![]() Discovery lands at Kennedy, concluding the last mission in the Shuttle–Mir program | |
Names | Space Transportation System-91 |
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Mission type | Shuttle-Mir |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1998-034A |
SATCAT no. | 25356 |
Mission duration | 9 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes, 2 seconds |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
Landing mass | 117,861 kilograms (259,839 lb) |
Payload mass | 16,537 kilograms (36,458 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 up 7 down |
Members | |
Landing | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 June 1998, 22:06:24 | UTC
Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 12 June 1998, 18:00:18 | UTC
Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 350 kilometres (220 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 373 kilometres (232 mi) |
Inclination | 51.7 degrees |
Period | 91.8 min |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | SO starboard |
Docking date | 4 June 1998, 16:58 UTC |
Undocking date | 8 June 1998, 16:01 UTC |
Time docked | 3 days, 23 hours, 3 minutes |
![]() ![]() Left to right – Front: Gorie, Precourt; Back: Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin, Thomas |
STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 June 1998.[1]