STS-88 crew
Front row (L-R): Sergei Krikalev, Nancy Currie-Gregg
Back row (L-R): Jerry Ross, Robert Cabana, Frederick Sturckow, James Newman
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-88), launched December 4, 1998, carried the first American module, Unity node, to the International Space Station. Its crew consisted of Commander Robert Cabana, Pilot Frederick Sturckow, Jerry Ross, Nancy Currie-Gregg, James Newman, and Sergei Krikalev (Roscosmos).
Ross and Newman performed three EVAs for a total of over 21 hours, to complete the Unity node installation.
They returned to Earth December 13.
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