Engineering:List of Space Shuttle missions

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Short description: NASA flights of the partially reusable spacecraft


Launch of Space Shuttle 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.[1] 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 (KSC) in Florida. During that time period the fleet logged 1,322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds of flight time.[2] 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 shrunk an O-Ring on the right Solid Rocket Booster causing the external fuel tank to explode. The shuttles docked with Russia n space station Mir nine times and visited the ISS thirty-seven times. The highest altitude (apogee) achieved by the shuttle was 621 km (386 mi) when deploying the Hubble Space Telescope.[3] The program flew a total of 355 people representing 16 countries, and with 852 total shuttle fliers.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Flight numbering

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".[2] Initially, the launches were given sequential numbers indicating order of launch, such as STS-7. Subsequent to the Apollo 13 mishap, due to Administrator of NASA James M. Beggs's triskaidekaphobia and consequent unwillingness to number a forthcoming flight as STS-13,[7][8][9][10] 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 thru 51-L originally for FY 1985, and the third flight in FY 1995 would have been named 151-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.[11] These codes were assigned when the launches were initially scheduled and were not changed as missions were delayed or rescheduled.[6] 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.[6] 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).[6] It wasn't until STS-127 in 2009 where the flight numbering system returned to a standard and consistent order.

Shuttle flights

Enterprise on one of its five free-flights during the Approach and Landing Test program

Test flights

Main page: Engineering:Approach and Landing 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 Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).

Order Launch date Mission Shuttle Crew Duration Launch Pad Landing site Notes Sources
1 12 August 1977 ALT-12
Enterprise 2 00 h 05 m N/A Edwards [12][13][14][15]
2 13 September 1977 ALT-13
Enterprise 2 00 h 05 m Edwards
  • Second free flight
[12][13]
3 23 September 1977 ALT-14
Enterprise 2 00 h 05 m Edwards
  • Third free flight
[12][13]
4 12 October 1977 ALT-15
Enterprise 2 00 h 02 m Edwards
  • Fourth free flight
  • First flight without tailcone (operational configuration)
[12][13][15][16]
5 26 October 1977 ALT-16
Enterprise 2 00 h 02 m Edwards
  • Final free flight
  • Final non-captive flight of Enterprise
  • First landing on runway rather than lakebed
[12][13][17]

Launches and orbital flights

Order Launch date Mission Shuttle Crew[lower-alpha 1] Duration Launch Pad Landing Site Notes Sources
1 19810412 12 April 1981


12:00:04 UTC
07:00:04 EST


Columbia 2 02d 06h LC-39A Edwards
  • First reusable orbital spacecraft flight
  • Maiden flight of Columbia
[18][19][20]
2 19811112 12 November 1981


15:10:00 UTC
10:10:00 EST


Columbia 2 02d 06h LC-39A Edwards
  • First reuse of a crewed orbital space vehicle
  • First test of Canadarm robot arm
  • Truncated due to fuel cell problem
  • Shortest orbital mission flown
[21][22][23]
3 19820322 22 March 1982


16:00:00 UTC
11:00:00 EST


Columbia 2 08d 00h LC-39A White Sands
  • Shuttle R&D flight
  • Only landing at White Sands, New Mexico
[24][25][26]
4 19820627 27 June 1982


15:00:00 UTC
11:00:00 EDT


Columbia 2 07d 01h LC-39A Edwards
  • Last shuttle R&D flight
  • First Department of Defense (DoD) payload
[27][28][29][30]
5 19821111 11 November 1982


12:19:00 UTC
07:19:00 EST


Columbia 4 05d 02h LC-39A Edwards [31][32][33][34]
6 19830404 4 April 1983


18:30:00 UTC
13:30:00 EST


Challenger 4 05d 00h LC-39A Edwards [35][36]
7 19830618 18 June 1983


11:33:00 UTC
07:33:00 EDT


Challenger 5 06d 02h LC-39A Edwards [37][38]
8 19830830 30 August 1983


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 landing
[39][40]
9 19831128 28 November 1983


16:00:00 UTC
11:00:00 EST


Columbia 6 10d 07h LC-39A Edwards [41][42]
10 19840203 3 February 1984


13:00:00 UTC
08:00:00 EST


Challenger 5 07d 23h LC-39A Kennedy [43][44]
11 19840406 6 April 1984


13:58:00 UTC
08:58:00 EST


Challenger 5 06d 23h LC-39A Edwards [45][46][47]
12 19840830 30 August 1984


12:41:50 UTC
08:41:50 EDT


Discovery 6 06d 00h LC-39A Edwards
  • Multiple comsat deployments
  • Maiden flight of Discovery
  • Test of OAST-1 Solar Array
[48][49]
13 19841005 5 October 1984


11:03:00 UTC
07:03:00 EDT


Challenger 7 08d 05h LC-39A Kennedy [50][51]
14 19841108 8 November 1984


12:15:00 UTC
07:15:00 EST


Discovery 5 07d 23h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Multiple comsat deployments
  • Retrieval of two other comsats (Palapa B2 and Westar VI), which were subsequently refurbished on Earth and reflown
[52][53]
15 19850124 24 January 1985


19:50:00 UTC
14:50:00 EST


Discovery 5 03d 01h LC-39A Kennedy
  • First classified Department of Defense (DoD) mission
  • Magnum satellite deployment
[28][54][55]
16 19850412 12 April 1985


13:59:05 UTC
08:59:05 EST


Discovery 7 06d 23h LC-39A Kennedy [56][57]
17 19850429 29 April 1985


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
[58][59]
18 19850617 17 June 1985


11:33:00 UTC
07:33:00 EDT


Discovery 7 07d 01h LC-39A Edwards
  • Multiple comsat deployments
  • Flight of first member of royalty, Saudi, Muslim, and Arab in space, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud
[60][61]
19 19850729 29 July 1985


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
[62][63]
20 19850827 27 August 1985


10:58:01 UTC
06:58:01 EDT


Discovery 5 07d 02h LC-39A Edwards [64][65]
21 19851003 3 October 1985


15:15:30 UTC
11:15:30 EDT


Atlantis 5 04d 01h LC-39A Edwards [28][66][67]
22 19851030 30 October 1985


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 West Germany
  • Last successful mission of Challenger
  • First Dutchman in space, Wubbo Ockels
[68][69]
23 19851126 26 November 1985


24:29:00 UTC
19:29:00 EST


Atlantis 7 06d 21h LC-39A Edwards
  • Multiple comsat deployment
  • EASE/ACCESS experiment
  • First Mexican in space, Rodolfo Neri Vela
[70][71]
24 19860112 12 January 1986


11:55:00 UTC
06:55:00 EST


Columbia 7 06d 02h LC-39A Edwards
  • Comsat deployment
  • Flight of US Representative Bill Nelson
  • Last successful mission before STS-51-L
[72][73]
25 19860128 28 January 1986


16:38:00 UTC
11:38:00 EST


Challenger 7 00d 00h 01m 13s LC-39B Did not land [lower-alpha 2] [74][75]
26 19880929 29 September 1988


15:37:00 UTC
11:37:00 EDT


Discovery 5 04d 01h LC-39B Edwards
  • Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-C) deployment
  • First post-Challenger flight
[76][77]
27 19881202 2 December 1988


14:30:34 UTC
09:30:34 EST


Atlantis 5 04d 09h LC-39B Edwards [28][78][79][80]
28 19890313 13 March 1989


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
[81][82]
29 19890504 4 May 1989


18:46:59 UTC
14:46:59 EDT


Atlantis 5 04d 00h LC-39B Edwards [83][84]
30 19890808 8 August 1989


12:37:00 UTC
08:37:00 EDT


Columbia 5 05d 01h LC-39B Edwards [28][85][86]
31 19891018 18 October 1989


16:53:40 UTC
12:53:40 EDT


Atlantis 5 04d 23h LC-39B Edwards [87][88]
32 19891122 22 November 1989


24:23:30 UTC
19:23:30 EST


Discovery 5 05d 00h LC-39B Edwards
  • Fifth classified DoD mission
  • Deployment of Magnum
[28][89][90]
33 19900109 9 January 1990


12:35:00 UTC
07:35:00 EST


Columbia 5 10d 21h LC-39A Edwards [91][92]
34 19900228 28 February 1990


07:50:22 UTC
02:50:22 EST


Atlantis 5 04d 10h LC-39A Edwards [28][93][94]
35 19900424 24 April 1990


12:33:51 UTC
08:33:51 EDT


Discovery 5 05d 01h LC-39B Edwards [95][96]
36 19901006 6 October 1990


11:47:15 UTC
07:47:15 EDT


Discovery 5 04d 02h LC-39B Edwards [97][98]
37 19901115 15 November 1990


23:48:15 UTC
18:48:15 EST


Atlantis 5 04d 21h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Seventh classified DoD mission
  • Likely SDS2-2 deployed
[28][99][100]
38 19901202 2 December 1990


06:49:01 UTC
01:49:01 EST


Columbia 7 08d 23h LC-39B Edwards
  • Use of ASTRO-1 observatory
[101][102]
39 19910405 5 April 1991


14:22:45 UTC
09:22:45 EST


Atlantis 5 05d 23h LC-39B Edwards [103][104]
40 19910428 28 April 1991


11:33:14 UTC
07:33:14 EDT


Discovery 7 08d 07h LC-39A Kennedy
  • First unclassified DoD mission
  • Military science experiments
[28][105][106]
41 19910605 5 June 1991


13:24:51 UTC
09:24:51 EDT


Columbia 7 09d 02h LC-39B Edwards [107][108]
42 19910802 2 August 1991


15:02:00 UTC
11:02:00 EDT


Atlantis 5 08d 21h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-E) deployment
[109][110]
43 19910912 12 September 1991


23:11:04 UTC
19:11:04 EDT


Discovery 5 05d 08h LC-39A Edwards [111][112]
44 19911124 24 November 1991


23:44:00 UTC
18:44:00 EST


Atlantis 6 06d 22h LC-39A Edwards [113][114]
45 19920122 22 January 1992


14:52:33 UTC
09:52:33 EST


Discovery 7 08d 01h LC-39A Edwards [115][116]
46 19920324 24 March 1992


13:13:40 UTC
08:13:40 EST


Atlantis 7 08d 22h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ATLAS-1 science platform
[117][118]
47 19920507 7 May 1992


23:40:00 UTC
19:40:00 EDT


Endeavour 7 08d 21h LC-39B Edwards [119][120]
48 19920625 25 June 1992


16:12:23 UTC
12:12:23 EDT


Columbia 7 13d 19h LC-39A Kennedy [121][122]
49 19920731 31 July 1992


13:56:48 UTC
09:56:48 EDT


Atlantis 7 07d 23h LC-39B Kennedy [123][124]
50 19920912 12 September 1992


14:23:00 UTC
10:23:00 EDT


Endeavour 7 07d 22h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Spacelab-J
  • First flight of an African-American woman in space, Mae Jemison
  • Japan funded mission
[125][126]
51 19921022 22 October 1992


17:09:39 UTC
13:09:39 EDT


Columbia 6 09d 20h LC-39B Kennedy
  • LAGEOS II deployment
  • Microgravity experiments
[127][128]
52 19921202 2 December 1992


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
[28][129][130]
53 19930113 13 January 1993


13:59:30 UTC
08:59:30 EST


Endeavour 5 05d 23h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-F) deployment
[131][132]
54 19930408 8 April 1993


05:29:00 UTC
01:29:00 EDT


Discovery 5 09d 06h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ATLAS-2 science platform
[133][134]
55 19930426 26 April 1993


14:50:00 UTC
10:50:00 EDT


Columbia 7 09d 23h LC-39A Edwards [135][136]
56 19930621 21 June 1993


13:07:22 UTC
09:07:22 EDT


Endeavour 6 09d 23h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Scientific Experiments aboard the SPACEHAB module
  • Retrieval of EURECA
[137][138]
57 19930912 12 September 1993


11:45:00 UTC
07:45:00 EDT


Discovery 5 09d 20h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ACTS satellite deployed
  • Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer with IMAX camera deployed
[139][140]
58 19931018 18 October 1993


14:53:10 UTC
10:53:10 EDT


Columbia 7 14d 00h LC-39B Edwards [141][142]
59 19931202 2 December 1993


09:27:00 UTC
04:27:00 EST


Endeavour 7 10d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [143][144]
60 19940203 3 February 1994


12:10:00 UTC
07:10:00 EST


Discovery 6 07d 06h LC-39A Kennedy [145][146]
61 19940304 4 March 1994


13:53:00 UTC
08:53:00 EST


Columbia 5 13d 23h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Microgravity experiments
[147][148]
62 19940409 9 April 1994


11:05:00 UTC
07:05:00 EDT


Endeavour 6 11d 05h LC-39A Edwards
  • Experiments aboard Shuttle Radar Laboratory-1
[149][150]
63 19940708 8 July 1994


04:43:00 UTC
00:43:00 EDT


Columbia 7 14d 17h LC-39A Kennedy [151][152]
64 19940909 9 September 1994


22:22:05 UTC
18:22:05 EDT


Discovery 6 10d 22h LC-39B Edwards
  • Multiple science experiments
  • SPARTAN
[153][154]
65 19940930 30 September 1994


11:16:00 UTC
07:16:00 EDT


Endeavour 6 11d 05h LC-39A Edwards
  • Experiments aboard Space Radar Laboratory-2
[155][156]
66 19941103 3 November 1994


16:59:43 UTC
11:59:43 EST


Atlantis 6 10d 22h LC-39B Edwards
  • ATLAS-3 science platform
[157][158]
67 19950203 3 February 1995


05:22:04 UTC
00:22:04 EST


Discovery 6 08d 06h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Mir rendezvous
  • SPACEHAB
  • IMAX camera
[159][160]
68 19950302 2 March 1995


06:38:13 UTC
01:38:13 EST


Endeavour 7 16d 15h LC-39A Edwards
  • ASTRO-2 Deployment
[161][162]
69 19950627 27 June 1995


19:32:19 UTC
15:32:19 EDT


Atlantis 7/8 09d 19h LC-39A Kennedy
  • First Shuttle-Mir docking
[163][164]
70 19950713 13 July 1995


13:41:55 UTC
09:41:55 EDT


Discovery 5 08d 22h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-G) deployment
[165][166]
71 19950907 7 September 1995


15:09:00 UTC
11:09:00 EDT


Endeavour 5 10d 20h LC-39A Kennedy [167][168]
72 19951020 20 October 1995


13:53:00 UTC
09:53:00 EDT


Columbia 7 15d 21h LC-39B Kennedy [169][170]
73 19951112 12 November 1995


12:30:43 UTC
07:30:43 EST


Atlantis 5 08d 04h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Second Shuttle-Mir docking
  • Delivered docking module
  • Delivered IMAX cargo bay camera
[171][172]
74 19960111 11 January 1996


09:41:00 UTC
04:41:00 EST


Endeavour 6 08d 22h LC-39B Kennedy [173][174]
75 19960222 22 February 1996


20:18:00 UTC
15:18:00 EST


Columbia 7 15d 17h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Tethered satellite reflight, lost due to broken tether
[175][176]
76 19960322 22 March 1996


08:13:04 UTC
03:13:04 EST


Atlantis 6/5 09d 05h LC-39B Edwards
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
[177][178]
77 19960519 19 May 1996


10:30:00 UTC
06:30:00 EDT


Endeavour 6 10d 00h LC-39B Kennedy
  • SPACEHAB
  • SPARTAN
[179][180]
78 19960620 20 June 1996


14:49:00 UTC
10:49:00 EDT


Columbia 7 16d 21h LC-39B Kennedy [181][182]
79 19960916 16 September 1996


08:54:49 UTC
04:54:49 EDT


Atlantis 6/6 10d 03h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
[183][184]
80 19961119 19 November 1996


19:55:47 UTC
14:55:47 EST


Columbia 5 17d 15h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Wake Shield Facility
  • Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (ORFEUS) II
  • Longest Space Shuttle mission flown
[185][186]
81 19970112 12 January 1997


09:27:23 UTC
04:27:23 EST


Atlantis 6/6 10d 04h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
[187][188]
82 19970211 11 February 1997


08:55:17 UTC
03:55:17 EST


Discovery 7 09d 23h LC-39A Kennedy [189][190]
83 19970404 4 April 1997


19:20:32 UTC
14:20:32 EST


Columbia 7 03d 23h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Spacelab mission
  • Truncated due to fuel cell problem
[191][192]
84 19970515 15 May 1997


08:07:48 UTC
04:07:48 EDT


Atlantis 7/7 09d 05h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
[193][194]
85 19970701 1 July 1997


18:02:00 UTC
14:02:00 EDT


Columbia 7 15d 16h LC-39A Kennedy [195][196]
86 19970807 7 August 1997


14:41:00 UTC
10:41:00 EDT


Discovery 6 11d 20h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Deployed and retrieved Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA-SPAS)
[197][198]
87 19970925 25 September 1997


14:34:19 UTC
10:34:19 EDT


Atlantis 7/7 10d 19h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
[199][200]
88 19971119 19 November 1997


19:46:00 UTC
14:46:00 EST


Columbia 6 15d 16h LC-39B Kennedy [201][202]
89 19980122 22 January 1998


02:48:15 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
21:48:15 EST


Endeavour 7/7 08d 19h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
[203][204]
90 19980417 17 April 1998


18:19:00 UTC
14:19:00 EDT


Columbia 7 15d 21h LC-39B Kennedy [205][206]
91 19980602 2 June 1998


22:06:24 UTC
18:06:24 EDT


Discovery 6/7 09d 19h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Last Shuttle-Mir docking
[207][208]
92 19981029 29 October 1998


19:19:34 UTC
14:19:34 EST


Discovery 7 08d 21h LC-39B Kennedy [209][210]
93 19981204 4 December 1998


08:35:34 UTC
03:35:34 EST


Endeavour 6 11d 19h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ISS assembly flight 2A: Node 1
  • First Shuttle ISS assembly flight
[211][212]
94 19990527 27 May 1999


10:49:42 UTC
06:49:42 EDT


Discovery 7 09d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [213][214]
95 19990723 23 July 1999


04:31:00 UTC
00:31:00 EDT


Columbia 5 04d 22h LC-39B Kennedy [215][216]
96 19991219 19 December 1999


00:50:00 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
19:50:00 EST


Discovery 7 07d 23h LC-39B Kennedy [217][218]
97 20000211 11 February 2000


16:43:40 UTC
12:43:40 EDT


Endeavour 6 11d 05h LC-39A Kennedy [219][220]
98 20000519 19 May 2000


10:11:10 UTC
06:11:10 EDT


Atlantis 7 09d 21h LC-39A Kennedy [221][222]
99 20000908 8 September 2000


12:45:47 UTC
08:45:47 EDT


Atlantis 7 11d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [223][224]
100 20001011 11 October 2000


23:17:00 UTC
18:17:00 EST


Discovery 7 12d 21h LC-39A Edwards [225][226]
101 20001130 30 November 2000


03:06:01 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
22:06:01 EST


Endeavour 5 10d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [227][228]
102 20010207 7 February 2001


23:13:02 UTC
18:13:02 EST


Atlantis 5 12d 21h LC-39A Edwards
  • ISS assembly flight 5A: Destiny lab
[229][230]
103 20010308 8 March 2001


11:42:09 UTC
06:42:09 EST


Discovery 7/7 12d 19h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ISS supply and crew rotation
[231][232]
104 20010419 19 April 2001


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
[233][234]
105 20010712 12 July 2001


09:03:59 UTC
05:03:59 EDT


Atlantis 5 12d 18h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ISS assembly flight 7A: Quest Joint Airlock
[235][236]
106 20010810 10 August 2001


21:10:14 UTC
17:10:14 EDT


Discovery 7/7 11d 21h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ISS supply and crew rotation
[237][238]
107 20011205 5 December 2001


22:19:28 UTC
17:19:28 EST


Endeavour 7/7 11d 19h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ISS supply and crew rotation
[239][240]
108 20020301 1 March 2002


11:22:02 UTC
06:22:02 EST


Columbia 7 10d 22h LC-39A Kennedy [241][242]
109 20020408 8 April 2002


20:44:19 UTC
16:44:19 EDT


Atlantis 7 10d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [243][244]
110 20020605 5 June 2002


21:22:49 UTC
17:22:49 EDT


Endeavour 7/7 13d 20h LC-39A Edwards [245][246]
111 20021007 7 October 2002


19:45:51 UTC
15:45:51 EDT


Atlantis 6 10d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [247][248]
112 20021123 23 November 2002


00:49:47 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
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Endeavour 7/7 13d 18h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ISS assembly flight 11A: P1 truss, crew rotation
  • Last successful mission before STS-107
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113 20030116 16 January 2003


15:39:00 UTC
10:39:00 EST


Columbia 7 15d 22h LC-39A Did not land[lower-alpha 2]
  • SPACEHAB
  • First Israeli in space, Ilan Ramon
  • Re-entry breakup disintegrated the orbiter and killed crew
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14:39:00 UTC
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Discovery 7 13d 21h LC-39B Edwards
  • First post Columbia flight
  • Flight safety Evaluation/testing
  • ISS supply/repair
  • MPLM Raffaello
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18:37:55 UTC
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Discovery 7/6 12d 18h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ISS Flight ULF1.1: supply and crew rotation
  • MPLM Leonardo
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15:14:55 UTC
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24:47:35 UTC
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Discovery 7/7 12d 21h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ISS assembly flight 12A.1: P5 Truss & SPACEHAB-SM
  • Crew rotation
  • Final Space Shuttle launch from LC-39B
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22:36:42 UTC
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Endeavour 7 12d 18h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ISS assembly flight 13A.1: S5 Truss & SPACEHAB-SM & ESP-3
  • First use of Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS)
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15:38:19 UTC
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  • ISS assembly flight 10A: US Harmony module
  • Crew rotation
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  • ISS assembly flight 1E: European Laboratory Columbus
  • Crew rotation
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06:28:14 UTC
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Endeavour 7/7 15d 18h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ISS assembly flight 1J/A: Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section (ELM PS) & SPDM
  • Crew rotation
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21:02:12 UTC
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  • ISS assembly flight 1J: Japanese modules Kibo and RMS
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  • ISS assembly flight ULF2: MPLM Leonardo
  • Crew rotation
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18:01:56 UTC
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Atlantis 7 12d 21h LC-39A Edwards [277][278][279]
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22:03:10 UTC
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Endeavour 7/7 15d 16h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ISS assembly flight 2J/A: Japanese Experiment Modoules Exposed Facility (EF) and ELM ES
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03:59:37 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
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  • ISS assembly flight 17A: MPLM Leonardo
  • Crew rotation
  • Final landing at Edwards AFB
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19:28:01 UTC
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  • ISS assembly flight ULF3: ExPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELCs) 1 & 2
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09:14:07 UTC
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  • ISS assembly flight 20A: Node 3 and Cupola
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10:21:25 UTC
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18:20:09 UTC
14:20:09 EDT


Atlantis 6 11d 18h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ISS assembly flight ULF4: Mini-Research Module 1
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12:56:28 UTC
08:56:28 EDT


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Atlantis 4 12d 18h LC-39A Kennedy [296][297][298]

Shuttle missions

Canceled missions

Main page: Engineering:Canceled Space Shuttle 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),[22] STS-35 (weather),[101] STS-44 (equipment failure),[192] and STS-83 (equipment failure, relaunched as STS-94).[192]

Contingency missions

Atlantis and Endeavour on LC-39A and LC-39B. Endeavour was slated to launch for STS-400 rescue mission should Atlantis (STS-125) be found unable to return safely to Earth.
Main page: Engineering:STS-3xx

STS-300 was the designation for the Space Shuttle Launch on Need (LON) missions to be launched on short notice for STS-114 and STS-121, in the event that the shuttle became disabled or damaged and could not safely return to Earth.[299][300][301] 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.[302]

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.[303]

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)[lower-alpha 4]
STS-122 (Atlantis) STS-323 (Discovery)[lower-alpha 5]
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

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Timeline of missions

See also

Notes

  1. If there are two numbers in this column, it signifies the number of astronauts launched and landed with, respectively. If the two numbers are the same, this indicates a crew swap took place during the mission.
  2. 2.0 2.1 This shuttle was intended to land at Kennedy.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The listed UTC time occurs the next day.
  4. NASA called this mission STS-320 instead of STS-321.[301]
  5. Originally scheduled to be Endeavour, changed to Discovery due to contamination issues.[304]

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