List of Space Shuttle missions

thumb|upright=1.1|right|Launch of Space Shuttle [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia on 12 April 1981 at Pad 39A for mission STS-1]]

The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. Operational missions launched numerous satellites, conducted science experiments in orbit, and participated in construction and servicing of the International Space Station (ISS). The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights beginning in 1982.

From 1981 to 2011 a total of 135 missions were flown, all launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During that time period the fleet logged 1,322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds of flight time. The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one minute 13 seconds when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart during launch. The cold morning shrank an O-Ring on the right Solid Rocket Booster causing the external fuel tank to explode. The shuttles docked with Russian space station Mir nine times and visited the ISS thirty-seven times. The highest altitude (apogee) achieved by the shuttle was when deploying the Hubble Space Telescope. The program flew a total of 355 people representing 16 countries, and with 852 total shuttle fliers. The Kennedy Space Center served as the landing site for 78 missions, while 54 missions landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California and one mission landed at White Sands, New Mexico.

The first orbiter built, Enterprise, was used for atmospheric flight tests (ALT) but future plans to upgrade it to orbital capability were ultimately canceled. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis. Challenger and Columbia were destroyed in mission accidents in 1986 and 2003 respectively, killing a total of fourteen astronauts. A fifth operational orbiter, Endeavour, was built in 1991 to replace Challenger. The Space Shuttle was retired from service upon the conclusion of STS-135 by Atlantis on 21 July 2011.

Flight numbering

thumb|upright=1.3|right|Profiles of all five orbiters at launch.

The U.S. Space Shuttle program was officially referred to as the Space Transportation System (STS). Specific shuttle missions were therefore designated with the prefix "STS". beginning in 1984, each mission was assigned a code, such as STS-41-B, with the first digit (or pair of digits for years 1990 and beyond) indicating the federal fiscal year offset into the program (so 41-B was scheduled for FY 1984, 51-A through 51-L originally for FY 1985, and the third flight in FY 1985 would have been named 51-C), the second digit indicating the launch site (1 was Kennedy Space Center and 2 was Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, although Vandenberg was never used), and the letter indicating scheduling sequence. These codes were assigned when the launches were initially scheduled and were not changed as missions were delayed or rescheduled. The codes were adopted from STS-41-B through STS-51-L (although the highest code used was actually STS-61-C), and the sequential numbers were used internally at NASA on all processing paperwork.

After the Challenger disaster, NASA returned to using a sequential numbering system, with the number counting from the beginning of the STS program. Unlike the initial system, however, the numbers were assigned based on the initial mission schedule, and did not always reflect actual launch order. This numbering scheme started at 26, with the first flight as STS-26R—the R suffix stood for "reflight" to disambiguate from prior missions. The suffix was used for two years through STS-33R, then the R was dropped. As a result of the changes in systems, flights under different numbering systems could have the same number with one having a letter appended, e.g. flight STS-51 (a mission carried out by Discovery in 1993) was many years after STS-51-A (Discovery's second flight in 1984). It wasn't until STS-127 in 2009 where the flight numbering system returned to a standard and consistent order.

Shuttle flights

thumb|upright=1.0|right|Enterprise on one of its five free-flights during the Approach and Landing Test program

Atmospheric flight tests

The Approach and Landing Test program encompassed 16 separate tests of Enterprise, covering taxi tests, uncrewed and crewed flights on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and finally the free flight tests. The following list includes the free-flight tests, durations listed count only the orbiter free-flight time. The list does not include total time aloft along with airborne time atop of the SCA.

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! scope="col" width="130"| Launch date

! scope="col" width="60"| Mission

! scope="col" | Shuttle

! scope="col" | Crew

! scope="col" | Duration

! scope="col" | Landing site

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

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!scope=row| 1

| 12 August 1977

| Enterprise

| 2

| 00 h 05 m

| Edwards

First free flight
First non-captive flight of Enterprise
First landing at Edwards Air Force Base

!scope=row| 2

| 13 September 1977

| Enterprise

| 2

| 00 h 05 m

| Edwards

Second free flight

!scope=row| 4

| 15:00:00 UTC 11:00:00 EDT

| Columbia

| 2

| 07d 01h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Fourth and final orbital flight test
First Department of Defense (DoD) payload

!scope=row| 5

| 12:19:00 UTC 07:19:00 EST

| Columbia

| 4

| 05d 02h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

First "operational" flight
Multiple comsat deployments
First Extravehicular activity of program canceled due to suit problems

!scope=row| 6

| 18:30:00 UTC 13:30:00 EST

| Challenger

| 4

| 05d 00h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-A) deployment
Maiden flight of Challenger
First Space Shuttle Extravehicular activity

!scope=row| 7

| 11:33:00 UTC 07:33:00 EDT

| Challenger

| 5

| 06d 02h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

First American woman in space, Sally Ride
Multiple comsat deployments
First deployment and retrieval of a Shuttle pallet satellite

!scope=row| 8

| 06:32:00 UTC 02:32:00 EDT

| Challenger

| 5

| 06d 01h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Comsat deployment
First flight of an African American in space, Guion Bluford
Test of robot arm on heavy payloads with Payload Flight Test Article
First night launch
First night landing

!scope=row| 9

| 16:00:00 UTC 11:00:00 EST

| Columbia

| 6

| 10d 07h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

First Spacelab mission
First European Space Agency Astronaut on a shuttle mission and first West German in space Ulf Merbold

!scope=row| 10

| 13:00:00 UTC 08:00:00 EST

| Challenger

| 5

| 07d 23h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Deployed two Comsats
First untethered spacewalk by Bruce McCandless II with Manned Maneuvering Unit
First landing at Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy
Dry run of equipment for Solar Maximum Mission rescue

!scope=row| 11

| 13:58:00 UTC 08:58:00 EST

| Challenger

| 5

| 06d 23h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Solar Maximum Mission servicing
First satellite rescue by astronauts
Long Duration Exposure Facility deployment

!scope=row| 12

| 12:41:50 UTC 08:41:50 EDT

| Discovery

| 6

| 06d 00h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Multiple comsat deployments
Maiden flight of Discovery
First Jewish American in space, Judith Resnik
Test of OAST-1 Solar Array

!scope=row| 13

| 11:03:00 UTC 07:03:00 EDT

| Challenger

| 7

| 08d 05h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Earth Radiation Budget Satellite deployment
First flight of two women in space, Sally Ride and Kathryn Sullivan
First woman in space twice, Ride
First spacewalk by American woman, Sullivan
First Canadian in space, Marc Garneau
First spaceflight of Australian origin and first Oceanian in space, Paul Scully-Power

!scope=row| 14

| 12:15:00 UTC 07:15:00 EST

| Discovery

| 5

| 07d 23h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Multiple comsat deployments
First mother in space, Anna Lee Fisher
Retrieval of two other comsats (Palapa B2 and Westar VI), which were subsequently refurbished on Earth and reflown

!scope=row| 15

| 19:50:00 UTC 14:50:00 EST

| Discovery

| 5

| 03d 01h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

First classified Department of Defense (DoD) mission
Magnum satellite deployment
First flight of an Asian American in space, Ellison Onizuka

!scope=row| 16

| 13:59:05 UTC 08:59:05 EST

| Discovery

| 7

| 06d 23h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Multiple comsat deployments
First flight of a sitting politician in space, Jake Garn
First impromptu Extravehicular activity of program to fix Syncom F3 (Leasat 3)

!scope=row| 17

| 16:02:18 UTC 12:02:18 EDT

| Challenger

| 7

| 07d 00h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

First mission with Spacelab module in a fully operational configuration
Conducted experiments in microgravity
First African-American Space Shuttle pilot, Frederick D. Gregory

!scope=row| 18

| 11:33:00 UTC 07:33:00 EDT

| Discovery

| 7

| 07d 01h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Multiple comsat deployments
Second French in space, Patrick Baudry
Flight of first member of royalty, Saudi, Muslim, and Arab in space, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud

!scope=row| 19

| 22:00:00 UTC 18:00:00 EDT

| Challenger

| 7

| 07d 22h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Spacelab mission
Abort to Orbit. Faulty temperature sensor incorrectly indicated that fuel turbine discharge temperature exceeded the limit. Therefore, one main engine was shut down at T+345 s, resulting in a much lower orbit than planned.
All mission objectives achieved

!scope=row| 20

| 10:58:01 UTC 06:58:01 EDT

| Discovery

| 5

| 07d 02h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Multiple comsat deployments
Rescue of Syncom F3 (Leasat-3)

!scope=row| 21

| 15:15:30 UTC 11:15:30 EDT

| Atlantis

| 5

| 04d 01h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Second classified DoD mission
Defense Satellite Communications System satellite deployment
Maiden flight of Atlantis

!scope=row| 22

| 17:00:00 UTC 12:00:00 EST

| Challenger

| 8

| 07d 00h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Largest crew on a spaceflight
Third flight of Spacelab
Spacelab-D1 microgravity experiments
Mission funded by Germany
Last successful mission of Challenger
First Dutchman in space, Wubbo Ockels

!scope=row| 23

| 24:29:00 UTC 19:29:00 EST

| Atlantis

| 7

| 06d 21h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Multiple comsat deployment
EASE/ACCESS experiment
First Mexican and Hispanic or Latino in space, Rodolfo Neri Vela

!scope=row| 24

| 11:55:00 UTC 06:55:00 EST

| Columbia

| 7

| 06d 02h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Comsat deployment
Flight of US Representative Bill Nelson
Second African-American Space Shuttle pilot, Charles Bolden
Last successful mission before STS-51-L

!scope=row| 25

| 16:38:00 UTC 11:38:00 EST

| Challenger

| 7

| 01m 13s

| LC-39B

Planned tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-B) and Spartan Halley deployment
First Space Shuttle launch from LC-39B
First private citizen astronaut, Christa McAuliffe (part of Teacher in Space Project)
First fatal Space Shuttle mission
First first-time astronauts to die during mission besides McAuliffe, Michael J. Smith and Gregory Jarvis
Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) leak and breakup destroyed the orbiter and killed crew

!scope=row| 26

| 15:37:00 UTC 11:37:00 EDT

| Discovery

| 5

| 04d 01h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Second total and first successful launch from LC-39B
Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-C) deployment
First post-Challenger flight
First Space Shuttle mission with an all-veteran crew

!scope=row| 27

| 14:30:34 UTC 09:30:34 EST

| Atlantis

| 5

| 04d 09h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Third classified DoD mission
First post-Challenger flight to have first-time astronauts, Guy S. Gardner and William M. Shepherd
Lacrosse 1 deployment
Heavy damage to the thermal protection system resulted in extreme heat damage to the right wing

!scope=row| 28

| 14:57:00 UTC 09:57:00 EST

| Discovery

| 5

| 04d 23h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-D) deployment
IMAX camera
Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element I space station radiator experiment

!scope=row| 29

| 18:46:59 UTC 14:46:59 EDT

| Atlantis

| 5

| 04d 00h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Magellan Venus probe deployment
First post-Challenger flight to carry a female astronaut

!scope=row| 30

| 12:37:00 UTC 08:37:00 EDT

| Columbia

| 5

| 05d 01h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Fourth classified DoD mission
Satellite Data System deployment

!scope=row| 31

| 16:53:40 UTC 12:53:40 EDT

| Atlantis

| 5

| 04d 23h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Galileo Jupiter probe deployment
First post-Challenger flight to have a first-time woman astronaut, Ellen S. Baker
First time since the Challenger disaster with two women astronauts, Baker and Shannon Lucid
IMAX camera

!scope=row| 32

| 24:23:30 UTC 19:23:30 EST

| Discovery

| 5

| 05d 00h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Fifth classified DoD mission
Deployment of Magnum
First African-American Space Shuttle commander, Frederick D. Gregory

!scope=row| 33

| 12:35:00 UTC 07:35:00 EST

| Columbia

| 5

| 10d 21h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Syncom IV-F5 satellite deployment
Long Duration Exposure Facility retrieval
IMAX camera

!scope=row| 34

| 07:50:22 UTC 02:50:22 EST

| Atlantis

| 5

| 04d 10h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Sixth classified DoD mission
Misty reconnaissance satellite deployment

!scope=row| 35

| 12:33:51 UTC 08:33:51 EDT

| Discovery

| 5

| 05d 01h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) deployment

!scope=row| 36

| 11:47:15 UTC 07:47:15 EDT

| Discovery

| 5

| 04d 02h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Ulysses/Inertial Upper Stage solar probe deployment

!scope=row| 37

| 23:48:15 UTC 18:48:15 EST

| Atlantis

| 5

| 04d 21h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Seventh classified DoD mission
Likely SDS2-2 deployed

!scope=row| 38

| 06:49:01 UTC 01:49:01 EST

| Columbia

| 7

| 08d 23h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Use of ASTRO-1 observatory
First post-Challenger mission to have a crew of 7
First time since the Challenger disaster to have two payload specialists, Samuel T. Durrance and Ronald A. Parise

!scope=row| 39

| 14:22:45 UTC 09:22:45 EST

| Atlantis

| 5

| 05d 23h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Compton Gamma Ray Observatory deployment and EVA repair

!scope=row| 40

| 11:33:14 UTC 07:33:14 EDT

| Discovery

| 7

| 08d 07h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

First unclassified DoD mission (eighth DoD mission overall)
Military science experiments

!scope=row| 41

| 13:24:51 UTC 09:24:51 EDT

| Columbia

| 7

| 09d 02h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Spacelab mission
First space mission with three women

!scope=row| 42

| 15:02:00 UTC 11:02:00 EDT

| Atlantis

| 5

| 08d 21h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-E) deployment
First woman in space thrice, Shannon Lucid

!scope=row| 43

| 23:11:04 UTC 19:11:04 EDT

| Discovery

| 5

| 05d 08h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment

!scope=row| 44

| 23:44:00 UTC 18:44:00 EST

| Atlantis

| 6

| 06d 22h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Second unclassified DoD mission (ninth DoD mission overall)
DSP satellite deployment

!scope=row| 45

| 14:52:33 UTC 09:52:33 EST

| Discovery

| 7

| 08d 01h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Spacelab mission
First Canadian woman in space, Roberta Bondar

!scope=row| 46

| 13:13:40 UTC 08:13:40 EST

| Atlantis

| 7

| 08d 22h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ATLAS-1 science platform
Second African-American Space Shuttle commander, Charles Bolden
First spaceflight of British and English origin, Michael Foale
First Belgian in space, Dirk Frimout

!scope=row| 47

| 23:40:00 UTC 19:40:00 EDT

| Endeavour

| 7

| 08d 21h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Intelsat VI hand-retrieval and repair
Maiden flight of Endeavour
First three-person Extravehicular activity
Assembly of Station by EVA Methods (ASEM) space station truss experiment EVA
Record four EVAs total for mission
First landing with a drag chute

!scope=row| 48

| 16:12:23 UTC 12:12:23 EDT

| Columbia

| 7

| 13d 19h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Spacelab mission

!scope=row| 49

| 13:56:48 UTC 09:56:48 EDT

| Atlantis

| 7

| 07d 23h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Deployment of EURECA
Deployment of National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS)
First Italian in space, Franco Malerba
First Swiss in space, Claude Nicollier

!scope=row| 50

| 14:23:00 UTC 10:23:00 EDT

| Endeavour

| 7

| 07d 22h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Spacelab-J
First flight of an African-American woman in space, Mae Jemison
First and only flight of a married couple in space, Mark C. Lee and Jan Davis
First Japanese in space, Mamoru Mohri
Japan funded mission

!scope=row| 51

| 17:09:39 UTC 13:09:39 EDT

| Columbia

| 6

| 09d 20h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

LAGEOS II deployment
Microgravity experiments

!scope=row| 52

| 13:24:00 UTC 08:24:00 EST

| Discovery

| 5

| 07d 07h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Partially classified 10th and final DoD mission
Likely deployment of SDS2 satellite

!scope=row| 53

| 13:59:30 UTC 08:59:30 EST

| Endeavour

| 5

| 05d 23h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-F) deployment

!scope=row| 54

| 05:29:00 UTC 01:29:00 EDT

| Discovery

| 5

| 09d 06h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ATLAS-2 science platform

!scope=row| 55

| 14:50:00 UTC 10:50:00 EDT

| Columbia

| 7

| 09d 23h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Spacelab-D2
Mission funded by Germany

!scope=row| 56

| 13:07:22 UTC 09:07:22 EDT

| Endeavour

| 6

| 09d 23h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Scientific Experiments aboard the SPACEHAB module
Retrieval of EURECA

!scope=row| 57

| 11:45:00 UTC 07:45:00 EDT

| Discovery

| 5

| 09d 20h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ACTS satellite deployed
Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer with IMAX camera deployed
First night landing at Kennedy Space Center

!scope=row| 58

| 14:53:10 UTC 10:53:10 EDT

| Columbia

| 7

| 14d 00h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Spacelab mission
First woman in space on a fourth time, Shannon Lucid

!scope=row| 59

| 09:27:00 UTC 04:27:00 EST

| Endeavour

| 7

| 10d 19h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

First Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission

!scope=row| 60

| 12:10:00 UTC 07:10:00 EST

| Discovery

| 6

| 07d 06h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

SPACEHAB
Wake Shield Facility
First Russian cosmonaut to fly on the Space Shuttle, Sergei Krikalev

!scope=row| 61

| 13:53:00 UTC 08:53:00 EST

| Columbia

| 5

| 13d 23h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Microgravity experiments

!scope=row| 62

| 11:05:00 UTC 07:05:00 EDT

| Endeavour

| 6

| 11d 05h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Experiments aboard Shuttle Radar Laboratory-1

!scope=row| 63

| 04:43:00 UTC 00:43:00 EDT

| Columbia

| 7

| 14d 17h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Spacelab mission
First Japanese woman in space, Chiaki Mukai

!scope=row| 64

| 22:22:05 UTC 18:22:05 EDT

| Discovery

| 6

| 10d 22h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Multiple science experiments
SPARTAN

!scope=row| 65

| 11:16:00 UTC 07:16:00 EDT

| Endeavour

| 6

| 11d 05h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Experiments aboard Space Radar Laboratory-2

!scope=row| 66

| 16:59:43 UTC 11:59:43 EST

| Atlantis

| 6

| 10d 22h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

ATLAS-3 science platform

!scope=row| 67

| 05:22:04 UTC 00:22:04 EST

| Discovery

| 6

| 08d 06h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Mir rendezvous
SPACEHAB
IMAX camera
First female Space Shuttle pilot, Eileen Collins

!scope=row| 68

| 06:38:13 UTC 01:38:13 EST

| Endeavour

| 7

| 16d 15h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

ASTRO-2 Deployment

!scope=row| 69

| 19:32:19 UTC 15:32:19 EDT

| Atlantis

| 7/8

| 09d 19h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

First Shuttle-Mir docking

!scope=row| 70

| 13:41:55 UTC 09:41:55 EDT

| Discovery

| 5

| 08d 22h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-G) deployment

!scope=row| 71

| 15:09:00 UTC 11:09:00 EDT

| Endeavour

| 5

| 10d 20h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Wake Shield Facility
SPARTAN

!scope=row| 72

| 13:53:00 UTC 09:53:00 EDT

| Columbia

| 7

| 15d 21h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Spacelab mission

!scope=row| 73

| 12:30:43 UTC 07:30:43 EST

| Atlantis

| 5

| 08d 04h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Second Shuttle-Mir docking
Delivered docking module
Delivered IMAX cargo bay camera

!scope=row| 74

| 09:41:00 UTC 04:41:00 EST

| Endeavour

| 6

| 08d 22h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Retrieved Japan's Space Flyer Unit
2 Extravehicular activities

!scope=row| 75

| 20:18:00 UTC 15:18:00 EST

| Columbia

| 7

| 15d 17h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Tethered satellite reflight, lost due to broken tether

!scope=row| 76

| 08:13:04 UTC 03:13:04 EST

| Atlantis

| 6/5

| 09d 05h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

Shuttle-Mir docking
First woman in space on a fifth time, Shannon Lucid (during launch)

!scope=row| 77

| 10:30:00 UTC 06:30:00 EDT

| Endeavour

| 6

| 10d 00h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

SPACEHAB
SPARTAN

!scope=row| 78

| 14:49:00 UTC 10:49:00 EDT

| Columbia

| 7

| 16d 21h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Spacelab mission

!scope=row| 79

| 08:54:49 UTC 04:54:49 EDT

| Atlantis

| 6/6

| 10d 03h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Shuttle-Mir docking
First woman in space on a fifth time, Shannon Lucid (during landing)

!scope=row| 80

| 19:55:47 UTC 14:55:47 EST

| Columbia

| 5

| 17d 15h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Wake Shield Facility
Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (ORFEUS) II
Longest Space Shuttle mission flown
Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five Space Shuttle orbiters

!scope=row| 81

| 09:27:23 UTC 04:27:23 EST

| Atlantis

| 6/6

| 10d 04h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Shuttle-Mir docking

!scope=row| 82

| 08:55:17 UTC 03:55:17 EST

| Discovery

| 7

| 09d 23h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Hubble Space Telescope servicing

!scope=row| 83

| 19:20:32 UTC 14:20:32 EST

| Columbia

| 7

| 03d 23h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Spacelab mission
Truncated due to fuel cell problem
Second female Space Shuttle pilot, Susan L. Still

!scope=row| 84

| 08:07:48 UTC 04:07:48 EDT

| Atlantis

| 7/7

| 09d 05h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Shuttle-Mir docking
First Russian woman in space, Yelena Kondakova
First Peruvian and South American in space, Carlos I. Noriega

!scope=row| 85

| 18:02:00 UTC 14:02:00 EDT

| Columbia

| 7

| 15d 16h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Spacelab mission
Reflight of STS-83

!scope=row| 86

| 14:41:00 UTC 10:41:00 EDT

| Discovery

| 6

| 11d 20h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Deployed and retrieved Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA-SPAS)

!scope=row| 87

| 14:34:19 UTC 10:34:19 EDT

| Atlantis

| 7/7

| 10d 19h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Shuttle-Mir docking

!scope=row| 88

| 19:46:00 UTC 14:46:00 EST

| Columbia

| 6

| 15d 16h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Microgravity experiments
2 Extravehicular activities
SPARTAN
First spaceflight by a woman of Indian origin and Asian American woman, Kalpana Chawla
First Ukrainian astronaut, Leonid Kadeniuk

!scope=row| 89

| 02:48:15 UTC 21:48:15 EST

| Endeavour

| 7/7

| 08d 19h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Shuttle-Mir docking

!scope=row| 90

| 18:19:00 UTC 14:19:00 EDT

| Columbia

| 7

| 15d 21h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Spacelab mission
Final flight with the Spacelab module

!scope=row| 91

| 22:06:24 UTC 18:06:24 EDT

| Discovery

| 6/7

| 09d 19h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Last Shuttle-Mir docking

!scope=row| 92

| 19:19:34 UTC 14:19:34 EST

| Discovery

| 7

| 08d 21h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

SPACEHAB
John Glenn, flies again

!scope=row| 93

| 08:35:34 UTC 03:35:34 EST

| Endeavour

| 6

| 11d 19h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 2A: Node 1
First Shuttle ISS assembly flight

!scope=row| 94

| 10:49:42 UTC 06:49:42 EDT

| Discovery

| 7

| 09d 19h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS supply

!scope=row| 95

| 04:31:00 UTC 00:31:00 EDT

| Columbia

| 5

| 04d 22h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Chandra X-ray Observatory deployed
First female Space Shuttle commander, Eileen Collins

!scope=row| 96

| 00:50:00 UTC 19:50:00 EST

| Discovery

| 7

| 07d 23h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

Hubble Space Telescope servicing

!scope=row| 97

| 16:43:40 UTC 12:43:40 EDT

| Endeavour

| 6

| 11d 05h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

!scope=row| 98

| 10:11:10 UTC 06:11:10 EDT

| Atlantis

| 7

| 09d 21h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS supply

!scope=row| 99

| 12:45:47 UTC 08:45:47 EDT

| Atlantis

| 7

| 11d 19h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS supply

!scope=row| 100

| 23:17:00 UTC 18:17:00 EST

| Discovery

| 7

| 12d 21h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

ISS assembly flight 3A: Z1 truss
Third female Space Shuttle pilot, Pamela Melroy

!scope=row| 101

| 03:06:01 UTC 22:06:01 EST

| Endeavour

| 5

| 10d 19h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 4A: P6 solar arrays, radiators
100th successful mission

!scope=row| 102

| 23:13:02 UTC 18:13:02 EST

| Atlantis

| 5

| 12d 21h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

ISS assembly flight 5A: Destiny lab

!scope=row| 103

| 11:42:09 UTC 06:42:09 EST

| Discovery

| 7/7

| 12d 19h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS supply and crew rotation

!scope=row| 104

| 18:40:42 UTC 14:40:42 EDT

| Endeavour

| 7

| 11d 21h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

ISS assembly flight 6A: robotic arm
First spacewalk by a Canadian, Chris Hadfield

!scope=row| 105

| 09:03:59 UTC 05:03:59 EDT

| Atlantis

| 5

| 12d 18h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 7A: Quest Joint Airlock

!scope=row| 106

| 21:10:14 UTC 17:10:14 EDT

| Discovery

| 7/7

| 11d 21h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS supply and crew rotation

!scope=row| 107

| 22:19:28 UTC 17:19:28 EST

| Endeavour

| 7/7

| 11d 19h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS supply and crew rotation

!scope=row| 108

| 11:22:02 UTC 06:22:02 EST

| Columbia

| 7

| 10d 22h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Hubble Space Telescope servicing
Last successful mission for Columbia

!scope=row| 109

| 20:44:19 UTC 16:44:19 EDT

| Atlantis

| 7

| 10d 19h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 8A: S0 truss
Jerry L. Ross becomes the first astronaut to make seven spaceflights

!scope=row| 110

| 21:22:49 UTC 17:22:49 EDT

| Endeavour

| 7/7

| 13d 20h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

ISS supply and crew rotation
Mobile Base System
Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the second astronaut to make seven spaceflights

!scope=row| 111

| 19:45:51 UTC 15:45:51 EDT

| Atlantis

| 6

| 10d 19h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 9A: S1 truss

!scope=row| 112

| 00:49:47 UTC 19:49:47 EST

| Endeavour

| 7/7

| 13d 18h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 11A: P1 truss, crew rotation
Last successful mission before STS-107

!scope=row| 113

| 15:39:00 UTC 10:39:00 EST

| Columbia

| 7

| 15d 22h

| LC-39A

SPACEHAB
First Israeli in space, Ilan Ramon
First first-time astronauts to die during re-entry besides Ramon, William C. McCool, David M. Brown, and Laurel Clark
Re-entry breakup disintegrated the orbiter and killed crew

!scope=row| 114

| 14:39:00 UTC 10:39:00 EDT

| Discovery

| 7

| 13d 21h

| LC-39B

| Edwards

First post-Columbia flight
First post-Columbia mission to have two first-time astronauts, Soichi Noguchi and Charles J. Camarda
Flight safety Evaluation/testing
ISS supply/repair
MPLM Raffaello

!scope=row| 115

| 18:37:55 UTC 14:37:55 EDT

| Discovery

| 7/6

| 12d 18h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS Flight ULF1.1: supply and crew rotation
MPLM Leonardo
First post-Columbia flight to have two first-time women astronauts, Lisa Nowak and Stephanie Wilson

!scope=row| 116

| 15:14:55 UTC 11:14:55 EDT

| Atlantis

| 6

| 11d 19h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 12A: P3/P4 Truss, Solar Arrays

!scope=row| 117

| 24:47:35 UTC 20:47:35 EDT

| Discovery

| 7/7

| 12d 21h

| LC-39B

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 12A.1: P5 Truss & SPACEHAB-SM
Crew rotation
First night launch since STS-113
Final Space Shuttle launch from LC-39B

!scope=row| 118

| 23:38:04 UTC 19:38:04 EDT

| Atlantis

| 7/7

| 13d 20h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

ISS assembly flight 13A: S3/S4 Truss, Solar Arrays
Crew rotation

!scope=row| 119

| 22:36:42 UTC 18:36:42 EDT

| Endeavour

| 7

| 12d 18h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 13A.1: S5 Truss & SPACEHAB-SM & ESP-3
First use of Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS)
First oldest first-time astronaut, Barbara Morgan (55 years old at the time of mission)

!scope=row| 120

| 15:38:19 UTC 11:38:19 EDT

| Discovery

| 7/7

| 15d 02h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 10A: US Harmony module
Crew rotation
Second female Space Shuttle commander, Pamela Melroy

!scope=row| 121

| 19:45:30 UTC 14:45:30 EST

| Atlantis

| 7/7

| 12d 18h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 1E: European Laboratory Columbus
Crew rotation

!scope=row| 122

| 06:28:14 UTC 02:28:14 EDT

| Endeavour

| 7/7

| 15d 18h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 1J/A: Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section (ELM PS) & SPDM
Crew rotation

!scope=row| 123

| 21:02:12 UTC 17:02:12 EDT

| Discovery

| 7/7

| 13d 18h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 1J: Japanese modules Kibo and RMS

!scope=row| 124

| 24:55:39 UTC 19:55:39 EST

| Endeavour

| 7/7

| 15d 20h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

ISS assembly flight ULF2: MPLM Leonardo
Crew rotation

!scope=row| 125

| 23:43:44 UTC 19:43:44 EDT

| Discovery

| 7/7

| 12d 19h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 15A: S6 Truss, Solar Arrays

!scope=row| 126

| 18:01:56 UTC 14:01:56 EDT

| Atlantis

| 7

| 12d 21h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

Last Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
Final Non-ISS flight

!scope=row| 127

| 22:03:10 UTC 18:03:10 EDT

| Endeavour

| 7/7

| 15d 16h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 2J/A: Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (EF) and ELM ES

!scope=row| 128

| 03:59:37 UTC 23:59:37 EDT

| Discovery

| 7/7

| 13d 21h

| LC-39A

| Edwards

ISS assembly flight 17A: MPLM Leonardo
Crew rotation
Final landing at Edwards AFB

!scope=row| 129

| 19:28:01 UTC 14:28:01 EST

| Atlantis

| 6/7

| 10d 19h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight ULF3: ExPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELCs) 1 & 2
Final Space Shuttle mission to perform a crew rotation

!scope=row| 130

| 09:14:07 UTC 04:14:07 EST

| Endeavour

| 6

| 13d 18h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 20A: Node 3 and Cupola

!scope=row| 131

| 10:21:25 UTC 06:21:25 EDT

| Discovery

| 7

| 15d 03h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight 19A: Utility and Logistics Flight 4: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo
Last night launch of the Shuttle Program
Final Space Shuttle mission with rookie astronauts
Final Space Shuttle mission with a crew of 7

!scope=row| 132

| 18:20:09 UTC 14:20:09 EDT

| Atlantis

| 6

| 11d 18h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight ULF4: Mini-Research Module 1
Originally intended as Atlantis' final flight if STS-135 wasn't approved

!scope=row| 133

| 21:53:24 UTC 16:53:24 EST

| Discovery

| 6

| 12d 19h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight ULF5, Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo, ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 4
Final flight of Discovery
Final daytime landing of the Shuttle Program

!scope=row| 134

| 12:56:28 UTC 08:56:28 EDT

| Endeavour

| 6

| 15d 18h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

ISS assembly flight ULF6, ELC 3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Final flight of Endeavour

!scope=row| 135

| 15:29:04 UTC 11:29:04 EDT

| Atlantis

| 4

| 12d 18h

| LC-39A

| Kennedy SLF

Payload Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello
Final flight of Atlantis
Final flight of the Space Shuttle program

Shuttle missions

Canceled missions

One initial emergency flight abort (RTLS) sub-orbital test mission was canceled due to high risk. Many other planned missions were canceled due to the late development of the shuttle, and the Challenger and Columbia disasters.

Four missions were cut short by a day or more while in orbit: STS-2 (equipment failure), STS-35 (weather), The rescue flight for STS-115, if needed, would have been STS-301. After STS-115, the rescue mission designations were based on the corresponding regular mission that would be replaced should the rescue mission be needed. For example, the STS-116 rescue mission was branded STS-317, because the normal mission scheduled after STS-116 was STS-117. Should the rescue mission have been needed, the crew and vehicle for STS-117 would assume the rescue mission profile and become STS-317. All potential rescue missions were to be launched with a crew of four, and would return with ten or eleven crew members, depending on the number of crew launched on the rescued shuttle. Missions were expected to last approximately eleven days. None of the planned contingency missions were ever flown.

No contingency mission was planned for STS-135, the final shuttle mission. Instead, NASA planned to effect any required rescues one-by-one, using Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

{| class="wikitable"

! Flight || Rescue flight

| STS-114 (Discovery) || STS-300 (Atlantis)

| STS-121 (Discovery) || STS-300 (Atlantis)

| STS-115 (Atlantis) || STS-301 (Discovery)

| STS-116 (Discovery) || STS-317 (Atlantis)

| STS-117 (Atlantis) || STS-318 (Endeavour)

| STS-118 (Endeavour) || STS-322 (Discovery)

| STS-120 (Discovery) || STS-320 (Atlantis)

| STS-123 (Endeavour) || STS-324 (Discovery)

| STS-124 (Discovery) || STS-326 (Endeavour)

| STS-125 (Atlantis) || STS-400 (Endeavour)

| STS-134 (Endeavour) || STS-335 (Atlantis)

Flight statistics

Orbiters

Flights

Timeline of missions

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links

NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
NASA ISS Consolidated Launch Manifest
Unofficial Space Shuttle Manifest

Flight numbering

Shuttle flights

Atmospheric flight tests

Shuttle missions

Canceled missions

Flight statistics

Orbiters

Flights

Timeline of missions

See also

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links