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STS-96

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 27 May 1999, 10:49 am UTC

Rocket: Space Shuttle

Provider: Lockheed Space Operations Company

Mission

Type: Human Exploration

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission Description

STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and the first shuttle flight to dock with the International Space Station. The shuttle carried the Spacehab module in the payload, filled with cargo for station outfitting. STS-96 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 27 May 1999 at 06:49:42 AM EDT.