Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 201

STS-89

Endeavour (12)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  23.01.1998
Launch time:  02:48 UTC
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  277 km
Inclination:  28,45°
Docking MIR:  24.01.1998, 20:14 UTC
Undocking MIR:  29.01.1998, 16:56 UTC
Landing date:  31.01.1998
Landing time:  22:36 UTC
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1  Wilcutt  Terrence Wade  CDR 3 8d 19h 48m  138 
2  Edwards  Joe Frank, Jr.  PLT 1 8d 19h 48m  138 
3  Reilly  James Francis II "J.R."  MSP 1 8d 19h 48m  138 
4  Anderson  Michael Philip  MSP 1 8d 19h 48m  138 
5  Dunbar  Bonnie Jeanne  MSP 5 8d 19h 48m  138 
6  Sharipov  Salizhan Shakirovich  MSP 1 8d 19h 48m  138 
7  Thomas  Andrew Sydney Withiel  MSP 2 140d 15h 13m  2213 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Wilcutt
2  Edwards
3  Reilly
4  Anderson
5  Dunbar
6  Sharipov
7  Thomas
Landing
1  Wilcutt
2  Edwards
3  Dunbar
4  Anderson
5  Reilly
6  Sharipov
7  Wolf

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
7  Voss  James Shelton  MSP

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Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC).

STS-89 marked the 8th MIR docking mission. Following a two day solo flight the Endeavour docked with the MIR space station on January 24, 1998. Common scientific work of 4d 20h 43m (January 24, - January 29, 1998) with the 24th MIR resident crew followed. The Endeavour brought supplies and equipment to the MIR (i.e. two computers, a cooling system and a compressor).

Andrew Thomas replaced David Wolf as a member of 24th MIR resident crew.

SPACEHAB Payloads included the Advanced X-Ray Detector (ADV XDT), the Advanced Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (ADV CGBA), the EORF, Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM) Experiment, Intra-Vehicular Radiation Environment Measurements by the Real-Time Radiation Monitor (RME-1312), Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), VOA and the Volatile Removal Assembly prototype for the ISS Water Recovery System.

Middeck Payloads included the Microgravity Plant Nutrient Experiment MPNE, the Shuttle Ionospheric Modification with Pulsed Local Exhaust (SIMPLEX), the Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System (CEBAS), the TeleMedicine Instrumentation Pack (TMIP), Global Positioning System Development Test Objective (GPS DTO), the Human Performance (HP) Experiment, MSD, EarthKAM, Orbiter Space Vision System (OSVS) Shuttle Condensate Collection (RME-1331), the Thermo-Electric Holding Module (TEHM), the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (DSO 914), the Co-Culture Experiments (CoCult) and the Biochemistry of 3-D Tissue Engineering (BIO3D). Get Away Special Experiments include the University of Michigan G-093 - Vortex Ring Transit Experiment (VORTEX), the German Aerospace Center and University Giessen G-141 - Structure of Marangoni Convection in Floating Zones Payload, the German Aerospace Center and the Technical University of Clausthal G-145 Glass Fining Experiment and the Chinese Academy of Sciences G-432 canister containing 5 crystal growth and material sciences experiments.

Note

Andrew Thomas returned to Earth on June 12, 1998 at 18:01 UTC with STS-91.

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Last update on July 30, 2012.