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STS-88 USA Manned Flight nº: 210 Earth orbit Flight nº: 207 USA manned Flight nº: 124 1th manned flight to ISS. - Mission: ISS-2A Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation 25549 / 98069A Launch date - time 04 Dec 1998 - 08:35:34 UT Launch site KSC, LC39A Launch vehicle Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour #13 (OV-105) Primary payload Unity - Mightysat 1 Mass (kg) Flight Crew Cabana, Sturckow, Ross Currie, Newman, Krikalev Docking date - time 07 Dec 1998 - 02:07:00 UT Target spacecraft/port PMA-1 port on Unity Earth orbit on : - Perigee / Apogee 386 x 401 km - Inclination 51.6° - Period min Undocking date - time 13 Dec 1998 - 20:24:30 UT Landing date - time 15 Dec 1998 - 13:53 UT Landing location KSC, Runway 15 Flight Duration 11d 19h 18m Nbr orbits 185 Flight crew Nr. Surname Given name Job Duration 1 Cabana Robert Donald CDR 11d 19h 18m 2 Sturckow Frederick Wilford PLT 11d 19h 18m 3 Currie Nancy Jane Sherlock MSP 11d 19h 18m 4 Ross Jerry Lynn MSP 11d 19h 18m 5 Newman James Hansen MSP 11d 19h 18m 6 Krikalyov Sergei Konstantinovich MSP 11d 19h 18m EVA′s: Nº Spacewalker Start - UTC End - UTC Duration Mission EVA 1 Ross & Newman December 7, 1998, 22:10 December 8, 1998, 05:31 7 h, 21 min Connect Unity cables EVA 2 Ross & Newman December 9, 1998, 20:33 December 10, 1998, 03:35 7 h, 02 min Install Unity antennas EVA 3 Ross & Newman December 12, 1998, 20:33 December 13, 1998, 03:32 6 h, 59 min Install Unity EVA equipment Mission details: Payloads included: Sill: RMS arm No. 303 Bay 1-2: Tunnel Adapter 002 Bay 3-4: Orbiter Docking System/External Airlock (Boeing/Palmdale) Bay 7-13: Unity (Node 1) (Boeing/Huntsville), including the PMA-1 and PMA-2 docking adapters (Boeing/Huntington Beach) Bay 2 Port: GABA adapter with SAC-A satellite Bay 4 Starboard: Carrier with Tool Stowage Assembly Bay 5 Port: GABA adapter with two PFR space walk platforms and one PFR stanchion. Bay 5 Starboard: GABA adapter with two more PFR space walk platforms and one PFR stanchion. Bay 6 Port: GABA adapter with Mightysat Bay 6 Starboard: APC carrier with TCS laser rendezvous sensor Bay 7 Starboard: APC carrier with TCS laser rendezvous sensor Bay 13 Port: GABA adapter with SEM-7 and G-093 canisters Bay 13 Starboard: GABA adapter with IMAX Cargo Bay Camera NASA Press Kit -STS-88 Launch of STS-88 was scrubbed at 09:03 UTC on Dec 3, 1998 with an RSLS hold at T-19 seconds. A problem with a hydraulic system sensor caused a hold at T-4 min; the problem was resolved but the launch window closed seconds before STS-88 would have lifted off. Second try, with launch at 0835:34 UTC on Dec 4, 1998 placing OV-105 Endeavour in a 75 x 313 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The RSRM-67 solid boosters separated at 2 min into flight, with main engine cutoff after 8 minutes and separation of external tank ET-97 shortly after. At 0919 UTC Endeavour fired its OMS engines to raise the orbit to 180 x 322 km x 51.6 deg. On Dec 5 at 2225 UTC Nancy Currie unberthed Unity from the payload bay using the RMS arm. She then moved the Unity to a position docked to the Orbiter Docking System in the payload bay in readiness for assembly with the Russian-launched Zarya FGB ISS component. By 2350 UTC Unity's PMA-2 port was docked to the Orbiter Docking System. At this point OV-105 was in a 189 x 321 km x 51.6 deg orbit. Next it was time for the rendezvous with the FGB module. On Dec 6 at 2347 UTC Endeavour grappled Zarya with the robot arm, and at 0207 UTC on Dec 7 it was soft docked to the PMA-1 port on Unity. After some minor glitches hard dock was completed at 0248 UTC. Unity and Zarya now form the core of the future Station. Endeavour remains docked to the Station pending spacewalks to attach exterior cables. Ross and Newman made the first spacewalk to connect up cables with Zarya. Hatch open on the Tunnel Adapter was at 22:10 UTC on Dec 7, 1998 and the airlock was repressurized at 0532 UTC on Dec 8. The second EVA, to install antennas, was from Dec 9 at 2033 UTC to Dec 10 at 0335 UTC. A third EVA began at 20:33 UTC on Dec 12 and lasted 6h 59min, during which a canvas tool bag was attached to the exterior of Unity to provide tools for future spacewalkers. Docking cables were disconnected to prevent Unity and Zarya from inadvertently undocking. Following an internal examination of the embryonic space station, Endeavour undocked from the ISS at 20:30 UTC on Dec 13; the Unity module has been cataloged by Space Command and given the international designation 1998-67F. The SAC-A and Mightysat satellites were ejected from the payload bay on Dec 14 and Dec 15. Deorbit burn was Dec 18 at 0248 UTC, and Endeavour landed on Dec 18 at 0353:29 UTC, on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center. (Ref #7(JR383) Deorbit burn was December 16 at 03:48 GMT, and Endeavour landed at 04:53:29 UT, on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center. Shuttle landing Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC); first USA Space Station Assembly Flight (ISS-01-2A); docking of U.S.-built Node (Unity) on the Russian-b...