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STS-96 (Flight # 94) 27 May - 6 June 1999

Discovery (26)

Crew:
    Kent V. Rominger [4], Commander
    Rick D. Husband [1], Pilot
    Ellen Ochoa [3], Mission Specialist
    Tamara E. Jernigan [5], Mission Specialist
    Daniel T. Barry [2], Mission Specialist
    Julie Payette [1], Mission Specialist (Canada/CSA)
    Valery Ivanovich Tokarev [1], Mission Specialist (Russia)

Launch:
    Pad: 39-B (40)
    Date: 27 May 1999
    Time: 10:49:42 UTC

Orbit:
    Altitude: 173 nm
    Inclination: 51.6 degrees
    Orbits: 154
    Duration: 9 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes, 1 second
    Distance: 3.8 million miles

Landing:
    Location: Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL (47)
    Date: 6 June 1999
    Time: 06:02:43 UTC
    Rollout: 56 seconds (2,702 meters, 8,866 feet)

Highlights:
    This second mission docked with the ISS and supplies were transferred. Cranes for the ISS were installed, some repairs made, and the ISS prepared for future habitation.
    Space Station Assembly Flight 2A.1

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