This article outlines notable events occurring in 1998 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
Zarya launch
Orbital launches
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Suborbital launches
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Deep-space rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks11 January Lunar Prospector Selenocentric orbit injection23 January NEAR Flyby of the Earth Closest approach: 10 February Galileo 5th flyby of Europa29 March Galileo 6th flyby of Europa26 April Cassini 1st flyby of Venus Gravity assist13 May AsiaSat 3/HGS 1 comsat 1st flyby of the Moon First use of moon's gravity for a recovery mission; Closest approach: 31 May Galileo 7th flyby of Europa1 June AsiaSat 3/HGS 1 2nd flyby of the Moon Closest approach: 21 July Galileo 8th flyby of Europa26 September Galileo 9th flyby of Europa22 November Galileo 10th flyby of Europa20 December Nozomi 1st flyby of the Earth23 December NEAR Flyby of 433 Eros Closest approach:
EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewFunctionRemarks8 January23:083 hours6 minutes9 January02:14Mir EO-24Anatoly SolovyevPavel VinogradovRepaired the damaged airlock sealing system, used the Strela boom to move across Mir and recover an American optical monitoring experiment. Checked the integrity of cable connects to several antennas.14 January21:123 hours15 January01:04Mir EO-24Anatoly SolovyevDavid WolfContinued to make more repairs to the airlock hatch on Kvant-2 and used a handheld photo-reflectometer to inspect the exterior surface of the station.1 April13:356 hours40 minutes20:15Mir EO-25Talgat MusabayevNikolai BudarinInstalled a set of handrails and one of two-foot restraints on the outside of the Spektr module in preparation for the repair of the damaged solar array.6 April13:354 hours15 minutes17:50Mir EO-25Talgat MusabayevNikolai BudarinBegin repair of the damaged Spektr solar panel. After installing a splint on the frayed panel, the spacewalkers had to quickly return to the airlock to handle a problem with station attitude control.11 April09:556 Hours25 minutes16:20Mir EO-25Talgat MusabayevNikolai BudarinJettisoned the external thruster engine (VDU) that had been located at the top of the Sofora boom and recover an experiment from the Rapana structure.Dismantling of the Rapana structure was not completed.17 April07:406 Hours33 minutes14:13Mir EO-25Talgat MusabayevNikolai BudarinRemoved two structures and secured them to exterior surfaces and repositioned the new thrust engine (VDU) for future use.22 April05:346 Hours21 minutes11:55Mir EO-25Talgat MusabayevNikolai BudarinCompleted installation of the new VDU thruster unit on top of the Sofora boom.20:0030 minutes20:30Mir EO-26Gennady PadalkaSergei AvdeyevInternal spacewalk in the depressurised Spektr module to connect electrical and control cables to the solar array servo motor.10 November19:245 hours54 minutes11 November01:18Mir EO-26Gennady PadalkaSergei AvdeyevDeployed Sputnik-41, deployed a French "meteorite trap" intended to catch some dust from the upcoming Leonids meteor shower.7 December22:107 hours21 minutes8 December05:31STS-88Jerry L. RossConnected computer and electrical cables between the Unity node, the two mating adapters attached to either end of Unity, and the Zarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB).First ISS assembly EVA9 December20:337 hours2 minutes03:35STS-88ISS EndeavourJerry L. RossJames H. NewmanInstalled two box-like antennas on the outside of the Unity module that are part of the S-band early communications system.12 December20:336 hours59 minutes13 December03:32STS-88ISS EndeavourJerry L. RossJames H. NewmanChecked on an insulation cover on a cable connection on the lower Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-2) to make sure it was fully installed, attached EVA tools on the side of Unitys upper mating adapter (PMA-1) in preparation for future EVAs, and inspected Orbiter Space Vision System targets on Unity.
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