STS-89 Mission

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Launch Schedule

Flight Plan

Crew of STS-89

Links

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Launch Schedule

 

Shuttle Mission	STS-89
Orbiter	Endeavour(12th flight)
Launch (estimated)	9:48 p.m. January 22, 1998 (EST)
Launch Site	NASA Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A
Landing Site (estimated)	NASA Kennedy Space Center
Altitude	Approximately 300Km
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Duration	8 days 19 hours 48 minutes
Crew	7 ( replacing crew 1)
Landing Date (estimated)	5:35:09 p.m. January 31, 1998 (EST)

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Flight Plan

	Launch Pad 39A NASA Kennedy Space Center
	Lift Off ! <EST> 9:48 p.m. January 22, 1998 maximum 3G force on astronauts
	Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) burn out and seperation 2minutes after liftoff attitude 45km
	External Tank Seperation 9 minutes after liftoff
	Orbit Insertion Altitude 300km Inclination 51.60o Shuttle will circle the Earth in 90 minutes
	shuttle-Mir docking <CST> 2:14 p.m. January 24, 1998 Separeted from Mir <CST> 10:57 a.m. January 29, 1998
	Entry into Earth's atmosphere approximately 30 minutes before landing
	Landing NASA Kennedy Space Center <EST> 5:35:09 p.m. January 31, 1998

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Crew of STS-89

	Commander Terrence W. Wilcutt NASA Astronaut NASA Astronaut Biographies		Pilot Joe Frank Edwards NASA Astronaut NASA Astronaut Biographies
	Mission Specialist Bonnie Dunbar NASA Astronaut NASA Astronaut Biographies		Mission Specialist Michael P. Anderson NASA Astronaut NASA Astronaut Biographies
	Mission Specialist James F. Reilly NASA Astronaut NASA Astronaut Biographies		Payload Specialist Salizhan S. Sharipov GCTC Cosmonaut NASA Astronaut Biographies
	Mission Specialist Andrew S. W. Thomas NASA Astronaut (Ascent Only) NASA Astronaut Biographies		Mission Specialist David A. Wolf NASA Astronaut (Descent Only) NASA Astronaut Biographies

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Links

			The NASA Shuttle Web STS-89
			STS-89 Shuttle Launch Countdown Home Page
			STS-89 (NASA Kennedy Space Center)
			STS-89 (NASA Headquarters)
			Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour (OV-105)
			NASA Shuttle-Mir Web
			STS-89 Liftoff Status Home Page
			STS-89 KSC Electronic Photo File
			NASA/KSC Newsroom STS-89 Photograph Archives
			STS-89 Prelaunch, Launch and Landing Movies

Last Updated : February 4, 1998

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