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 Discovery lands at Kennedy, concluding the last mission in the Shuttle–Mir program | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-91 |
|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ Suriano, Robyn (3 June 1998). "Final Flight to Mir Begins". Florida Today. p. 1. Retrieved 7 June 2022.