NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-89

Launch Time
Fri Jan 23, 1998 02:48 UTC

Rocket

Space Shuttle Endeavour
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $450.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 30,250 kN
Payload to LEO: 27,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,810 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 56.1 m

Vehicles

Kennedy SLF Runway 15

OV-105

Flight #12
614 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-89

STS-89 was the eighth of nine planned missions to Mir and the fifth involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. Astronaut David Wolf, who had been on Mir since late September 1997, was replaced by Astronaut Andrew Thomas. Thomas spent approximately 4 months on the orbiting Russian facility before returning to Earth when Discovery docked to Mir in late May during STS-91. During the mission, more than 3,175 kilograms (7,000 lb) of experiments, supplies and hardware were transferred between the two spacecraft.

Total Mass: 7,748.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

1998

4th orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

89th mission
1st mission of 1998
88th successful mission
64th consecutive successful mission