page_title: STS-88
hierarchical_section_title: STS-88
caption_attribution_description: STS088(S)002 (November 1998): Five NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut assigned to the STS-88 mission, scheduled for an early December launch, take time out from their busy training agenda for a crew portrait. Seated in front are Sergei K. Krikalev, a mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), and astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist. In the rear, from the left, are astronauts Jerry L. Ross, mission specialist; Robert D. Cabana, mission commander; Frederick W. Sturckow, pilot; and James H. Newman, mission specialist.
context_page_description: STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and took the first American module, the Unity node, to the station.
  The seven-day mission was highlighted by the mating of the U.S.-built Unity node to the Functional Cargo Block already in orbit, and three spacewalks to connect power and data transmission cables between the Node and the FGB. Zarya, built by Boeing and the Russian Space Agency, was launched on a Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in November 1998.
  Other payloads on the STS-88 mission included the IMAX Cargo Bay Camera, the Argentine Scientific Applications Satellite-S, the MightySat 1 Hitchhiker payload, the Space Experiment Module and Getaway Special G-093 sponsored by the University of Michigan.
context_section_description: STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and took the first American module, the Unity node, to the station.
  The seven-day mission was highlighted by the mating of the U.S.-built Unity node to the Functional Cargo Block (Zarya module) already in orbit, and three spacewalks to connect power and data transmission cables between the Node and the FGB. Zarya, built by Boeing and the Russian Space Agency, was launched on a Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in November 1998.
  Other payloads on the STS-88 mission included the IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC), the Argentine Scientific Applications Satellite-S (SAC-A), the MightySat 1 Hitchhiker payload, the Space Experiment Module (SEM-07) and Getaway Special G-093 sponsored by the University of Michigan.
caption: Space Shuttle program
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