List of space shuttle missions
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This is a list of human spaceflight missions flown by space shuttles. As of 2004, only the United States (Missing image
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) flew one unmanned flight of the Buran.
Naming in the US Space Shuttle program
The shuttle is officially referred to in NASA jargon as the Space Transportation System (STS). Specific shuttle missions are therefore designated with the prefix STS. Initially, the launches were given sequential numbers indicating order of launch, such as STS-9. Beginning in 1984, each mission was assigned a code, such as STS-41-B, with the first digit indicating the last digit of the federal fiscal year, the second digit indicating the launch site (1 was Kennedy Space Center and 2 was 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. After the Challenger disaster, a sequential numbering system was restored, with the number according to counting from the beginning, although, unlike the initial system, the assignment of numbers is based on the initial schedule and may not reflect launch order. The letter indicates that the intermediate numbering system applies, and e.g. flight STS-51 was many years after STS-51-A.
As of 2004, the last flight was STS-107, the 113th, including the one which consisted of a disastrous ascent only.
List of shuttle flights
- Flight Statistics (as of February 3, 2003)
| Shuttle | Flight Days | Orbits | Distance -mi- | Distance -km- | Flights | Longest flight -days- | Crew and passengers | EVAs | Mir/ISS docking | Satellites deployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis | 220.40 | 3,468 | 89,908,732 | 144,694,078 | 26 | 12.89 | 161 | 21 | 7 / 6 | 14 |
| Challenger | 62.41 | 995 | 25,803,940 | 41,527,416 | 10 | 8.23 | 60 | 6 | 0 / 0 | 10 |
| Columbia | 300.74 | 4,808 | 125,204,911 | 201,497,772 | 28 | 17.66 | 160 | 7 | 0 / 0 | 8 |
| Discovery | 241.95 | 3,808 | 98,710,673 | 158,859,430 | 30 | 12.91 | 185 | 25 | 1 / 4 | 26 |
| Endeavour | 206.60 | 3,259 | 85,072,077 | 136,910,237 | 19 | 13.86 | 130 | 29 | 1 / 6 | 3 |
| Total | 1,032.10 | 16,338 | 424,700,332 | 683,488,932 | 113 | 17.66 (STS-80) | 696 | 88 | 9 / 16 | 61 |
| Buran 1.01 | 0.14 | 2 | 51,764 | 83,307 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| Date | Mission | Agency | Vehicle | Launch Site | Landing Site | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 12 1981 | STS-1 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | First reusable spacecraft flight |
| November 12 1981 | STS-2 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Truncated due to fuel cell problem |
| March 22 1982 | STS-3 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | White Sands | Shuttle R&D flight |
| June 27 1982 | STS-4 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Last shuttle R&D flight |
| November 11 1982 | STS-5 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Multiple comsat launches |
| April 4, 1983 | STS-6 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | TDRS launch |
| June 18, 1983 | STS-7 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Multiple comsat launches |
| August 30, 1983 | STS-8 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Comsat launch |
| November 28, 1983 | STS-9 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Spacelab mission |
| February 3, 1984 | STS-41-B | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39A | Kennedy | Comsat launches, first untethered spacewalk |
| April 6, 1984 | STS-41-C | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Solar Max servicing, LDEF launch |
| August 30, 1984 | STS-41-D | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Multiple comsat launches |
| October 5, 1984 | STS-41-G | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39A | Kennedy | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite launch |
| November 8, 1984 | STS-51-A | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Kennedy | Multiple comsat launches |
| January 25, 1985 | STS-51-C | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Kennedy | Magnum satellite launch |
| April 12, 1985 | STS-51-D | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Kennedy | Multiple comsat launches |
| April 29, 1985 | STS-51-B | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Spacelab mission |
| June 17, 1985 | STS-51-G | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Multiple comsat launches |
| July 29, 1985 | STS-51-F | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Spacelab mission |
| August 27, 1985 | STS-51-I | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Multiple comsat launches |
| October 3, 1985 | STS-51-J | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | DSCS satellite launch |
| October 30, 1985 | STS-61-A | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Spacelab mission |
| November 26, 1985 | STS-61-B | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Multiple comsat launches |
| January 12, 1986 | STS-61-C | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Comsat launch |
| January 28, 1986 | STS-51-L | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Challenger | LC-39B | N/A | Planned TDRS launch, Loss of vehicle |
| September 29, 1988 | STS-26 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | TDRS launch |
| November 15, 1988 | 1K1 | Missing image Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.png USSR | Buran 1.01 | Site 112 | Baikonur | Unmanned test flight |
| December 2, 1988 | STS-27 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Lacrosse 1 launch |
| March 13, 1989 | STS-29 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | TDRS launch |
| May 4, 1989 | STS-30 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Magellan Venus probe launch |
| August 8, 1989 | STS-28 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Satellite Data System launch |
| October 18, 1989 | STS-34 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Galileo Jupiter probe launch |
| November 22, 1989 | STS-33 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Magnum satellite launch |
| January 9, 1990 | STS-32 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | SYNCOM IV-F5 satellite launch |
| February 28, 1990 | STS-36 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Misty reconnaissance satellite launch |
| April 24, 1990 | STS-31 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Hubble Space Telescope launch |
| October 6, 1990 | STS-41 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Ulysses solar probe launch |
| November 15, 1990 | STS-38 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Kennedy | Magnum satellite launch |
| December 2, 1990 | STS-35 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Use of ASTRO-1 observatory |
| April 5, 1991 | STS-37 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory launch |
| April 28, 1991 | STS-39 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Kennedy | First unclassified DoD mission |
| June 5, 1991 | STS-40 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Spacelab mission |
| August 2, 1991 | STS-43 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Kennedy | TDRS launch |
| September 12, 1991 | STS-48 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite launch |
| November 24, 1991 | STS-44 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | DSP satellite launch |
| January 22, 1992 | STS-42 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Spacelab mission |
| March 24, 1992 | STS-45 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Kennedy | ATLAS-1 science platform |
| May 7, 1992 | STS-49 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Intelsat VI repair |
| June 25, 1992 | STS-50 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Kennedy | Spacelab mission |
| July 31, 1992 | STS-46 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Kennedy | Attempted tethered satellite deployment |
| September 12, 1992 | STS-47 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | Kennedy | Spacelab mission |
| October 22, 1992 | STS-52 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Kennedy | LAGEOS II, microgravity experiments |
| December 2, 1992 | STS-53 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Classified DoD satellite launch |
| January 13, 1993 | STS-54 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | Kennedy | TDRS launch |
| April 8, 1993 | STS-56 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Kennedy | ATLAS-2 science platform |
| April 26, 1993 | STS-55 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Spacelab mission |
| June 21, 1993 | STS-57 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | Kennedy | SPACEHAB, EURECA |
| September 12, 1993 | STS-51 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Kennedy | ACTS satellite launched |
| October 18, 1993 | STS-58 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Spacelab mission |
| December 2, 1993 | STS-61 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | Kennedy | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
| February 3, 1994 | STS-60 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Kennedy | SPACEHAB, Wake Shield Facility |
| March 4, 1994 | STS-62 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Kennedy | Microgravity experiments |
| April 9, 1994 | STS-59 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Kennedy | Space Radar Laboratory-1 |
| July 8, 1994 | STS-65 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Kennedy | Spacelab mission |
| September 9, 1994 | STS-64 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | Multiple science experiments; SPARTAN |
| September 30, 1994 | STS-68 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | Space Radar Laboratory-2 |
| November 3, 1994 | STS-66 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Edwards AFB | ATLAS-3 science platform |
| February 3, 1995 | STS-63 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Kennedy | Mir flyaround |
| March 2, 1995 | STS-67 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | ASTRO-2 |
| June 27, 1995 | STS-71 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Kennedy | First Shuttle-Mir docking |
| June 13, 1995 | STS-70 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Kennedy | TDRS launch |
| September 7, 1995 | STS-69 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Kennedy | Wake Shield Facility, SPARTAN |
| October 20, 1995 | STS-73 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Kennedy | Spacelab mission |
| November 12, 1995 | STS-74 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Kennedy | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| January 11, 1996 | STS-72 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | Kennedy | Retrieved Japan's Space Flyer Unit |
| February 22, 1996 | STS-75 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Kennedy | Tethered satellite |
| March 22, 1996 | STS-76 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Kennedy | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| May 19, 1996 | STS-77 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | Kennedy | SPACEHAB; SPARTAN |
| June 20, 1996 | STS-78 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Kennedy | Spacelab mission |
| September 16, 1996 | STS-79 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Kennedy | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| November 19, 1996 | STS-80 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Kennedy | Wake Shield Facility; ASTRO-SPAS |
| January 12, 1997 | STS-81 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Kennedy | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| February 11, 1997 | STS-82 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Kennedy | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
| April 4, 1997 | STS-83 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Kennedy | Truncated due to fuel cell problem |
| May 15, 1997 | STS-84 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Kennedy | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| July 1, 1997 | STS-94 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Kennedy | Spacelab mission |
| August 7, 1997 | STS-85 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Kennedy | CRISTA-SPAS |
| September 25, 1997 | STS-86 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Kennedy | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| November 19, 1997 | STS-87 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Kennedy | Microgravity experiments |
| January 22, 1998 | STS-89 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Kennedy | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| April 17, 1998 | STS-90 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Kennedy | Spacelab mission |
| June 2, 1998 | STS-91 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Kennedy | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| October 29, 1998 | STS-95 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Kennedy | SPACEHAB; John Glenn flies again |
| December 4, 1998 | STS-88 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Kennedy | First ISS assembly flight: Node 1 |
| May 27, 1999 | STS-96 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Kennedy | ISS supply |
| July 23, 1999 | STS-93 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39B | Kennedy | Chandra X-Ray Observatory launch |
| December 19, 1999 | STS-103 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Kennedy | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
| February 11, 2000 | STS-99 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Kennedy | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
| May 19, 2000 | STS-101 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Kennedy | ISS supply |
| September 8, 2000 | STS-106 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Kennedy | ISS supply |
| October 11, 2000 | STS-92 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | ISS assembly: Z1 truss |
| November 30, 2000 | STS-97 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | Kennedy | ISS assembly: solar arrays, radiators |
| February 7, 2001 | STS-98 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | ISS assembly: Destiny lab |
| March 8, 2001 | STS-102 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Kennedy | ISS supply, crew rotation |
| April 19, 2001 | STS-100 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | ISS assembly: robotic arm |
| July 12, 2001 | STS-104 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Kennedy | ISS assembly: airlock |
| August 10, 2001 | STS-105 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39A | Kennedy | ISS supply, crew rotation |
| December 5, 2001 | STS-108 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | Kennedy | ISS supply |
| March 1, 2002 | STS-109 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | Kennedy | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
| April 8, 2002 | STS-110 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Kennedy | ISS assembly: S0 truss, Mobile Transporter |
| June 5, 2002 | STS-111 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Edwards AFB | ISS supply, crew rotation |
| October 7, 2002 | STS-112 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | Kennedy | ISS assembly: S1 truss |
| November 23, 2002 | STS-113 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39A | Kennedy | ISS assembly: P1 truss, crew rotation |
| January 16, 2003 | STS-107 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Columbia | LC-39A | N/A | Loss of vehicle |
| ~July 23, 2005 | STS-114 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | Planned return-to-flight, ETA spring, 2005 | |
| ~Sep 9, 2005 | STS-121 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | ISS supply, crew rotation | |
| ~Feb 16, 2006 | STS-115 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Atlantis | LC-39B | ISS assembly: P3/P4 truss, solar arrays | |
| ~Apr 23, 2006 | STS-116 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | ISS assembly: P5 truss | |
| ~July 13, 2006 | STS-117 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | ISS assembly: S3/S4 Truss, solar arrays | |
| ~Nov 7, 2006 | STS-118 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Discovery | LC-39B | ISS assembly: S5 Truss | |
| ~Dec 14, 2006 | STS-119 | Missing image USA_flag.png NASA | Endeavour | LC-39B | ISS assembly: S6 Truss, solar arrays |
NASA Official Space Shuttle Manifest (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/future/index.html) Unofficial Space Shuttle Manifest (http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/shuttle/manifest.txt)