STS-88
STS-88 was Space Shuttle Endeavour's first International Space Station assembly mission. The crew delivered the U.S.-built Unity connecting module, captured and mated the Russian-built Zarya module with the Shuttle robotic arm, entered the joined station modules, and completed three Ross-Newman spacewalks to connect power, data, and hardware for future assembly.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Endeavour STS-88First International Space Station FlightFirst Shuttle mission to the ISSUnity-Zarya assemblyISS assembly flight 2ASTS 88
- Name
- STS-88
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- Description
- STS-88 was Space Shuttle Endeavour's first International Space Station assembly mission. The crew delivered the U.S.-built Unity connecting module, captured and mated the Russian-built Zarya module with the Shuttle robotic arm, entered the joined station modules, and completed three Ross-Newman spacewalks to connect power, data, and hardware for future assembly.
- End Date
- 1998-12-15
- Landing Site
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully completed the first Shuttle mission to the International Space Station: joined Unity and Zarya, activated and entered the first station modules, performed three assembly EVAs, and deployed MightySat 1 and SAC-A.
- Program
- Space Shuttle program
- Start Date
- 1998-12-04
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-88/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-88
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- Creation Time
- June 30, 2026 at 20:12:21 UTC
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- Updated Time
- July 15, 2026 at 00:25:02 UTC
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