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Human Orbital Spaceflights International Flight No. 207 STS-88 Endeavour (13) 93rd Space Shuttle mission USA hi res version (485 KB) hi res version (820 KB) hi res version (633 KB) hi res version (817 KB) Launch, orbit and landing data Launch date: 04.12.1998 Launch time: 08:35:34.019 UTC Launch site: Cape Canaveral (KSC) Launch pad: 39-A Altitude: 388 - 401 km Inclination: 51.6° Docking ISS: 07.12.1998, 02:07:00 UTC Undocking ISS: 13.12.1998, 20:24:30 UTC Landing date: 16.12.1998 Landing time: 03:53:28.386 UTC Landing site: Cape Canaveral (KSC) Landing speed: 365 km/h Landing rollout: 2,537 m Vehicle weight at liftoff: 2,049,507 kg Orbiter weight at liftoff: 119,715 kg Orbiter weight at landing: 90,853 kg walkout photo hi res version (766 KB) alternative crew photo alternative crew photo alternative crew photo alternative crew photo Crew No. Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits 1 Cabana Robert Donald CDR 4 11d 19h 17m 54s 185 2 Sturckow Frederick Wilford "Rick" PLT 1 11d 19h 17m 54s 185 3 Ross Jerry Lynn MS-1, PLC, EV-1 6 11d 19h 17m 54s 185 4 Currie Nancy Jane Sherlock MS-2, RMS, FE 3 11d 19h 17m 54s 185 5 Newman James Hansen MS-3, EV-2 3 11d 19h 17m 54s 185 6 Krikalyov Sergei Konstantinovich MS-4 4 11d 19h 17m 54s 185 Crew seating arrangement Launch 1 Cabana 2 Sturckow 3 Ross 4 Currie 5 Newman 6 Krikalyov Landing 1 Cabana 2 Sturckow 3 Newman 4 Currie 5 Ross 6 Krikalyov Hardware Orbiter : OV-105 (13.) SSME (1 / 2 / 3): 2050-2A (1.) / 2044-2A (2.) / 2041-1 (5.) SRB: BI-095 / RSRM 67 ET: ET-97 (SLWT-3) OMS Pod: Left Pod 04 (20.) / Right Pod 01 (27.) FWD RCS Pod: FRC 5 (13.) RMS: 202 (3.) EMU: EMU No. 3015 (PLSS No. 1015) / EMU No. 3013 (PLSS No. 1013) / EMU No. 3006 (PLSS No. 1006) Flight Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC) and landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC), Runway 15. The originally scheduled launch of Endeavour on December 03, 1998 was postponed for 24 hours when time ran out on the launch window. About 4 minutes prior to launch after orbiter hydraulic systems were powered on, a master alarm associated with hydraulic system number 1 in the crew cabin was noted. The countdown was held at T-31 seconds to further assess the situation. Shuttle system engineers attempted to quickly complete an assessment of the suspect hydraulic system and eventually gave an initial "go" to resume the countdown. With only seconds to respond, launch controllers were unable to resume the countdown in time to launch within the allotted remaining window. Space Shuttle mission STS-88, the 13th flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, began the largest international cooperative space venture in history as it attached together in orbit the first two modules of the International Space Station.STS-88 carried out the first USA Space Station Assembly Flight (ISS-01-2A). The U.S. built Node (Unity) docked with the Russian built FGB (Zarya). Zarya was boosted into orbit by a Russian Proton rocket on November 20, 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Funded by the U.S. but built in Russia, Zarya will act as a type of space tugboat for the early station, providing propulsion, power, communications and the capability to perform an automated rendezvous and docking with the third module, the Russian-provided Service Module, an early living quarter. After Zarya achieved orbit, it awaited the arrival of Endeavour and Unity. Unity will serve as the main connecting point for later U.S. station modules and components.The first U.S.-built component of the International Space Station, a six-sided connecting module and passageway, or node, named Unity, was the primary cargo of Space Shuttle mission STS-88, the first mission dedicated to assembly of the station.The Unity connecting module, technically referred to as node 1, is a foundation for all future U.S. International Space Station modules with six berthing ports, one on each side, to which future modules will be attached. Built by The Boeing Company at a manufacturing facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Unity is the first of three such connecting modules that will be built for the station. Sometimes referred to as Node 1, the Unity module measures 15 feet (4.57 meters) in diameter and 18 feet (5.49 meters) long.Carried to orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Unity was mated with the already orbiting Zarya control module, or Functional Cargo Block (Russian acronym FGB), a U.S.-funded and Russian-built component that was been launched earlier aboard a Russian rocket from Kazakhstan. In addition to connecting to the Zarya module, Unity eventually provides attachment points for the U.S. laboratory module; Node 3; an early exterior framework, or truss for the station; an airlock; and a multi-windowed cupola.The Zarya, which means Sunrise when translated to English, is actually a U.S. component of the station that was built by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (KhSC), in Moscow, under a subcontract to The Boeing Co....

Spaceflight mission report: STS-88