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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105: STS-88
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and took the first American module, the Unity node, to the station.
Friday, 4 December 1998
Mission Data
🇺🇸United Space AllianceEst. 1995
Launch VehicleSpace Shuttle
Vehicle Record133 of 135 launches (98.5%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record50 successes / 1 failures (98%)
Success Streak22 consecutive
ProgramSpace Shuttle · Human Spaceflight
Mission TypeHuman Exploration
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch PadLaunch Complex 39A
Location🇺🇸 Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#74
Agency Launches This Year#3
Launches From This Pad224
Launches From This Site283
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About 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.
Launch Site
Launch Complex 39A · 28.6082°N 80.6043°W
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.