STS-89

STS-89 was a Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 22 January 1998.

STS-89

Endeavour docked to Mir, as viewed from a window on the Kvant-2 module
Names	Space Transportation System-89
Mission type	Shuttle-Mir
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1998-003A
SATCAT no.	25143
Mission duration	8 days, 19 hours, 48 minutes, 4 seconds
Distance travelled	5,800,000 kilometers (3,600,000 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour
Landing mass	114,131 kilograms (251,616 lb)
Payload mass	7,748 kilograms (17,081 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Terrence W. Wilcutt Joe F. Edwards, Jr. James F. Reilly, II Michael P. Anderson Bonnie J. Dunbar Salizhan Sharipov
Launching	Andrew S. W. Thomas
Landing	David A. Wolf
Start of mission
Launch date	23 January 1998, 02:48:15 (1998-01-23UTC02:48:15Z) UTC
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date	31 January 1998, 22:36 (1998-01-31UTC22:37Z) UTC
Landing site	Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	359 kilometres (223 mi)
Apogee altitude	382 kilometres (237 mi)
Inclination	51.60 degrees
Period	92.0 min
Docking with Mir
Docking port	SO starboard
Docking date	24 January 1998, 20:14:15 UTC
Undocking date	29 January 1998, 16:56 UTC
Time docked	4 days, 20 hours, 41 minutes 45 seconds
Left to right - Back row: Wolf, Sharipov, Reilly, Thomas, Anderson; Front row: Edwards, Wilcutt, Dunbar Space Shuttle program ← STS-87 (88) STS-90 (90) →

Crew

Position	Launching Astronaut	Landing Astronaut
Commander	Terrence W. Wilcutt Third spaceflight
Pilot	Joe F. Edwards, Jr. Only spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	James F. Reilly, II First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Flight Engineer	Michael P. Anderson First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	Bonnie J. Dunbar Fifth and last spaceflight
Mission Specialist 4	Salizhan Sharipov, RKA First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 5	/ Andrew S. W. Thomas EO-24 Second spaceflight	David A. Wolf EO-24 Second spaceflight

Crew notes

STS-89 was originally scheduled to return Wendy B. Lawrence but returned David A. Wolf (Mir 24–25/STS-86) and left Andrew Thomas on Mir. Thomas returned on STS-91.

Crew seat assignments

Seat[1]	Launch	Landing	Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck. Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck.
1	Wilcutt
2	Edwards
3	Reilly	Dunbar
4	Anderson
5	Dunbar	Reilly
6	Sharipov
7	Thomas	Wolf

Mission highlights

STS-89 launch

STS-89 launched on January 22, 1998 and was the eighth of nine planned missions to Mir and the fifth involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. Astronaut David Wolf, who had been on Mir since late September 1997, was replaced by Astronaut Andrew Thomas. Thomas spent approximately 4 months on the orbiting Russian facility before returning to Earth when Discovery docked to Mir in late May during STS-91.

Endeavour lands at Kennedy Space Center, 31 January 1998.

During the mission, more than 3,175 kilograms (7,000 lb) of experiments, supplies and hardware were transferred between the two spacecraft.

Experiments and payloads

SPACEHAB Payloads included the Advanced X-Ray Detector (ADV XDT), Advanced Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (ADV CGBA), EORF, Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM) Experiment, Intra-Vehicular Radiation Environment Measurements by the Real-Time Radiation Monitor (RME-1312), Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), VOA and the Volatile Removal Assembly prototype for the ISS Water Recovery System.

In-cabin payloads included the Microgravity Plant Nutrient Experiment (MPNE), Shuttle Ionospheric Modification with Pulsed Local Exhaust (SIMPLEX), Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System (CEBAS), TeleMedicine Instrumentation Pack (TMIP), Global Positioning System Development Test Objective (GPS DTO), Human Performance (HP) Experiment, MSD, EarthKAM, Orbiter Space Vision System (OSVS) Shuttle Condensate Collection (RME-1331), Thermo-Electric Holding Module (TEHM), Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (DSO 914), Co-Culture Experiments (CoCult) and the Biochemistry of 3-D Tissue Engineering (BIO3D).

Getaway Special experiments included the University of Michigan G-093 – Vortex Ring Transit Experiment (VORTEX), the German Aerospace Center and University Giessen G-141 – Structure of Marangoni Convection in Floating Zones Payload, the German Aerospace Center and the Technical University of Clausthal G-145 Glass Fining Experiment and the Chinese Academy of Sciences G-432 canister containing 5 crystal growth and material sciences experiments.

Coelophysis bone

Additionally, the skull of a Coelophysis was brought onboard the Mir during this mission. It became the second dinosaur fossil brought into space (the first being fossilized eggshells and bones from Maiasaura in 1985, during the mission STS-51-F).^[2]

Mission insignia

The insignia depicts Endeavour docked to Mir above the planet Earth. The white inside line in the shape of the number eight and the nine stars symbolize the flight's numerical designation in the Space Transportation System's mission sequence. The International Space Station is in the background.

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• List of human spaceflights
• List of Space Shuttle missions
• Outline of space science