Launch from Cape Canaveral (
KSC); landing on Cape
Canaveral (
KSC).
It was the
8th MIR docking mission. Following a two day solo flight the Endeavour docked
with the MIR space station on 24.01.1998. Common scientific work of 4d 20h 43m
(24. - 29.01.1998) with the
24th MIR resident
crew. The Endeavour brought supplies and equipment to the MIR (i.e. two
computers, a cooling system and a compressor).
Andrew
Thomas replaced Dave
Wolf
as a member of
24th MIR
resident crew.
Middeck Payloads included the Microgravity Plant
Nutrient Experiment MPNE, the Shuttle Ionospheric Modification with Pulsed
Local Exhaust (SIMPLEX), the Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System
(CEBAS), the TeleMedicine Instrumentation Pack (TMIP), Global Positioning
System Development Test Objective (GPS DTO), the Human Performance (HP)
Experiment, MSD, EarthKAM, Orbiter Space Vision System (OSVS) Shuttle
Condensate Collection (RME-1331), the Thermo-Electric Holding Module (TEHM),
the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (DSO 914), the Co-Culture
Experiments (CoCult) and the Biochemistry of 3-D Tissue Engineering (BIO3D).
Get Away Special Experiments include the University of Michigan G-093 - Vortex
Ring Transit Experiment (VORTEX), the German Aerospace Center and University
Giessen G-141 - Structure of Marangoni Convection in Floating Zones Payload,
the German Aerospace Center and the Technical University of Clausthal G-145
Glass Fining Experiment and the Chinese Academy of Sciences G-432 canister
containing 5 crystal growth and material sciences experiments.
