STS-96
Sign in to saveSTS-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.
Key facts
- 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
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-93
- Follows
- STS-88
- Duration
- 846837
- Mass
- 9097
- Orbital period
- 91.2
- Image
- Space-Shuttle-Discovery-Lancering.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- orbital inclination
- 51.6
- Commons category
- STS-96
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1999-05-27
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- Julie Payette
- vessel
- Discovery
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 154
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1999-06-06
- Commons gallery
- STS-96
- periapsis
- 326
- apoapsis
- 340
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- maximum capacity
- 7
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- 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.
==Crew==
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