 Atlantis' Canadarm grapplesDestiny, prior to the module's installation on the ISS | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-98 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS assembly |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-006A |
| SATCATno. | 26698 |
| Mission duration | 12 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes, 0 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 8,500,000 kilometers (5,300,000 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 171 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Launch mass | 115,529 kilograms (254,698 lb) |
| Landing mass | 90,225 kilograms (198,912 lb) |
| Payload mass | 14,515 kilograms (32,000 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 5 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 7 February 2001, 23:13 (2001-02-07UTC23:13Z) UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy,LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 20 February 2001, 20:33 (2001-02-20UTC20:34Z) UTC |
| Landing site | Edwards, Runway 22 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 365 kilometers (197 nmi) |
| Apogee altitude | 378 kilometers (204 nmi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 92 minutes |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-3 (Unity nadir) |
| Docking date | 9 February 2001, 16:51 UTC |
| Undocking date | 16 February 2001, 14:05 UTC |
| Time docked | 6 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes |
  L-R: Robert Curbeam, Mark Polansky, Marsha Ivins, Kenneth Cockrell and Thomas Jones | |
STS-98 was a 2001Space Shuttle mission to theInternational Space Station (ISS) flown bySpace Shuttle Atlantis. It was the first human spaceflight launch of the 21st century. STS-98 delivered to the station theDestiny Laboratory Module. All mission objectives were completed and the shuttle reentered and landed safely atEdwards Air Force Base on 20 February 2001,[1][2] after twelve days in space, six of which were spent docked to the ISS.
| Position | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Kenneth D. Cockrell Fourth spaceflight | |
| Pilot | Mark L. Polansky First spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 | Robert L. Curbeam Second spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 Flight Engineer | Marsha S. Ivins Fifth and last spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 3 | Thomas D. Jones Fourth and last spaceflight | |
| Mark C. Lee was scheduled to fly as mission specialist 1 on his fifth trip to space, but due to undisclosed reasons, he was removed from this flight. His replacement wasRobert Curbeam. | ||
| Seat[3] | Launch | Landing |  Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck. Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockrell | ||
| 2 | Polansky | ||
| 3 | Curbeam | Jones | |
| 4 | Ivins | ||
| 5 | Jones | Curbeam | |
| 6 | Unused | ||
| 7 | Unused | ||
| Attempt | Planned | Result | Turnaround | Reason | Decision point | Weather go (%) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Jan 2001, 2:10:42 am | Scrubbed | — | Technical | 15 Jan 2001, 3:00 pm | Rollback to VAB for booster separation cable inspection.[4] | |
| 2 | 7 Feb 2001, 6:11:16 pm | Success | 19 days 16 hours 1 minute | 90% | [5] |
The crew continued the task of building and enhancing theInternational Space Station by delivering the U.S.Destiny Laboratory Module. It was the first NASA lab to be permanently used since the days ofSkylab nearly threedecades earlier. It was manufactured byBoeing at theMichoud Assembly Facility and theMarshall Space Flight Center in 1997. Upon transport toKennedy Space Center's industrial buildings, it was fitted with equipment, machines, racks and cables at the Operations and Checkout Building andSpace Station Processing Facility. The U.S. laboratory module is 28 feet (8.5 m) long and 14 feet (4.3 m) wide. It is made fromaluminum, and comprises three cylindrical sections and two end-cones that contain the hatch openings through which astronauts enter and exit the module. The ends are colored blue and white respectively for the crew to navigate easily. A 20-inch (510 mm)-diameter window is located on one side of the center module segment.
During the mission, the shuttle docked to PMA 3 located on the nadir of Node 1. The crew relocated PMA 2 to the holding area on the Z1 truss temporarily, before using the Shuttle's robotic arm to lift out the 14.5 ton steel module out of the Shuttle's payload bay, and permanently berthed it on the forward hatch of Node 1. Spacewalks conducted by Thomas Jones and Robert Curbeam reattached electrical cables to the aluminum[6] hull and connecting ports onDestiny, and also checked the laboratory's nadir window. PMA 2 was replaced to the forward hatch of Destiny.
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 thefirst station crew was aboard the new space station.
| EVA | Spacewalkers | Start (UTC) | End | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVA 1 | Thomas D. Jones Robert L. Curbeam | 10 February 2001 15:50 | 10 February 2001 23:24 | 7 hours 34 minutes |
| Jones and Curbeam went to the payload bay ofAtlantis where they disconnected cables and removed protective covers from the outside hatch ofDestiny. Once at the installation site and afterDestiny had been securely installed, the pair began connecting power and data cables. | ||||
| EVA 2 | Jones Curbeam | 12 February 2001 15:59 | 12 February 2001 22:49 | 6 hours 50 minutes |
| The pair of spacewalkers went outside and assisted the robot arm operator with removing thePressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA-2) from the Z1 Truss segment and installing it onto the forward end of theDestiny laboratory. Once that task was complete Jones and Curbeam moved to a location on theDestiny lab and installed a Power Data and Grapple fixture and video signal converter, to be used with theCanadarm2. | ||||
| EVA 3 | Jones Curbeam | 14 February 2001 14:48 | 14 February 2001 20:13 | 5 hours 25 minutes |
| During the third and final spacewalk, the two spacewalkers attached a spare communications antenna to theInternational Space Station's exterior. They also double-checked connections between theDestiny lab and its docking port, released a cooling radiator on the station, inspected solar array connections at the top of the station and tested the ability of a spacewalker to carry an immobile crew member back to the shuttle airlock. | ||||
NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during theGemini program, which was first used to wake up a flight crew duringApollo 15.[7]Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.[7][8]
| Flight Day | Song | Artist/Composer | Played for | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 2 | "Where You At" | Zoot Sims | Mark Polansky | WAV |
| Day 3 | "Who Let the Dogs Out" | Baha Men | Kenneth Cockrell | WAV |
| Day 4 | "Girl's Breakdown" | Alison Brown | Marsha S. Ivins | WAV |
| Day 5 | "Blue Danube Waltz" | Johann Strauss Jr. | WAV | |
| Day 6 | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Frank Sinatra | WAV | |
| Day 7 | "For Those About to Rock" | AC/DC | WAV | |
| Day 8 | "To the Moon and Back" | Savage Garden | WAV | |
| Day 9 | "Sally Ann" | New Grange | WAV | |
| Day 10 | "The Trail We Blaze" | Elton John | WAV | |
| Day 11 | "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" | Eiffel 65 | WAV | |
| Day 12 | "Fly Away" | Lenny Kravitz | WAV | |
| Day 13 | "Bad To The Bone" | George Thorogood and the Destroyers | WAV | |
| Day 14 | "Should I Stay or Should I Go" | The Clash | Entire crew | WAV |
STS-98 was the designation for the fictional NASA mission to destroy an asteroid inArmageddon (1998 film).[citation needed]
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