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This Week in NASA History: STS-98 Launches to Space Station – Feb. 7, 2001

This week in 2001, STS-98 launched aboard the space shuttle Atlantis from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
This week in 2001, STS-98 launched aboard the space shuttle Atlantis from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

This week in 2001, STS-98 launched aboard the space shuttle Atlantis from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The primary mission objective was to deliver the Destiny module to the International Space Station. Here, the newly attached Destiny module can be seen at the lower right of the station. Destiny, developed and constructed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, is the primary research laboratory for U.S. payloads, supporting a wide range of experiments and studies contributing to health, safety and quality of life for people all over the world. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as “science central” for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s scientific experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage. (NASA)