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STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and the first shuttle flight to dock at the International Space Station. It was Discovery's 26th flight. The shuttle carried the Spacehab module in the payload, filled with cargo for station outfitting. STS-96 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 27 May 1999 at 06:49:42 AM EDT and returned to Kennedy on 6 June 1999, 2:02:43 AM EDT.

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Spaceflight.name
STS-96
Spaceflight.names_list
Space Transportation System-96
Spaceflight.image
Tamara E. Jernigan Discovery crew.jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption
Jernigan outside Unity, during the mission's only EVA
Spaceflight.insignia
Sts-96-patch.svg
Spaceflight.mission_type
ISS assemblyISS logistics
Spaceflight.operator
NASA
Spaceflight.mission_duration
9 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes, 57 seconds
Spaceflight.launch_site
Kennedy, LC-39B
Spaceflight.launch_date
 UTC
Spaceflight.landing_date
 UTC
Spaceflight.landing_site
Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
Spaceflight.crew_size
7
Spaceflight.crew_photo
STS-96_crew.jpg
Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
Left to right - Front row: Rominger, Ochoa, Husband; Back row: Barry, Payette, Tokarev, Jernigan
Spaceflight.apsis
gee
Spaceflight.orbit_reference
Geocentric
Spaceflight.orbit_regime
Low Earth

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Wikidata facts

Duration
846837
Mass
9097
Orbital period
91.2
Image
Space-Shuttle-Discovery-Lancering.jpg
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orbital inclination
51.6
Commons category
STS-96
UTC date of spacecraft launch
1999-05-27
orbits completed
154
UTC date of spacecraft landing
1999-06-06
Commons gallery
STS-96
periapsis
326
apoapsis
340
maximum capacity
7
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  • Crew
  • Space walk
  • Crew seat assignments
  • Mission highlights
  • Wake-up calls
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and the first shuttle flight to dock at the International Space Station. It was Discovery's 26th flight. The shuttle carried the Spacehab module in the payload, filled with cargo for station outfitting. STS-96 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 27 May 1999 at 06:49:42 AM EDT and returned to Kennedy on 6 June 1999, 2:02:43 AM EDT.

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