MISSION NAME
STS-89 89
Status
Success
DATE
23 JAN 1998
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United Space Alliance
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Description
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.
Space Shuttle
Rocket Description
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.