| Space
Shuttle Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center at 12:08 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998,
successfully ending Neurolab program |
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Day 17 (May 3 CDT) |
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| Columbia |
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| NASDA astronaut Dr. Chiaki Mukai |
After Space Shuttle Columbia de-orbited at 10:10a.m. CDT on May
3, the Columbia performed the de-orbit maneuver at Kennedy Space Center on time
at 12:08 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, successfully ending 16 days of on-orbit science
activities.
The Columbia flew for 15 days, 21 hours, 50minutes and went
around the Earth 255 times (6.375 million mile) in the mission.
During
the STS-90 mission,NASDA astronaut Dr. Chiaki Mukai, as the Alternate Payload
Specialist (APS), supported the on board crew experiment activities from the Mission
Control Center (MCC) located at NASA Johnson Space Center. She said " I'm
very happy that the STS-90 mission was successful. It's a relief, I have just
finished successfully my work as an APS for the STS-90 mission operation. "
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