Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
STS-88
Node 1, named Unity, was the first space station hardware delivered by the space shuttle. It has two Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMA), one attached to either end. One PMA is permanently mated to Zarya, and the other is used for orbiter dockings and crew access to the station. Unity also contains an International Standard Payload Rack used to support on-orbit activities, which was activated after the fifth Shuttle/Station assembly flight.
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
1998
74th orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
93rd mission
5th mission of 1998
92nd successful mission
68th consecutive successful mission