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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105: STS-97

STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to the ISS, prepared a docking port for arrival of the Destiny Laboratory Module, and delivered supplies for the station's crew.

Friday, 1 December 200003:06 UTC
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105: STS-97

Mission Data

United Space Alliance
🇺🇸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 39B
Location🇺🇸 Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#80
Agency Launches This Year#4
Launches From This Pad59
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 39B · 28.6271°N 80.6210°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.