Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
STS-98
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.
Total Mass: 14,515.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
2001
6th orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
102nd mission
1st mission of 2001
101st successful mission
77th consecutive successful mission