Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 209

STS-96

Discovery (26)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  27.05.1999
Launch time:  10:49 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  320 km
Inclination:  51,6°
Docking ISS:  29.05.1999, 04:23 UT
Undocking ISS:  03.06.1999, 22:39 UT
Landing date:  06.06.1999
Landing time:  06:03 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)

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Crew STS-96

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Rominger  Kent Vernon  CDR 4 9d 19h 13m  153 
2 USA  Husband  Rick Douglas  PLT 1 9d 19h 13m  153 
3 USA  Jernigan  Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy"  MSP 5 9d 19h 13m  153 
4 USA  Ochoa  Ellen Lauri  MSP 3 9d 19h 13m  153 
5 USA  Barry  Daniel Thomas  MSP 2 9d 19h 13m  153 
6 Canada  Payette  Julie  MSP 1 9d 19h 13m  153 
7 Russian Federation  Tokarev  Valeri Ivanovich  MSP 1 9d 19h 13m  153 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Rominger
2  Husband
3  Barry
4  Ochoa
5  Jernigan
6  Payette
7  Tokarev
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Rominger
2  Husband
3  Payette
4  Ochoa
5  Jernigan
6  Barry
7  Tokarev

Flight

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

Second Space Station Assembly Mission (ISS-02-2A.1); nearly 2 tons of equipment were brought to the ISS; docking on ISS; Jernigan and Barry performed an EVA on 30.05.1999 (7h 55m) to mount the Canadian-built manipulator arm; deploying of STARSHINE-Satellite (Student-Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Experiment).

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle ISS after STS-96
STS-96 rollback to the VAB STS-96 rollout
STS-96 launch ISS
EVA Jernigan STARSHINE
traditional in-flight photo STS-96 STS-96 landing

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