#sts-98

[gregorygalloway]

Marsha Ivins (born 15 April 1951)

[aerospaceage]

International Space Station - February 2001  The International Space Station is backdropped over clouds, water and land in South America. South central Chile shows up at bottom of the frame. Just below the Destiny laboratory, the Chacao Channel separates the large island of Chiloe from the mainland and connects the Gulf of Coronados on the Pacific side with the Gulf of Ancud southwest of the city of Puerto Montt. The crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-98) and the International Space Station parted company at 9:06 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time), February 16, 2001, as astronaut Mark L. Polansky, pilot, flew the shuttle halfway around the station and its new Destiny laboratory before moving off for the return trip to Earth. Image #: STS098-713a-016 Date: February 16, 2001

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Space Shuttle Projects

This image was taken in 2001. It still blows our mind.

Space Shuttle Projects

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This awesome image depicts the full moon, sunset launch of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis STS-98 mission on February 7, 2001 at 6:13 p.m. eastern time. The large white plume is the pillar of smoke and stream left behind by the solid rocket boosters. The very bright dot that exists above the plume is the…

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STS-98, February 10, 2001 - flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis

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STS-98 Atlantis

[thewebhamster]

STS-98 Landing at Edwards.  Just to show how accurate the F-Sim simulator is when compared to the real deal. See yesterday's post.

Plus, the included in-cabin comms are awesome.

[darth-azrael]

Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch (2001-02-07)

The launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-98) from near Cocoa Beach:

Mission: International Space Station Assembly Flight 5A

Space Shuttle: Atlantis

Launch Pad: 39A 

Launched: February 7, 2001, 6:13:02 p.m. EST

Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

Landing: February 20, 2001, 3:33 p.m. EST

Runway: 22

Rollout Time: 57 seconds

Revolution: 203

Mission Duration: 12 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes and 4 seconds

Miles Traveled: 5.3 million 

Crew:

Kenneth D. Cockrell (4), Commander

Mark L. Polansky (1), Pilot

Robert L. Curbeam (2), Mission Specialist

Thomas D. Jones (4), Mission Specialist

Marsha S. Ivins (5), Mission Specialist

Payload:

7th Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-07-5A (US Lab), ORU, PDGF

More info:

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-98/mission-sts-98.html

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-98.html

[darth-azrael]

The launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-98) from near Cocoa Beach:  Mission: International Space Station Assembly Flight 5A  Space Shuttle: Atlantis  Launch Pad: 39A  Launched: February 7, 2001, 6:13:02 p.m. EST  Landing Site: Edwards Air Force base, Calif.  Landing: February 20, 2001, 3:33 p.m. EST  Runway: 22  Rollout Time: 57 seconds  Revolution: 203  Mission Duration: 12 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes and 4 seconds  Miles Traveled: 5.3 million  Crew:  Kenneth D. Cockrell (4), Commander  Mark L. Polansky (1), Pilot  Robert L. Curbeam (2), Mission Specialist  Thomas D. Jones (4), Mission Specialist  Marsha S. Ivins (5), Mission Specialist  Payload:  7th Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-07-5A (US Lab), ORU, PDGF  More info:  http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-98/mission-sts-98.html  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-98.html