Endeavour Launches on STS-89

Date: January 22, 1998 • Location: Moscow, Russia

Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built. It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1992 and its 25th and final mission, STS-134, in May 2011. STS-134 was expected to be the final mission of the Space Shuttle program, but with the authorization of STS-135 by the United States Congress, Atlantis became the last shuttle to fly.