Mission type ISS assembly SATCAT no. 26698 Period 1.5 hours Dates 7 Feb 2001 – 20 Feb 2001 Landing date 20 February 2001 | COSPAR ID 2001-006A Orbits completed 171 Apogee 378,000 m Launch date 7 February 2001 Operator NASA | |
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Mission duration 12 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes, 0 seconds Distance travelled 8,500,000 kilometers (5,300,000 mi) Members Kenneth Cockrell, Mark L. Polansky, Robert Curbeam, Marsha Ivins, Thomas David Jones | ||
STS-98 was a 2001 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-98 delivered to the station the Destiny Laboratory Module. All mission objectives were completed and the shuttle reentered and landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base on 20 February 2001, after twelve days in space, six of which were spent docked to the ISS.
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Crew notes
Mark C. Lee was scheduled to fly as Mission Specialist 1 on his fifth trip to space, but due to undisclosed reasons, he was removed from this flight. His replacement was Robert Curbeam.
Mission highlights
The crew continued the task of building and enhancing the International Space Station by delivering the U.S. Destiny Laboratory Module. The Shuttle spent six days docked to the station while the laboratory was attached and three spacewalks were conducted to complete its assembly. The mission also saw the 100th spacewalk in U.S. spaceflight history. STS-98 occurred while the first station crew was aboard the new space station.
Wake-up calls
NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, which was first used to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15. Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.
