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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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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STS-90 | Apogee altitude | 274 kilometres (170 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | COSPAR ID | 1998-022A | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Crew size | 7 | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Distance travelled | 10,000,000 kilometres (6,200,000 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Inclination | 39.0 degrees | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Landing date | May 3, 1998, 16:09 (1998-05-03UTC16:10Z) UTC | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Landing mass | 105,462 kilograms (232,504 lb) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 33 | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Launch date | April 17, 1998, 18:19 (1998-04-17UTC18:19Z) UTC | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39B | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Members | Richard A. Searfoss | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Members | Scott D. Altman | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Members | Dafydd Williams | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Members | Kathryn P. Hire | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Members | Richard M. Linnehan | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Members | Jay C. Buckey | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Members | James A. Pawelczyk | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Mission duration | 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes, 58 seconds | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Mission type | Bioscience research | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Names | Space Transportation System-90 | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Operator | NASA | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Payload mass | 10,788 kilograms (23,783 lb) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Perigee altitude | 247 kilometres (153 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Period | 89.7 min | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Reference system | Geocentric | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Regime | Low Earth | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | SATCAT no. | 25297 | 1.00 | infobox |
| STS-90 | Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia | 1.00 | infobox |
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