| Date |
Time (UTC) |
Event |
| 1998 Jan 23 |
02:48 |
Space Shuttle Endeavour launched from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-89 into orbit of 296 x 306 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination with crew consisting of Terrence Wilcutt (commander), Joe Edwards (pilot) and mission specialists James Reilly, Michael Anderson, Bonny Dunbar, Salizhan Sharipov (Russia) and Andrew Thomas |
| 1998 Jan 24 |
20:14 |
Endeavour docks with the Orbiter Docking System unit on the front port of KristallKristall - orbit is 378 x 387 kilometres |
| 1998 Jan 29 |
16:33 |
Soyuz TM-27 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 188 x 222 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination with cosmonauts Talgat Musabevey, Nikolai Budarin and Leopold Eyharts (France) aboard |
| 1998 Jan 29 |
16:56 |
Endeavour undocks from Mir carring Wilcutt, Edwards, Reilly, Anderson, Dunbar, Sharipov and Wolf - it performs a flyaround of Mir before departing |
| 1998 Jan 30 |
12:53 |
Progress M-37 undocks from Mir |
| 1998 Jan 31 |
02:36 |
Wheel stop - Endeavour STS-89 mission is over |
| 1998 Jan 31 |
17:54 |
Soyuz TM-27 docks with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 379 x 385 kilometres |
| 1998 Jan 31 |
21:28 |
Endeavour fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
| 1998 Jan 31 |
22:35 |
Endeavour lands on the Kennedy Space Center runway |
| 1998 Feb 17 |
10:35 |
Cosmos 2349 (Yantar-1KFT11Ф660 №19, Cometa #19) launched into 200 x 266 kilometre, 89.2 minutes period, 70.4 deg inclination orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz 11A511U rocket. Recoverable satellite undertaking topopgraphic and mapping surveys for the Soviet/Russian army. The design is a hybrid based on Korolyov's Zenit re-entry cabin, supported by the Yantar-2K service module. |
| 1998 Feb 18 |
07:17 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 212 x 278 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.2 minutes period. |
| 1998 Feb 19 |
05:52 |
Soyuz TM-26 undocks from Mir with Solovyov, Vinogradov and Eyharts (France) aboard |
| 1998 Feb 19 |
08:16 |
Soyuz TM-26 makes its retro-fire |
| 1998 Feb 19 |
09:10 |
Soyuz TM-26 lands |
| 1998 Feb 20 |
08:48 |
Soyuz TM-27 undocks from Mir with Musabeyev, Budarin and Thomas aboard |
| 1998 Feb 20 |
09:32 |
After Mir has executed a 180 degree rotation, Soyuz TM-27 re-docks with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 377 x 385 kilometres |
| 1998 Feb 23 |
12:32 |
Progress M-37 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant for a second time - orbit is 378 x 389 kilometres |
| 1998 Feb 25 |
03:49 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 210 x 272 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.4 minutes period. |
| 1998 Feb 25 |
06:38 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 214 x 278 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.3 minutes period. |
| 1998 Mar 5 |
21:16 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 211 x 272 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.5 minutes period. |
| 1998 Mar 6 |
04:44 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 212 x 280 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.4 minutes period. |
| 1998 Mar 14 |
00:29 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 210 x 273 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.5 minutes period. |
| 1998 Mar 14 |
22:44 |
Progress M-38 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 190 x 230 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 1998 Mar 14 |
23:30 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 205 x 289 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.4 minutes period. |
| 1998 Mar 15 |
19:16 |
Progress M-37 undocks from Mir |
| 1998 Mar 15 |
22:14 |
Progress M-37 fires its retro-rocket to initiate re-entry, and after about 50 minutes it enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 1998 Mar 17 |
00:31 |
Progress M-38 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 376 x 383 kilometres |
| 1998 Mar 22 |
05:14 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 203 x 280 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.5 minutes period. |
| 1998 Mar 22 |
20:39 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 219 x 304 kilometres, 70.3 deg inclination with 89.4 minutes period. |
| 1998 Mar 23 |
02:06 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 213 x 279 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.8 minutes period. |
| 1998 Mar 28 |
22:10 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 211 x 272 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.5 minutes period. |
| 1998 Mar 29 |
17:57 |
Orbit of Cosmos 2349 reported as 219 x 332 kilometres, 70.4 deg inclination with 89.4 minutes period. |
| 1998 Apr 3 |
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Cosmos 2349 is commanded to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere for recovery of its descent module. |
| 1998 May 2 |
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Space Shuttle Discovery starts its rollout to the Pad for mission STS-91 |
| 1998 May 14 |
22:12 |
Progress M-39 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 188 x 220 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 1998 May 15 |
18:43 |
Progress M-38 undocks from Mir |
| 1998 May 15 |
21:39 |
Progress M-38 fires its retro-rocket to initiate re-entry, and after about 50 minutes it enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 1998 May 16 |
23:30 |
Progress M-39 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 371 x 379 kilometres |
| 1998 Jun 2 |
22:06 |
Space Shuttle Discovery launched from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-89 into orbit of 239 x 327 kilometres at 51.6 degrees inclination with crew consisting of Charles Precourt (commander), Dominic Gorie (pilot) and mission specialists Wend Lawrence, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Janet Kavandi and Valery Ryumin (Russia) - it is the final planned visit of a US Space Suttle to Mir |
| 1998 Jun 4 |
16:58 |
Discovery docks with the Orbiter Docking System unit on the front port of KristallKristall - orbit is 370 x 378 kilometres |
| 1998 Jun 8 |
16:01 |
Discovery undocks from Mir carring Precourt, Gorie, Chang-Diaz, Lawrence, Kavandi, Ryumin andThomas - it performs a flyaround of Mir before departing |
| 1998 Jun 12 |
16:51 |
Discovery fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
| 1998 Jun 12 |
18:00 |
Discovery lands on the Kennedy Space Center runway |
| 1998 Jun 12 |
18:01 |
Wheel stop - Discovery STS-91 mission is over |
| 1998 Aug 12 |
09:28 |
Progress M-39 undocks from Mir in order to clear the Kvant docking port for the upcoming Soyuz TM-28 mission |
| 1998 Aug 13 |
09:43 |
Soyuz TM-28 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 177 x 238 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination with cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, Sergei Avdeyev and Yuri Baturin aboard |
| 1998 Aug 15 |
10:56 |
Soyuz TM-28 docks with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 364 x 374 kilometres |
| 1998 Aug 25 |
02:04 |
Soyuz TM-27 undocks from Mir with Musabayev, Balandin and Baturin aboard |
| 1998 Aug 25 |
04:31 |
Soyuz TM-27 makes its retro-fire |
| 1998 Aug 25 |
05:24 |
Soyuz TM-27 lands |
| 1998 Aug 27 |
05:47 |
Soyuz TM-28 undocks from Mir with Padalka and Avdeyev aboard |
| 1998 Aug 27 |
06:07 |
After Mir has executed a 180 degree rotation, Soyuz TM-28 re-docks with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 363 x 373 kilometres |
| 1998 Sep 1 |
05:34 |
Progress M-39 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant for a second time - orbit is 362 x 372 kilometres |
| 1998 Oct 21 |
|
Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled-out to Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center |
| 1998 Oct 25 |
04:14 |
Progress M-40 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 190 x 222 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination - its cargo includes the The 'Znamya 2.5' space mirror to be deployed ofter separation of Progress M-40 from Mir |
| 1998 Oct 25 |
23:03 |
Progress M-39 undocks from Mir for the second time |
| 1998 Oct 26 |
|
Unity module arrives at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center |
| 1998 Oct 27 |
05:34 |
Progress M-40 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 355 x 365 kilometres |
| 1998 Oct 29 |
03:27 |
Progress M-39 fires its retro-rocket to initiate re-entryresult of frictional heating |
| 1998 Oct 29 |
04:14 |
Progress M-39 enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 1998 Nov 13 |
|
Unity module placed inside Shuttle Endeavour cargo bay |
| 1998 Nov 18 |
|
Proton rocket carrying the Zarya space station module moved to Launch Complex 81 at the Baikonur cosmodrome |
| 1998 Nov 20 |
06:40 |
Zarya launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Complex 81 by Proton rocket into 176 x 343 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 1998 Nov 25 |
|
Zarya established in orbit of 383 x 396 kilometres, awaiting arrival of Space Shuttle 'Endeavour ' |
| 1998 Dec 3 |
08:59 |
Originally-planned launch time for Space Shuttle Endeavour to rendezvous with Zarya - a delay in the countdown due to an erroneous alarm resulted in the launch window closing before Endeavour could lift off |
| 1998 Dec 4 |
08:35 |
Space Shuttle Endeavour launched from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-88. Crew consists of US Marine Col Robert Cabana (commander), US Marine Major Frederick Sturckow (pilot), and mission specialists - US Marine Lt-Col Nancy J. Currie, USAF Col Jerry Ross, James Newman and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalyov |
| 1998 Dec 5 |
22:06 |
mission specialist Currie uses Endeavour remote manipulator system to raise Unity from Endeavour cargo bay |
| 1998 Dec 5 |
23:45 |
Unity is attached vertically to a docking adaptor in Endeavour cargo bay |
| 1998 Dec 6 |
23:47 |
Following rendezvous, mission specialist Currie controls Endeavour remote manipulator arm to capture Zarya |
| 1998 Dec 7 |
02:07 |
The Endeavour /Unity combination completes the docking with Zarya . Orbit is 386 x 401 kilometres |
| 1998 Dec 7 |
22:10 |
Ross and Newman open Endeavour hatch to start a space walk to connect external communications and electrical power cables between Zarya and Unity , and to install handholds and connectors to the outside of Unity for use on later space walks |
| 1998 Dec 8 |
03:49 |
Zarya begins to supply electrical power to Unity - some of Unity systems are powered up |
| 1998 Dec 8 |
05:31 |
Ross and Newman seal Endeavour hatch at the end of the space walk |
| 1998 Dec 9 |
20:30 |
Ross and Newman open Endeavour hatch to start a space walk to attach communications antennae to Unity for use with the Data Relay Tracking System; to install insulation blankets and a sunshade on Unity (they let go of one blanket which drifted away from the ISS ); and to use a pole to complete the deployment of a rendezvous radar antenna on Zarya which had stuck in a partially-erected position |
| 1998 Dec 10 |
03:35 |
Ross and Newman seal Endeavour hatch at the end of the space walk |
| 1998 Dec 10 |
19:54 |
Krikalyov and Cabana become the first people to enter the ISS - the Endeavour crew check some ISS systems, install portable fans and lights, and carry equipment aboard from Endeavour |
| 1998 Dec 10 |
21:12 |
The hatch between Unity and Zarya is opened for the first time |
| 1998 Dec 11 |
22:41 |
The hatch between Unity and Zarya is closed |
| 1998 Dec 12 |
00:26 |
Work is completed and the crew closes the hatch between Endeavour and Unity |
| 1998 Dec 12 |
20:33 |
Ross and Newman open Endeavour hatch to start a space walk to install a toolkit on the outside of Unity for use by future astronauts; to disconnect cables on Unity to ensure it cannot be undocked; to install a hand hold on Zarya and complete the deployment of a second antenna which has also stuck; and to test an astronaut manoeuvring unit |
| 1998 Dec 13 |
03:32 |
Ross and Newman seal Endeavour hatch at the end of the space walk |
| 1998 Dec 13 |
20:25 |
Endeavour undocks from the International Space Station and begins a fly-around of the station |
| 1998 Dec 13 |
21:39 |
Endeavour fires its thrusters and starts to move away from the ISS - joint operations are completed |
| 1998 Dec 14 |
04:30 |
Argentinian SAC-A technology test satellite is ejected from Endeavour cargo bay |
| 1998 Dec 15 |
02:09 |
MightySat technology demonstration satellite is ejected from Endeavour cargo bay |
| 1998 Dec 15 |
02:23 |
mission Control gives Endeavour a 'Go' to fire its OMS engines for re-entry |
| 1998 Dec 16 |
02:47 |
Endeavour fires its OMS engines to initiate re-entry |
| 1998 Dec 16 |
03:53 |
Endeavour lands on the Kennedy Space Center runway |
| 1998 Dec 16 |
03:54 |
Wheel stop - Endeavour mission is completed |
| 1998 Dec 16 |
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A test firing of Zarya thusters raises its orbit from 387 x 399 kilometres to 394 x 400 kilometres |
| 1998 Dec 21 |
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Two firings of Zarya thrusters raises its orbit further to 397 x 403 kilometres |
