launched from USA

STS-98

Success
FEB 07200123:13:00 UTC

Atlantis delivered Destiny, the US laboratory module and centerpiece of the station's research capability, berthing the 16-ton lab to the Unity node over three spacewalks and enlarging the ISS pressurized volume by more than 40 percent.

launched from LC-39A Kennedy

aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis into LEO

Payloads · 2

  • 01

    STS-98

    ISS assembly

  • 02

    Destiny

    ISS component

Crew · 5

  • 01 Kenneth D. Cockrell from USA
  • 02 Mark L. Polansky from USA
  • 03 Robert L. Curbeam Jr. from USA
  • 04 Marsha S. Ivins from USA
  • 05 Thomas D. Jones from USA

last updated May 29, 2026