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STS-96
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Mission name STS-96
Space Shuttle Discovery
Launch pad 39-B
Launch date May 27, 1999 6:49 a. The Space Shuttle orbiters are the orbital Spacecraft of the Space Shuttle program operated by NASA, the space agency of the United States. Space Shuttle Discovery ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103 is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) m. EDT
Landing June 6, 1999 2:02:43 a. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) m. EDT, KSC, Runway 15
Mission duration 9 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes, 57 seconds
Orbital altitude 173 nautical miles (320 km)
Orbital inclination 51. The John F Kennedy Space Center ( KSC) is the NASA Space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center ( Spaceport) on In Physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of one object around a point or another body for example the gravitational orbit of a planet around a star Inclination in general is the Angle between a Reference plane and another plane or axis of direction 6 degrees
Distance traveled 6 million km
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STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and the first shuttle flight to dock with the International Space Station. STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS STS-93 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of ''Columbia'', and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States Space Shuttle Discovery ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103 is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of The shuttle carried the Spacehab module in the payload, filled with cargo for station outfitting. Spacehab Inc ( is an aerospace company headquartered in Webster, Texas near the Johnson Space Center. STS-96 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, May 27, 1999. The John F Kennedy Space Center ( KSC) is the NASA Space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center ( Spaceport) on Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the

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Crew

Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission. Kent Vernon Rominger (b August 7, 1956) is a former American Astronaut, former Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office at Johnson Richard Douglas "Rick" Husband ( July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an Astronaut and the Space shuttle commander Ellen Lauri Ochoa (born May 10 1958 is a former Astronaut and current director of flight crew operations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan PhD (born May 7, 1959, in Chattanooga Tennessee) is an American scientist and former NASA Daniel Thomas Barry (born December 30, 1953) is an American scientist and a retired NASA Astronaut. Julie Payette (born October 20, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec) is an Astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA who Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Canadian Space Agency ( CSA or in French, l' Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) is the Canadian government Valery Ivanovich Tokarev (Валерий Иванович Токарев Russian Air Force Colonel and test cosmonaut at the Yuri A Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

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Docking with ISS

Space walk

Mission highlights

STS-96 was a logistics and resupply mission for the International Space Station. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)

The Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) carried the Russian cargo crane, known as STRELA, which was mounted to the exterior of the Russian station segment, the SPACEHAB Oceaneering Space System Box (SHOSS) and a U.S. built crane called the ORU Transfer Device (OTD). Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Other payloads on STS-96 were the Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Equipment (STARSHINE), the Shuttle Vibration Forces Experiment (SVF) and the Orbiter Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring - HEDS Technology Demonstration (IVHM HTD). The STARSHINE (Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite Heuristic International Networking Experiment series of three artificial Satellites were student participatory missions

The STARSHINE satellite consists of an inert, 19 inch (483 mm) hollow sphere covered by 1,000 evenly-distributed, flat, polished mirrors, each 1 inch in diameter. The payload consists of the STARSHINE satellite, integrated with the Pallet Ejection System (PES), then mounted inside a lidless carrier. The HH equipment consists of one HH Lightweight Avionics Plate (LAP), then mounted inside a lidless carrier. Additional HH equipment consists of one Hitchhiker Ejection System Electronics (HESE), one 5. 0 cubic-foot (142 L) HH canister, and one Adapter Beam Assembly (ABA). The purpose of the mission was to train international student volunteer observers to visually track this optically reflective spacecraft during morning and evening twilight intervals for several months, calculate its orbit from shared observations, and derive atmospheric density from drag-induced changes in its orbit over time.

Illustration of the International Space Station during STS-96
Illustration of the International Space Station during STS-96

The Shuttle Vibration Forces (SVF) Experiment provided flight measurements of the vibratory forces acting between an aerospace payload and its mounting structure. The force transducers were incorporated into four custom brackets which replaced the existing brackets used to attach the 5 ft (1. 5 m) standard canister to the side wall GAS adapter beam. The payload was activated automatically by the Orbiter Lift-off vibration and operated for approximately 100 seconds. STS-96 was the second flight of the SVF experiment.

The purpose of the Orbiter Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring- HEDS Technology Demonstration (IVHM HTD) was to demonstrate competing modern, off-the-shelf sensing technologies in an operational environment to make informed design decisions for the eventual Orbiter upgrade IVHM. The objective of IVHM was to reduce planned ground processing, streamline problem troubleshooting (unplanned ground processing), enhance visibility into systems operation and improve overall vehicle safety.

Daniel T. Barry, who enjoys playing the popular computer game StarCraft, brought along a copy of the game during the mission. Daniel Thomas Barry (born December 30, 1953) is an American scientist and a retired NASA Astronaut. A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather StarCraft is a Military science fiction Real-time strategy Video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The game now resides at Blizzard’s home office after having orbited the Earth 153 times and travelling 3. 5 million nautical miles. [1]

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