STS-88

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STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, delivering and assembling its initial U.S. and Russian modules in orbit.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle Endeavour mission
Space Shuttle mission
assembledStructure First two modules of the International Space Station
commander Robert D. Cabana
cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
crewSize 6
deliveredModule FGB Zarya
Functional Cargo Block
Node 1
Unity
Zarya
destination International Space Station program
surface form: "International Space Station"

Low Earth orbit
dockedWith International Space Station program
surface form: "International Space Station"

Zarya
EVA Three spacewalks
EVAcount 3
EVAcrew James H. Newman
Jerry L. Ross
EVAobjective Connect power and data cables between Unity and Zarya
Install handrails and external equipment on ISS modules
followedBy STS-96
landingDate 1998-12-15
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1998-12-04
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
LC-39A
missionDuration 11 days
11 days 19 hours 18 minutes
missionNumber STS-88
missionSpecialist James H. Newman
Jerry L. Ross
Nancy J. Currie
Sergei K. Krikalev
notable First ISS assembly flight
objective Deliver and assemble initial U.S. and Russian ISS modules in orbit
operator NASA
orbitingBody Earth
pilot Frederick W. Sturckow NERFINISHED
precededBy STS-95
primaryPayload Unity (Node 1)
Zarya
surface form: "Zarya (FGB)"
program Space Shuttle ISS assembly flights
surface form: "International Space Station assembly flights"

NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: "Space Shuttle program"
role First Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station
spaceAgency NASA
spaceShuttle OV-105
Space Shuttle Endeavour
year 1998

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