Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 207

STS-88

Endeavour (13)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  04.12.1998
Launch time:  08:35 UTC
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  388 - 401 km
Inclination:  51,6°
Docking ISS:  07.12.1998, 02:07:00 UTC
Undocking ISS:  13.12.1998, 20:24:30 UTC
Landing date:  15.12.1998
Landing time:  13:53 UTC
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1  Cabana  Robert Donald  CDR 4 11d 19h 18m  185 
2  Sturckow  Frederick Wilford "Rick"  PLT 1 11d 19h 18m  185 
3  Ross  Jerry Lynn  MSP 6 11d 19h 18m  185 
4  Currie  Nancy Jane Sherlock  MSP 3 11d 19h 18m  185 
5  Newman  James Hansen  MSP 3 11d 19h 18m  185 
6  Krikalyov  Sergei Konstantinovich  MSP 4 11d 19h 18m  185 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Cabana
2  Sturckow
3  Ross
4  Currie
5  Newman
6  Krikalyov
Landing
1  Cabana
2  Sturckow
3  Newman
4  Currie
5  Ross
6  Krikalyov

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC). The launch was scrubbed on December 01, 1998 due to technical problems.

STS-88 carried out the first USA Space Station Assembly Flight (ISS-01-2A). The U.S. built Node (Unity) docked with the Russian built FGB (Zarya). To begin the assembly sequence, the crew conducted a series of rendezvous maneuvers similar to those conducted on other Shuttle missions to reach the orbiting FGB. On the way, Nancy Currie used the Shuttle's robot arm to place Node 1 atop the Orbiter Docking System. Robert Cabana completed the rendezvous by flying Endeavour to within 35 feet (10 m) of the FGB, allowing Nancy Currie to capture the FGB with the robot arm and place it on the Node's Pressurized Mating Adapter.

Jerry Ross and James Newman performed then two EVAs on December 07, 1998 (7h 21m) and December 09, 1998 (7h 2m) to connect cables between the Node and the FGB.

Then Robert Cabana and Sergei Krikalyov turned over for the first time into the ISS. The third and final EVA was performed by Jerry Ross and James Newman on December 12, 1998 (6h 59m) to check the connected cables und to test the SAFER.

Other payloads on the STS-88 mission included the IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC), the Argentine Scientific Applications Satellite-S (SAC-A), the MightySat 1 Hitchhiker payload, the Space Experiment Module (SEM-07) and Getaway Special G-093 sponsored by the University of Michigan.

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