACEHAB 08 double module/Mir 08; transfer tunnel; transfer tunnel extension; orbiter docking system; Getaway Specials 093, 141, 145, and 432; Phase 1 requirements (Shuttle-Mir Mission 08 middeck science, mission support equipment and risk mitigation experiments); cosmic radiation effects and activation monitor (CREAM); Shuttle Ionospheric Modification With Pulsed Local Exhaust (SIMPLEX) payload of opportunity; EarthKAM (also known as KidSat); microgravity plant nutrient experiment (MPNE); human performance (HP) experiment; closed equilibrated biological aquatic system (CEBAS)


Mission patch:

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