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 Endeavour docked toMir, as viewed from a window on theKvant-2 module | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-89 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Shuttle-Mir |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1998-003A |
| SATCATno. | 25143 |
| Mission duration | 8 days, 19 hours, 48 minutes, 4 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 5,800,000 kilometers (3,600,000 mi) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Landing mass | 114,131 kilograms (251,616 lb) |
| Payload mass | 7,748 kilograms (17,081 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Launching | |
| Landing | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 January 1998, 02:48:15 (1998-01-23UTC02:48:15Z) UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy,LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 31 January 1998, 22:36 (1998-01-31UTC22:37Z) UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy,SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 359 kilometres (223 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 382 kilometres (237 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.60 degrees |
| Period | 92.0 min |
| Docking withMir | |
| Docking port | SO starboard |
| Docking date | 24 January 1998, 20:14:15 UTC |
| Undocking date | 29 January 1998, 16:56 UTC |
| Time docked | 4 days, 20 hours, 41 minutes 45 seconds |
  Left to right - Back row: Wolf, Sharipov, Reilly, Thomas, Anderson; Front row: Edwards, Wilcutt, Dunbar | |
STS-89 was aSpace Shuttle mission to theMir space station flown by Space ShuttleEndeavour, and launched fromKennedy Space Center, Florida on 22 January 1998.
| Position | Launching Astronaut | Landing Astronaut |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Terrence W. WilcuttThird spaceflight | |
| Pilot | Joe F. Edwards, Jr. Only spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 | James F. Reilly, II First spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 Flight Engineer | Michael P. Anderson First spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 3 | Bonnie J. Dunbar Fifth and last spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 4 |  Salizhan Sharipov,RKAFirst spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 5 |  /Andrew S. W. ThomasEO-24 Second spaceflight | David A. Wolf EO-24 Second spaceflight |
STS-89 was originally scheduled to returnWendy B. Lawrence but returned David A. Wolf (Mir 24–25/STS-86) and left Andrew Thomas onMir. Thomas returned onSTS-91.
| Seat[1] | Launch | Landing |  Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck. Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilcutt | ||
| 2 | Edwards | ||
| 3 | Reilly | Dunbar | |
| 4 | Anderson | ||
| 5 | Dunbar | Reilly | |
| 6 | Sharipov | ||
| 7 | Thomas | Wolf | |
STS-89 launched on January 22, 1998 and was the eighth of nine planned missions toMir and the fifth involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. AstronautDavid Wolf, who had been on Mir since late September 1997, was replaced by AstronautAndrew Thomas. Thomas spent approximately 4 months on the orbiting Russian facility before returning to Earth whenDiscovery docked to Mir in late May duringSTS-91.
During the mission, more than 3,175 kilograms (7,000 lb) of experiments, supplies and hardware were transferred between the two spacecraft.
SPACEHAB Payloads included the Advanced X-Ray Detector (ADV XDT), Advanced Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (ADV CGBA), 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 ISSWater Recovery System.
In-cabin payloads included the Microgravity Plant Nutrient Experiment (MPNE), Shuttle Ionospheric Modification with Pulsed Local Exhaust (SIMPLEX), Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System (CEBAS), TeleMedicine Instrumentation Pack (TMIP), Global Positioning System Development Test Objective (GPS DTO), Human Performance (HP) Experiment, MSD,EarthKAM, Orbiter Space Vision System (OSVS) Shuttle Condensate Collection (RME-1331), Thermo-Electric Holding Module (TEHM), Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (DSO 914), Co-Culture Experiments (CoCult) and the Biochemistry of 3-D Tissue Engineering (BIO3D).
Getaway Special experiments included theUniversity 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 theChinese Academy of Sciences G-432 canister containing 5 crystal growth and material sciences experiments.
Additionally, the skull of aCoelophysis was brought onboard the Mir during this mission. It became the second dinosaurfossil brought into space (the first being fossilized eggshells and bones from Maiasaura in 1985, during the missionSTS-51-F).[2]
The insignia depictsEndeavour docked to Mir above the planet Earth. The white inside line in the shape of the number eight and the nine stars symbolize the flight's numerical designation in the Space Transportation System's mission sequence. TheInternational Space Station is in the background.
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