STS-89

Terrence W. Wilcutt

• Birthday: 10/31/1949
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 09/30/1994
• Last Flight: 09/08/2000

Terrence Wade Wilcutt is a United States Marine Corps officer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle mis...

Joe F. Edwards Jr.

• Birthday: 02/03/1958
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 01/23/1998
• Last Flight: 01/23/1998

Joe Frank Edwards Jr. is an American aerospace engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut.

Michael P. Anderson

• Birthday: 12/28/1959
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 01/23/1998
• Last Flight: 01/16/2003

Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anderson and his six fellow crew members w...

Salizhan Sharipov

• Birthday: 08/24/1964
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Kyrgyzstan
• First Flight: 01/23/1998
• Last Flight: 10/14/2004

Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (Russian: Салижан Шакирович Шарипов) (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzst...

James F. Reilly

• Birthday: 03/18/1954
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 01/23/1998
• Last Flight: 06/08/2007

James Francis Reilly II is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. He flew on three space shuttle missions: STS-89...

Andy Thomas

• Birthday: 12/18/1951
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 05/19/1996
• Last Flight: 07/26/2005

Andrew "Andy" Sydney Withiel Thomas, AO is an Australian-born American aerospace engineer and a NASA astronaut. He ...

Bonnie J. Dunbar

• Birthday: 03/03/1949
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 10/30/1985
• Last Flight: 01/23/1998

Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is a former NASA astronaut. She retired from NASA in September 2005 then served as president and CEO of ...

Mission

STS-89

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

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.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 rocket launches.

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Rocket

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

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Agency

United Space Alliance

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.