STS-89

USA

Manned Flight nº: 204

Earth orbit Flight nº: 201

USA manned Flight nº: 120

8nd Shuttle docking with Mir

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	25143 / 98003A
Launch date - time	22 Jan 1998 - 02:48:15 UT
Launch site	KSC, LC39A
Launch vehicle	Space Shuttle
Orbiter	Endeavour #12 (OV-105)
Primary payload	Spacehab SH-10
Mass (kg)
Launch Crew	Wilcutt, Edwards, Reilly, Anderson Dunbar, Sharipov, Thomas
Docking date - time	24 Jan 1998 - 20:14 UT
Target spacecraft/port	Mir/SO module
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	359 / 382 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	92.0 min
Undocking date - time	29 Jan 1998 - 16:57 UT
Landing date - time	31 Jan 1998 - 22:35:09 UT
Landing location	KSC, Runway 15
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	8d 19h 48m
Nbr orbits	138
Landing crew	Wilcutt, Edwards, Reilly, Anderson, Dunbar, Sharipov, Wolf (crew STS-89 & STS-86)

Thomas landed with STS-91 on 12 Jun 1998 (2213 orbits)

Crew

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration
1	Wilcutt	Terrence Wade	CDR	8d 19h 48m
2	Edwards	Joe Frank, Jr.	PLT	8d 19h 48m
3	Dunbar	Bonnie Jeanne	MSP	8d 19h 48m
4	Anderson	Michael Philip	MSP	8d 19h 48m
5	Reilly	James Francis II	MSP	8d 19h 48m
6	Sharipov	Salizhan Shakirovich	MSP	8d 19h 48m
7	Thomas	Andrew Sydney Withiel	MSP	140d 15h 13m

Summary:

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC); 8th MIR-Docking-Mission; supplies and equipment were brought to MIR (i.e. two computers, a cooling system and a compressor); common flight of 4d 20h 43m; Thomas replaced Dave Wolf as a member of MIR resident crew.

Mission details:

Space Shuttle Endeavour took off on Jan 22, 1998 on mission STS-89. Launch was at 02:48 UTC; Andy Thomas will replace David Wolf as the resident NASA astronaut aboard Mir, and will be the final NASA long-stay visitor to Mir. Endeavour docked with the SO module on Mir at 20:14 UTC on Jan 24.
Endeavour′s cargo bay contains:
- Orbiter middeck: CEBAS (German/US biological module with fish and snails); dinosaur skull (part of a museum educational program)
- Bay 1: Tunnel Adapter
- Bay 3: Orbiter Docking System/External Airlock
- Bay 4-7: Transfer Tunnel
- Bay 8-12: Spacehab Double Module (payloads included supplies for Mir, X-ray crystallography detector planned for the International Space Station)
- Bay 13P: Getaway Special GABA carrier with G-141, G-145 (German materials processing experiments)
- Bay 13S: Getaway Special GABA carrier with G-093 (University of Michigan fluid dynamics experiment), G-432 (Chinese materials processing experiment)
The orbiter middeck carries CEBAS, a German/US biological module for aquatic organisms including fish and snails, and a locker containing a dinosaur skull carried as part of a museum educational program. The Spacehab carries supplies for Mir, and a test of an X-ray crystallography detector for the Space Station.
Despite fits problems with his Sokol emergency spacesuit, Andy Thomas replaced David Wolf as a Mir crew member on January 25.
Endeavour undocked from Mir on Jan 29 at 16:57 UT and made one fly-around of the station before departing and landing at Kennedy Space Center′s runway 15 at 22:35 UT on Jan 31.

Astrophilately covers:

Special launch cancel Kennedy Space Center.

Ref.: #7(JR348-349), #8, #16 - update: 31.01.19

Home