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STS-99: Mission highlights, Wake-up calls & Overview

STS-99 was a Space Shuttle mission using Endeavour, that launched on 11 February 2000 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The primary objective of the mission was the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) project. This was also the last solo flight of Endeavour; all future flights for Endeavour became devoted to the International Space Station. STS-99…

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STS-99 topic overview

The analysis highlights Mission highlights, Wake-up calls and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-99.

Related topics
24
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
27
Extracted relationships
45
Concept neighborhoods
15
Bridge connections
27

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 · 16 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Wake-up calls · 3 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
242 kilometres (150 mi)
COSPAR ID
2000-010A
Crew size
6
Distance travelled
6,540,000 kilometers (4,060,000 mi)
Inclination
57.0 degrees
Landing date
22 February 2000, 23:23 (2000-02-22UTC23:24Z) 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

Wake-up calls

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-99 connects Entity context

The extracted context around STS-99 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-99 → Archived, Fact Sheet, May, NASA, October, Sep, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, SRTM, Wayback MachineSTS-99 Video Highlights, Wayback MachineUSGS Another extracted example is STS-99 → Apollo, Each, Gemini, NASA, STS-107, The, While. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

STS-99

Top relations

related to External links · 10
STS-99 → Archived, Fact Sheet, May, NASA, October, Sep, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, SRTM, Wayback MachineSTS-99 Video Highlights, Wayback MachineUSGS
related to Wake-up calls · 7
STS-99 → Apollo, Each, Gemini, NASA, STS-107, The, While
Members · 6
STS-99 → Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, Gerhard P.J. Thiele, Janet L. Kavandi, Janice E. Voss, Kevin R. Kregel, Mamoru "Mark" Mohri
Apogee altitude · 1
STS-99 → 242 kilometres (150 mi)
COSPAR ID · 1
STS-99 → 2000-010A
Crew size · 1
STS-99 → 6
Distance travelled · 1
STS-99 → 6,540,000 kilometers (4,060,000 mi)
Inclination · 1
STS-99 → 57.0 degrees
Landing date · 1
STS-99 → 22 February 2000, 23:23 (2000-02-22UTC23:24Z) UTC
Landing mass · 1
STS-99 → 102,363 kilograms (225,672 lb)

Important terminology

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

Important terminology

mission shuttle radar space endeavour also system srtm flight crew mapping data topography payload earth used mast nasa 60 kregel

STS-99 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 45 structured relationships around STS-99. Examples in this analysis include STS-99 → Apogee altitude → 242 kilometres (150 mi) and STS-99 → COSPAR ID → 2000-010A. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
STS-99Apogee altitude242 kilometres (150 mi)1.00infobox
STS-99COSPAR ID2000-010A1.00infobox
STS-99Crew size61.00infobox
STS-99Distance travelled6,540,000 kilometers (4,060,000 mi)1.00infobox
STS-99Inclination57.0 degrees1.00infobox
STS-99Landing date22 February 2000, 23:23 (2000-02-22UTC23:24Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-99Landing mass102,363 kilograms (225,672 lb)1.00infobox
STS-99Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 331.00infobox
STS-99Launch date11 February 2000, 17:43 (2000-02-11UTC17:43Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-99Launch mass116,376 kilograms (256,565 lb)1.00infobox
STS-99Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A1.00infobox
STS-99MembersKevin R. Kregel1.00infobox
STS-99MembersDominic L. Pudwill Gorie1.00infobox
STS-99MembersGerhard P.J. Thiele1.00infobox
STS-99MembersJanet L. Kavandi1.00infobox
STS-99MembersJanice E. Voss1.00infobox
STS-99MembersMamoru "Mark" Mohri1.00infobox
STS-99Mission duration11 days, 5 hours, 39 minutes, 41 seconds1.00infobox
STS-99Mission typeRadar imaging1.00infobox
STS-99NamesSpace Transportation System-991.00infobox
STS-99OperatorNASA1.00infobox
STS-99Payload mass13,154 kilograms (29,000 lb)1.00infobox
STS-99Perigee altitude224 kilometres (139 mi)1.00infobox
STS-99Period89.2 minutes1.00infobox
STS-99Reference systemGeocentric1.00infobox
STS-99RegimeLow Earth1.00infobox
STS-99SATCAT no.260881.00infobox
STS-99SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Endeavour1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around STS-99 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include System, Nasa and Topography. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • space shuttle
    • Mission
    • Topography
    • Shuttle
    • Space
    • Sts-99
    • Radar
    • Endeavour
    • Kennedy
    • Launch
    • Minutes
    • Srtm
    • Earth
  • kennedy space center
    • Shuttle
    • Sts-99
    • Degrees
    • Endeavour
    • Gorie
    • Kennedy
    • Kregel
    • Launch
    • Mamoru
    • Minutes
    • Mohri
    • Program
  • shuttle radar topography mission
    • Mission
    • Shuttle
    • Srtm
    • Topography
    • Radar
    • Space
    • Endeavour
    • Sts-99
    • System
    • Also
    • Data
    • Mapping
  • international space station
    • Shuttle
    • Endeavour
    • Kennedy
    • Sts-99
    • Mission
    • Launch
    • Minutes
    • Earth
    • Crew
    • Payload
    • Also
    • Srtm
  • interferometric synthetic aperture radar
    • Srtm
    • Topography
    • Shuttle
    • System
    • Data
    • Mapping
    • Sts-99
    • Degrees
    • Endeavour's
    • Hours
    • Launch
    • Minutes
  • 60 degrees north
    • Mapping
    • Minutes
    • Kennedy
    • Endeavour's
    • Gorie
    • Hours
    • Kregel
    • Launch
    • Mamoru
    • Mohri
    • Program
    • Thiele
  • 56 degrees south
    • Mapping
    • Minutes
    • Kennedy
    • Endeavour's
    • Gorie
    • Hours
    • Kregel
    • Launch
    • Mamoru
    • Mohri
    • Program
    • Thiele
  • mission highlights
    • Shuttle
    • Endeavour
    • Sts-99
    • Radar
    • Topography
    • Srtm
    • Space
    • Also
    • Crew
    • System
    • Kennedy
    • First

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For STS-99, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-99 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-99Mission highlights · splits 11 ⟂ 17
STS-99Overview · splits 22 ⟂ 6
STS-99Wake-up calls · splits 24 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

STS-99

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples45
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-99 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Mission highlights, Wake-up calls & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — STS-99 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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