Mission Objectives

The major objective of the first shuttle mission of the year is the transfer of almost two tons of logistical supplies from the shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. These supplies will be used to not only continue the outfitting of the Unity and Zarya modules already joined together in orbit, but will be used by a future Shuttle assembly crew later this year to set up the Russian Service Module for occupancy by a three-man crew early next year. In addition to the supply delivery, the astronauts will deploy a small satellite called STARSHINE which will be observed by international students on Earth as they calculate its precise orbit and the rate of its orbital decay over a period of time. The seven crew members will also collect data from an experiment designed to test the amount of vibration imparted on shuttle-based payloads and will begin to demonstrate the effect of technological upgrades to the shuttle through the use of orbiter health monitoring devices designed to improve the quality of life aboard future shuttles while making their use more efficient over time.

Crew
Commander:	Kent V. Rominger
Pilot:	Rick D. Husband
Mission Specialist 1:	Tamara E. Jernigan
Mission Specialist 2:	Ellen Ochoa
Mission Specialist 3:	Daniel T. Barry
Mission Specialist 4:	Julie Payette
Mission Specialist 5:	Valery Tokarev

Launch
Orbiter:	Discovery OV103
Launch Site:	Pad 39-B Kennedy Space Center
Launch Window:	10 minutes
Altitude:	173nm (205 nm for rendezvous)
Inclination:	51.6
Duration:	9 Days 19 Hrs. 55 Min.

Vehicle Data
Shuttle Liftoff Weight:	4,514,454 lbs.
Orbiter/Payload Liftoff Weight:	262,035 lbs.
Orbiter/Payload Landing Weight:	220,980 lbs.

Payload Weights
IVHM-2	254 lbs.
STARSHINE	353 lbs.
ICC	3050 lb
SVFE	327 lbs.
SPACEHAB	16072 lbs.

Software Version:

OI-27

Space Shuttle Main Engines: (1 MB pdf)
SSME 1:  SN-2047 (2nd flt.)	SSME 2:  SN-2051 (1st flt.)	SSME 3:  SN-2049 (1st flt.)

External Tank:   ET-100   (4th Super Light Weight Tank)

SRB Set:  BI098
Auxiliary Power Units: (900 KB pdf)
APU-1: SN-310	APU-2: SN-204	APU-3: SN-404
Fuel Cells: (1.4 MB pdf)
FC-1: SN-117	FC-2: SN-111	FC-3: SN-103

Shuttle Aborts

Abort Landing Sites    RTLS:  Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC    TAL:    Zaragoza, Spain; Alternates: Ben Guerrir, Moron    AOA:   Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC; Alternates: White Sands Space Harbor

Shuttle Abort History

Shuttle Abort History

Landing
Landing Date:	06/06/99
Landing Time:	2:43 AM (eastern time)
Primary Landing Site:	Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC First alternate, Edwards Air Force Base Second alternate, White Sands Space Harbor

Payloads

Cargo Bay

Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring HEDS Technology Demonstration 2

Student-Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Equipment (STARSHINE)

Integrated Cargo Carrier

Shuttle Vibration Forces Experiment

SPACEHAB

Spacehab

MIRTs Changeout

Cargo Transfer