STS-98 Mission Specialist Marsha Ivins (center) checks out equipment for the International Space Station (ISS) with Ursula Stockdale (right), Mod Cargo Operations. STS-98 is scheduled to carry the U.S. laboratory module, the centerpiece ISS, where unprecedented science experiments will be performed in the near zero gravity of space. The launch is targeted for October 1999 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date June 24, 1998