LAUNCH DATE SHUTTLE | CREW RENDEZVOUS | DURATION LANDING | |||
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1 |
STS-1 |
April 12, 1981 | 2 | 2d 06h | First reusable orbital spacecraft flight; first flight of Columbia |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
2 |
STS-2 |
November 12, 1981 | 2 | 2d 06h | First reuse of a manned orbital space vehicle; first test of Canadarm robot arm; Truncated due to fuel cell problem. |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
3 |
STS-3 |
March 22, 1982 | 2 | 08d 00h | Shuttle R&D flight, first and only landing at White Sands, New Mexico |
Columbia | White Sands | ||||
4 |
STS-4 |
June 27, 1982 | 2 | 07d 01h | Last shuttle R&D flight, first DoD payload |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
5 |
STS-5 |
November 11, 1982 | 4 | 05d 02h | Multiple comsat deployments. First EVA of program canceled due to suit problems |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
6 |
STS-6 |
April 4, 1983 | 4 | 05d 00h | TDRS deployment; first flight of Challenger; first space shuttle extra-vehicular activity |
Challenger | Edwards | ||||
7 |
STS-7 |
June 18, 1983 | 5 | 06d 02h | First US woman in space Sally Ride; Multiple comsat deployments; First deployment and retrieval of a satellite (SPAS) |
Challenger | Edwards | ||||
8 |
STS-8 |
August 30, 1983 | 5 | 06d 01h | Comsat deployment, first African-American in space, Guion Bluford; test of robot arm on heavy payloads with Payload Flight Test Article, First night landing |
Challenger | Edwards | ||||
9 |
STS-9 |
November 28, 1983 | 6 | 10d 07h | First Spacelab mission |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
10 |
STS-41B |
February 3, 1984 | 5 | 07d 23h | Comsat deployments, first untethered spacewalk by Bruce McCandless with the Manned Maneuvering Unit; first landing at KSC; dry run of equipment for Solar Max rescue |
Challenger | Kennedy | ||||
11 |
STS-41C |
April 6, 1984 | 5 | 06d 23h | Solar Max servicing (first satellite rescue by astronauts), LDEF deployment |
Challenger | Solar Max | Edwards | |||
12 * |
STS-41D |
August 30, 1984 | 6 | 06d 00h | Multiple comsat deployments; first flight of Discovery, test of OAST-1 Solar Array |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
13 |
STS-41G |
October 5, 1984 | 7 | 08d 05h | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite deployment; First flight of two women in space Ride and Sullivan; First spacewalk by US woman, Kathryn Sullivan; First Canadian in space Marc Garneau |
Challenger | Kennedy | ||||
14 |
STS-51A |
November 8, 1984 | 5 | 07d 23h | Multiple comsat deployments, retrieval of two other comsats Palapa B2 and Westar VI which were subsequently refurbished on Earth and reflown |
Discovery | Palapa & Westar | Kennedy | |||
15 |
STS-51C |
January 24, 1985 | 5 | 03d 01h | First classified Department of Defense (DoD) mission; Magnum satellite deployment |
Discovery | Kennedy | ||||
16 |
STS-51D |
April 12, 1985 | 7 | 06d 23h | Multiple comsat deployments, first flight of a sitting politician in space, Jake Garn, first impromptu EVA of program to fix Syncom F3 (Leasat 3) |
Discovery | Kennedy | ||||
17 |
STS-51B |
April 29, 1985 | 7 | 07d 00h | Spacelab mission |
Challenger | Edwards | ||||
18 |
STS-51G |
June 17, 1985 | 7 | 07d 01h | Multiple comsat deployments. Flight of first member of royalty, Saudi, Muslim, and Arab in space, Sultan Salman Al Saud. |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
19 |
STS-51F |
July 29, 1985 | 7 | 07d 22h | Spacelab mission |
Challenger | Edwards | ||||
20 |
STS-51I |
August 27, 1985 | 5 | 07d 02h | Multiple comsat deployments, rescue of Syncom F3 (Leasat-3) by Astronauts |
Discovery | Leasat-3 | Edwards | |||
21 * |
STS-51J |
October 3, 1985 | 5 | 04d 01h | Second classified DoD mission; DSCS satellite deployment; first flight of Atlantis |
Atlantis | Edwards | ||||
22 |
STS-61A |
October 30, 1985 | 8 | 07d 00h | Spacelab-D1, Germany funded mission |
Challenger | Edwards | ||||
23 |
STS-61B |
November 26, 1985 | 7 | 06d 21h | Multiple comsat deployment, EASE/ACCESS experiment. First Mexican in space, Rodolfo Neri Vela |
Atlantis | Edwards | ||||
24 |
STS-61C |
January 12, 1986 | 7 | 06d 02h | Comsat deployment, flight of US Representative Bill Nelson |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
25 |
STS-51L |
January 28, 1986 | 7 | 1m 13s | Planned TDRS-B deployment, Teacher in Space,
loss of vehicle and crew at launch |
Challenger | |||||
26 |
STS-26 |
September 29, 1988 | 5 | 04d 01h | Return To Flight, TDRS-C deployment |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
27 |
STS-27 |
December 2, 1988 | 5 | 04d 09h | Third classified DoD mission; Lacrosse 1 deployment |
Atlantis | Edwards | ||||
28 |
STS-29 |
March 13, 1989 | 5 | 04d 23h | TDRS-D, IMAX, SHARE I space station radiator experiment. |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
29 |
STS-30 |
May 4, 1989 | 5 | 04d 00h | Magellan Venus probe deployment |
Atlantis | Edwards | ||||
30 |
STS-28 |
August 8, 1989 | 5 | 05d 01h | Fourth classified DoD mission; Satellite Data System deployment |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
31 |
STS-34 |
October 18, 1989 | 5 | 04d 23h | Galileo Jupiter probe deployment, IMAX |
Atlantis | Edwards | ||||
32 |
STS-33 |
November 22, 1989 | 5 | 05d 00h | Fifth classified DoD mission; Magnum |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
33 |
STS-32 |
January 9, 1990 | 5 | 10d 21h | SYNCOM IV-F5 satellite deployment, LDEF retrieval, IMAX |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
34 |
STS-36 |
February 28, 1990 | 5 | 04d 10h | Sixth classified DoD mission; Misty reconnaissance satellite deployment |
Atlantis | Edwards | ||||
35 |
STS-31 |
April 24, 1990 | 5 | 05d 01h | Hubble Space Telescope deployment |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
36 |
STS-41 |
October 6, 1990 | 5 | 04d 02h | Ulysses solar probe deployment |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
37 |
STS-38 |
November 15, 1990 | 5 | 04d 21h | Seventh classified DoD mission. Likely SDS2-2 deployed. |
Atlantis | Kennedy | ||||
38 |
STS-35 |
December 2, 1990 | 7 | 08d 23h | Use of ASTRO-1 observatory |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
39 |
STS-37 |
April 5, 1991 | 5 | 05d 23h | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory deployment |
Atlantis | Edwards | ||||
40 |
STS-39 |
April 28, 1991 | 7 | 08d 07h | First unclassified DoD mission; military science experiments |
Discovery | Kennedy | ||||
41 |
STS-40 |
June 5, 1991 | 7 | 09d 02h | Spacelab mission |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
42 |
STS-43 |
August 2, 1991 | 5 | 08d 21h | TDRS-E deployment |
Atlantis | Kennedy | ||||
43 |
STS-48 |
September 12, 1991 | 5 | 05d 08h | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
44 |
STS-44 |
November 24, 1991 | 6 | 06d 22h | DSP satellite deployment |
Atlantis | Edwards | ||||
45 |
STS-42 |
January 22, 1992 | 7 | 08d 01h | Spacelab mission |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
46 |
STS-45 |
March 24, 1992 | 7 | 08d 22h | ATLAS-1 science platform |
Atlantis | Kennedy | ||||
47 |
STS-49 |
May 7, 1992 | 7 | 08d 21h | Intelsat VI repair; first flight of Endeavour. First 3 person EVA. ASEM space station truss experiment EVA, record four EVAs total for mission. |
Endeavour | Edwards | ||||
48 |
STS-50 |
June 25, 1992 | 7 | 13d 19h | Spacelab mission |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
49 |
STS-46 |
July 31, 1992 | 7 | 07d 23h | EURECA (European Retrievable Carrier) and the joint NASA/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS) |
Atlantis | Kennedy | ||||
50 |
STS-47 |
September 12, 1992 | 7 | 07d 22h | Spacelab-J, Japan funded mission. First Japanese in space, first African-American woman in space, first married couple in space. |
Endeavour | Kennedy | ||||
51 |
STS-52 |
October 22, 1992 | 6 | 09d 20h | LAGEOS II, microgravity experiments |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
52 |
STS-53 |
December 2, 1992 | 5 | 07d 07h | Partially classified 10th and final DoD mission. Likely deployment of SDS2 satellite. |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
53 |
STS-54 |
January 13, 1993 | 5 | 05d 23h | TDRS-F deployment |
Endeavour | Kennedy | ||||
54 |
STS-56 |
April 8, 1993 | 5 | 09d 06h | ATLAS-2 science platform |
Discovery | Kennedy | ||||
55 |
STS-55 |
April 26, 1993 | 7 | 09d 23h | Spacelab-D2, Germany funded mission |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
56 |
STS-57 |
June 21, 1993 | 6 | 09d 23h | SPACEHAB, EURECA |
Endeavour | Kennedy | ||||
57 |
STS-51 |
September 12, 1993 | 5 | 09d 20h | ACTS satellite deployed, SPAS-Orfeus with IMAX camera. |
Discovery | Kennedy | ||||
58 |
STS-58 |
October 18, 1993 | 7 | 14d 00h | Spacelab mission |
Columbia | Edwards | ||||
59 |
STS-61 |
December 2, 1993 | 7 | 10d 19h | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
Endeavour | HST | Kennedy | |||
60 |
STS-60 |
February 3, 1994 | 6 | 07d 06h | SPACEHAB, first joint US/Russia shuttle mission, first cosmonaut to ride on a shuttle (Sergei Krikalev), Wake Shield Facility |
Discovery | Kennedy | ||||
61 |
STS-62 |
March 4, 1994 | 5 | 13d 23h | Microgravity experiments |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
62 |
STS-59 |
April 9, 1994 | 6 | 11d 05h | Shuttle Radar Laboratory-1 |
Endeavour | Edwards | ||||
63 |
STS-65 |
July 8, 1994 | 7 | 14d 17h | Spacelab mission, first Japanese woman in space |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
64 |
STS-64 |
September 9, 1994 | 6 | 10d 22h | Multiple science experiments; SPARTAN |
Discovery | Edwards | ||||
65 |
STS-68 |
September 30, 1994 | 6 | 11d 05h | Space Radar Laboratory-2 |
Endeavour | Edwards | ||||
66 |
STS-66 |
November 3, 1994 | 6 | 10d 22h | ATLAS-3 science platform |
Atlantis | Edwards | ||||
67 |
STS-63 |
February 3, 1995 | 6 | 08d 06h | Mir rendezvous, Spacehab, IMAX |
Discovery | Mir | Kennedy | |||
68 |
STS-67 |
March 2, 1995 | 7 | 16d 15h | ASTRO-2 |
Endeavour | Edwards | ||||
69 |
STS-71 |
June 27, 1995 | 7/8 | 09d 19h | First Shuttle-Mir docking |
Atlantis | Mir | Kennedy | |||
70 |
STS-70 |
July 13, 1995 | 5 | 08d 22h | TDRS-G deployment |
Discovery | Kennedy | ||||
71 |
STS-69 |
September 7, 1995 | 5 | 10d 20h | Wake Shield Facility, SPARTAN |
Endeavour | Kennedy | ||||
72 |
STS-73 |
October 20, 1995 | 7 | 15d 21h | Spacelab mission |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
73 |
STS-74 |
November 12, 1995 | 5 | dura | 2nd Shuttle-Mir docking. Delivered docking module. IMAX cargo bay camera |
Atlantis | Mir | Kennedy | |||
74 |
STS-72 |
January 11, 1996 | 6 | 08d 22h | Retrieved Japan's Space Flyer Unit, 2 EVAs |
Endeavour | SFU | Kennedy | |||
75 |
STS-75 |
February 22, 1996 | 7 | 15d 17h | Tethered satellite reflight, lost due to broken tether. |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
76 |
STS-76 |
March 22, 1996 | 6/5 | 09d 05h | Shuttle-Mir docking |
Atlantis | Mir | Edwards | |||
77 |
STS-77 |
May 19, 1996 | 6 | 10d 00h | SPACEHAB; SPARTAN |
Endeavour | Kennedy | ||||
78 |
STS-78 |
June 20, 1996 | 7 | 16d 21h | Spacelab mission |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
79 |
STS-79 |
September 16, 1996 | 6/6 | 10d 03h | Mir |
Atlantis | Mir | Kennedy | |||
80 |
STS-80 |
November 19, 1996 | 5 | 17d 15h | Wake Shield Facility; ASTRO-SPAS |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
81 |
STS-81 |
January 12, 1997 | 6/6 | 10d 04h | Shuttle-Mir docking |
Atlantis | Mir | Kennedy | |||
82 |
STS-82 |
February 11, 1997 | 7 | 09d 23h | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
Discovery | HST | Kennedy | |||
83 |
STS-83 |
April 4, 1997 | 7 | 03d 23h | Truncated due to fuel cell problem |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
84 |
STS-84 |
May 15, 1997 | 7/7 | 09d 05h | Shuttle-Mir docking |
Atlantis | Mir | Kennedy | |||
85 |
STS-94 |
July 1, 1997 | 7 | 15d 16h | Microgravity Science Laboratory mission, STS-83 re-do |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
86 |
STS-85 |
August 7, 1997 | 7 | 11d 20h | CRISTA-SPAS |
Discovery | Kennedy | ||||
87 |
STS-86 |
September 26, 1997 | 7/7 | 10d 19h | Shuttle-Mir docking |
Atlantis | Mir | Kennedy | |||
88 |
STS-87 |
November 19, 1997 | 6 | 15d 16h | Microgravity experiments, 2 EVAs, SPARTAN |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
89 |
STS-89 |
January 22, 1998 | 7/7 | 08d 19h | Shuttle-Mir docking |
Endeavour | Mir | Kennedy | |||
90 |
STS-90 |
April 17, 1998 | 7 | 15d 21h | Spacelab mission |
Columbia | Mir | Kennedy | |||
91 |
STS-91 |
June 2, 1998 | 6/7 | 09d 19h | Last Shuttle-Mir docking |
Discovery | Mir | Kennedy | |||
92 |
STS-95 |
October 29, 1998 | 7 | 08d 21h | SPACEHAB; John Glenn flies again |
Discovery | Kennedy | ||||
93 |
STS-88 |
December 4, 1998 | 6 | 11d 19h | ISS assembly flight 2A: Node 1. First Shuttle ISS assembly flight |
Endeavour | ISS | Kennedy | |||
94 |
STS-96 |
May 27, 1999 | 7 | 09d 19h | ISS supply |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
95 |
STS-93 |
July 23, 1999 | 5 | 04d 22h | Chandra X-ray Observatory deploy |
Columbia | Kennedy | ||||
96 |
STS-103 |
December 19, 1999 | 7 | 07d 23h | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
Discovery | HST | Kennedy | |||
97 |
STS-99 |
February 11, 2000 | 6 | 11d 05h | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
Endeavour | ennedy | ||||
98 |
STS-101 |
May 19, 2000 | 7 | 09d 21h | ISS supply |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy | |||
99 |
STS-106 |
September 8, 2000 | 7 | 11d 19h | ISS supply |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy | |||
100 |
STS-92 |
October 11, 2000 | 7 | 12d 21h | ISS assembly flight 3A: Z1 truss |
Discovery | ISS | Edwards | |||
101 |
STS-97 |
November 30, 2000 | 5 | 10d 19h | ISS assembly flight 4A: P6 solar arrays, radiators |
Endeavour | ISS | Kennedy | |||
102 |
STS-98 |
February 7, 2001 | 5 | 12d 21h | ISS assembly flight 5A: Destiny lab |
Atlantis | ISS | Edwards | |||
103 |
STS-102 |
March 8, 2001 | 7/7 | 12d 19h | ISS supply, crew rotation |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
104 |
STS-100 |
April 19, 2001 | 7 | 11d 21h | ISS assembly flight 6A: robotic arm; First spacewalk by a Canadian |
Endeavour | ISS | Edwards | |||
105 |
STS-104 |
July 12, 2001 | 5 | 12d 18h | ISS assembly flight 7A: Quest Joint Airlock |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy | |||
106 |
STS-105 |
August 10, 2001 | 7/7 | 11d 21h | ISS supply, crew rotation |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
107 |
STS-108 |
December 5, 2001 | 7/7 | 11d 19h | ISS supply, crew rotation |
Endeavour | ISS | Kennedy | |||
108 |
STS-109 |
March 1, 2002 | 7 | 10d 22h | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
Columbia | HST | Kennedy | |||
109 |
STS-110 |
April 8, 2002 | 7 | 10d 19h | ISS assembly flight 8A: S0 truss |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy | |||
110 |
STS-111 |
June 5, 2002 | 7/7 | 13d 20h | ISS supply, crew rotation, Mobile Base System |
Endeavour | ISS | Edwards | |||
111 |
STS-112 |
October 7, 2002 | 6 | 10d 19h | ISS assembly flight 9A: S1 truss |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy | |||
112 |
STS-113 |
November 23, 2002 | 7/7 | 13d 18h | ISS assembly flight 11A: P1 truss, crew rotation |
Endeavour | ISS | Kennedy | |||
113 |
STS-107 |
January 16, 2003 | 7 | 15d 22h | SPACEHAB;
loss of vehicle and crew during re-entry |
Columbia | |||||
114 |
STS-114 |
July 26, 2005 | 7 | 13d 21h | Flight safety evaluation/testing, ISS supply/repair, MPLM Raffaello |
Discovery | ISS | Edwards | |||
115 |
STS-121 |
July 4, 2006 | 7/6 | 12d 18h | ISS Flight ULF1.1: Supply, crew rotation, MPLM Leonardo |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
116 |
STS-115 |
September 9, 2006 | 6 | 11d 19h | ISS assembly flight 12A: P3/P4 Truss, Solar Arrays |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy | |||
117 |
STS-116 |
December 9, 2006 | 7/7 | 12d 21h | ISS assembly flight 12A.1: P5 Truss & Spacehab-SM, crew rotation |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
118 |
STS-117 |
June 8, 2007 | 7/7 | 13d 20h | ISS assembly flight 13A: S3/S4 Truss, Solar Arrays, crew rotation |
Atlantis | ISS | Edwards | |||
119 |
STS-118 |
August 8, 2007 | 7 | 12d 18h | ISS assembly flight 13A.1: S5 Truss & Spacehab-SM & ESP3. First use of SSPTS (Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System) |
Endeavour | ISS | Kennedy | |||
120 |
STS-120 |
October 23, 2007 | 7/7 | 15d 02h | ISS assembly flight 10A: US Harmony module, crew rotation |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
121 |
STS-122 |
February 7, 2008 | 7/7 | 12d 18h | ISS assembly flight 1E: European Laboratory Columbus, crew rotation |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy | |||
122 |
STS-123 |
March 11, 2008 | 7/7 | 15d 18h | ISS assembly flight 1J/A: JEM ELM PS & SPDM, crew rotation |
Endeavour | ISS | Kennedy | |||
123 |
STS-124 |
May 31, 2008 | 7/7 | 13d 18h | ISS assembly flight 1J: JEM - Japanese module Kibo & JEM RMS |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
124 |
STS-126 |
November 14, 2008 | 7/7 | 15d 20h | ISS assembly flight ULF2: MPLM Leonardo, crew rotation |
Endeavour | ISS | Edwards | |||
125 |
STS-119 |
March 15, 2009 | 7/7 | 12d 19h | ISS assembly flight 15A: S6 Truss, Solar Arrays |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
126 |
STS-125 |
May 11, 2009 | 7 | 12d 21h | Last Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (HST SM-04) |
Atlantis | HST | Edwards | |||
127 |
STS-127 |
July 15, 2009 | 7/7 | 15d 16h | ISS assembly flight 2J/A: JEM Exposed Facility (EF) & JEM ELM ES/td> |
Endeavour | ISS | Kennedy | |||
128 |
STS-128 |
August 28, 2009 | 7/7 | 13d 21h | ISS assembly flight 17A: MPLM Leonardo & 6 person ISS crew. |
Discovery | ISS | Edwards | 129 |
STS-129 |
November 16, 2009 | 6/7 | 10d 19h | ISS assembly flight ULF3: ExPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELCs) 1 & 2. |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy | |||
130 |
STS-130 |
February 8, 2010 | 6 | 13d 18h | ISS assembly flight 20A: Node 3 and Cupola |
Endeavour | ISS | Kennedy | |||
131 |
STS-131 |
April 5, 2010 | 7 | 15d 03h | ISS assembly flight 19A: Utility and Logistics Flight 4: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
132 |
STS-132 |
May 14, 2010 | 6 | 11d 18h | ISS assembly flight ULF4: Mini-Research Module 1 |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy | |||
133 |
STS-133 |
February 24, 2011 | 6 | 12d 19h | ISS assembly flight ULF5, PMM Leonardo (to be left permanently attached), ELC 4. Final flight of Discovery |
Discovery | ISS | Kennedy | |||
134 |
STS-134 |
May 16, 2011 | 6 | 15d 18h | ISS assembly flight ULF6, ELC 3, ROEU, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Final flight of Endeavour |
Endeavour | ISS | Kennedy | |||
135 |
STS-135 |
July 8, 2011 | 4 | 12d 18h | Payload Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello. Final flight of Atlantis |
Atlantis | ISS | Kennedy |
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