Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-91
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-91
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.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 1998-06-12T18:00:00+0000
Crew
Charles J. Precourt
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-06-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-05-02
Status Retired
Type Government
Franklin Chang Díaz
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-04-05
Status Retired
Type Government
Janet L. Kavandi
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1959-07-17
Status Retired
Type Government
Valery Ryumin
Mission Specialist
Nationality Russian
Date Of Birth 1939-08-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Wendy B. Lawrence
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1959-07-02
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Mir
Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996.
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
Shuttle–Mir
The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative 11-mission space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the Shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir.
