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STS-90: Regions & Science

STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle Columbia. The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab laboratory module, which had first flown on Columbia on STS-9, and was also the last daytime landing for Columbia.

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STS-90 topic overview

The analysis highlights Regions and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-90.

Related topics
15
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
17
Extracted relationships
33
Concept neighborhoods
13
Bridge connections
17

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Mission highlights · 10 topics
Overview · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Apogee altitude
274 kilometres (170 mi)
COSPAR ID
1998-022A
Crew size
7
Distance travelled
10,000,000 kilometres (6,200,000 mi)
Inclination
39.0 degrees
Landing date
May 3, 1998, 16:09 (1998-05-03UTC16:10Z) UTC

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Mission highlights

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How STS-90 connects Entity context

The extracted context around STS-90 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-90 → Dafydd Williams, James A. Pawelczyk, Jay C. Buckey, Kathryn P. Hire, Richard A. Searfoss, Richard M. Linnehan, Scott D. Altman Another extracted example is STS-90 → Archived December, Archived November, NASA, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineSTS-90 Video Highlights. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

STS-90

Top relations

Members · 7
STS-90 → Dafydd Williams, James A. Pawelczyk, Jay C. Buckey, Kathryn P. Hire, Richard A. Searfoss, Richard M. Linnehan, Scott D. Altman
related to External links · 5
STS-90 → Archived December, Archived November, NASA, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineSTS-90 Video Highlights
Apogee altitude · 1
STS-90 → 274 kilometres (170 mi)
COSPAR ID · 1
STS-90 → 1998-022A
Crew size · 1
STS-90 → 7
Distance travelled · 1
STS-90 → 10,000,000 kilometres (6,200,000 mi)
Inclination · 1
STS-90 → 39.0 degrees
Landing date · 1
STS-90 → May 3, 1998, 16:09 (1998-05-03UTC16:10Z) UTC
Landing mass · 1
STS-90 → 105,462 kilograms (232,504 lb)
Landing site · 1
STS-90 → Kennedy, SLF Runway 33

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

space mission system shuttle landing spacelab research module crew flight richard columbia williams hire science first searfoss altman linnehan nervous

STS-90 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 33 structured relationships around STS-90. Examples in this analysis include STS-90 → Apogee altitude → 274 kilometres (170 mi) and STS-90 → COSPAR ID → 1998-022A. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
STS-90Apogee altitude274 kilometres (170 mi)1.00infobox
STS-90COSPAR ID1998-022A1.00infobox
STS-90Crew size71.00infobox
STS-90Distance travelled10,000,000 kilometres (6,200,000 mi)1.00infobox
STS-90Inclination39.0 degrees1.00infobox
STS-90Landing dateMay 3, 1998, 16:09 (1998-05-03UTC16:10Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-90Landing mass105,462 kilograms (232,504 lb)1.00infobox
STS-90Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 331.00infobox
STS-90Launch dateApril 17, 1998, 18:19 (1998-04-17UTC18:19Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-90Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B1.00infobox
STS-90MembersRichard A. Searfoss1.00infobox
STS-90MembersScott D. Altman1.00infobox
STS-90MembersDafydd Williams1.00infobox
STS-90MembersKathryn P. Hire1.00infobox
STS-90MembersRichard M. Linnehan1.00infobox
STS-90MembersJay C. Buckey1.00infobox
STS-90MembersJames A. Pawelczyk1.00infobox
STS-90Mission duration15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes, 58 seconds1.00infobox
STS-90Mission typeBioscience research1.00infobox
STS-90NamesSpace Transportation System-901.00infobox
STS-90OperatorNASA1.00infobox
STS-90Payload mass10,788 kilograms (23,783 lb)1.00infobox
STS-90Perigee altitude247 kilometres (153 mi)1.00infobox
STS-90Period89.7 min1.00infobox
STS-90Reference systemGeocentric1.00infobox
STS-90RegimeLow Earth1.00infobox
STS-90SATCAT no.252971.00infobox
STS-90SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Columbia1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around STS-90 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Nasa, System and Buckey. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • space shuttle
    • Mission
    • Kilometres
    • Landing
    • Mi
    • Research
    • Columbia
    • Module
    • Spacelab
    • Shuttle
    • Space
    • System
    • Agencies
  • space shuttle columbia
    • Flown
    • Mission
    • Kilometres
    • Landing
    • Mi
    • Research
    • Columbia
    • Shuttle
    • Also
    • Last
    • Module
    • Spacelab
  • european space agency
    • Agencies
    • National
    • Mission
    • Research
    • Also
    • Flown
    • Last
    • Module
    • Spacelab
    • Shuttle
    • System
    • Columbia
  • international space station
    • Mission
    • Research
    • Module
    • Spacelab
    • Shuttle
    • System
    • Agencies
    • Columbia
    • European
    • Microgravity
    • National
    • Neurolab
  • mission highlights
    • Space
    • Sts-90
    • Landing
    • System
    • Columbia
    • First
    • Crew
    • Flight
    • Module
    • Spacelab
    • Research
    • Shuttle
  • kathryn hire
    • Williams
    • Richard
    • Kilometres
    • Mi
    • Hire
    • Kathryn
    • Linnehan
    • Microgravity
    • Neurolab
    • Pawelczyk
    • Searfoss
    • Mission
  • spacelab
    • Neurolab
    • Payload
    • System
    • Kilometres
    • Mi
    • Altman
    • Experiments
    • Linnehan
    • Microgravity
    • Nasa
    • Pawelczyk
    • Searfoss
  • office of naval research
    • Space
    • Agencies
    • Science
    • System
    • Nasa
    • National
    • Nervous
    • Spacelab
    • Sts-90

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For STS-90, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-90 with Mission highlights. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
STS-90Mission highlights · splits 7 ⟂ 11
STS-90Overview · splits 12 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

STS-90

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples33
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-90 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Regions & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — STS-90 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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