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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:35:34
Friday December 4, 1998
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STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Node 1, named Unity, was the first space station hardware delivered by the space shuttle. It has two Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMA), one attached to either end. One PMA is permanently mated to Zarya, and the other is used for orbiter dockings and crew access to the station. Unity also contains an International Standard Payload Rack used to support on-orbit activities, which was activated after the fifth Shuttle/Station assembly flight.
Low Earth Orbit
Agency
NASAPrice
$450.00 million
Rocket
Height: 56.1m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 27,500 kg
GTO: 3,810 kg
Liftoff Thrust
30,250 Kilonewtons
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
93rd
Mission
5th
Mission of 1998
74th
Orbital launch attempt