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Summary of Space Shuttle Missions

Last update: 06 January 2010

Mission		Orbiter	Crew	Mission duration [UTC]		Landing site	Payload (primary) / purpose / mission highlights / noticeable events
no.	designation		(up/down)	lift-off	landing
1	STS-1	Columbia	2	12/04/1981	14/04/1981	Edwards AFB	flight testing by astronauts Robert Crippen and John Young; first flight of shuttle Columbia
2	STS-2	Columbia	2	12/11/1981	14/11/1981	Edwards AFB	flight testing; tests of Remote Manipulator System (RMS; robot arm)
3	STS-3	Columbia	2	22/03/1982	30/03/1982	White Sands MR	tests of robot arm, materials processing; only landing to date at this backup site
4	STS-4	Columbia	2	27/06/1982	04/07/1982	Edwards AFB	tests of robot arm (scientific payload); materials processing, Department of Defense (DoD) payload
5	STS-5	Columbia	4	11/11/1982	16/11/1982	Edwards AFB	2 communication satellites
6	STS-6	Challenger	4	04/04/1983	09/04/1983	Edwards AFB	communication satellite, extravehicular activity (EVA); first flight of shuttle Challenger
7	STS-7	Challenger	5	18/06/1983	24/06/1983	Edwards AFB	2 communication satellites; first retrieval of an object from orbit using RMS
8	STS-8	Challenger	5	30/08/1983	06/09/1983	Edwards AFB	communication satellite; RMS testing
9	STS-9	Columbia	6	28/11/1983	08/12/1983	Edwards AFB	first Spacelab payload
10	STS 41-B	Challenger	5	03/02/1984	11/02/1984	Kennedy SC	2 communication satellites; introduction of the Manned Manoeuvring Unit (MMU); first KSC landing
11	STS 41-C	Challenger	5	06/04/1984	13/04/1984	Edwards AFB	retrieval, repair and redeployment of a malfunctioning spacecraft using MMU
12	STS 41-D	Discovery	6	30/08/1984	05/06/1984	Edwards AFB	3 communication satellites; first flight of shuttle Discovery
13	STS 41-G	Challenger	7	05/10/1984	13/10/1984	Edwards AFB	NASA Earth Radiation Budget Explorer
14	STS 51-A	Discovery	5	08/11/1984	16/11/1984	Edwards AFB	2 communication satellites; retrieval of 2 satellites from orbit
15	STS 51-C	Discovery	5	24/01/1985	27/01/1985	Edwards AFB	DoD payload
16	STS 51-D	Discovery	7	12/04/1985	19/04/1985	Edwards AFB	2 commercial satellites
17	STS 51-B	Challenger	7	29/04/1985	06/05/1985	Edwards AFB	second Spacelab mission
18	STS 51-G	Discovery	7	17/06/1985	24/06/1985	Edwards AFB	3 communication satellites; deployment and retrieval of scientific satellite
19	STS 51-F	Challenger	7	29/07/1985	06/08/1985	Edwards AFB	third Spacelab mission; 5 minutes, 45 seconds into the flight the no. 1 engine shut down prematurely due to a sensor problem and an abort-to-orbit was performed
20	STS 51-I	Discovery	5	27/08/1985	03/09/1985	Edwards AFB	3 communication satellites
21	STS 51-J	Atlantis	5	03/10/1985	10/10/1985	Edwards AFB	DoD payload; first flight of shuttle Atlantis
22	STS 61-A	Challenger	8	30/10/1985	06/11/1985	Edwards AFB	fourth Spacelab mission (first German mission D1)
23	STS 61-B	Atlantis	7	26/11/1985	03/12/1985	Edwards AFB	3 communication satellites; experiments in astronaut assembly of structures
24	STS 61-C	Columbia	7	12/01/1986	18/01/1986	Edwards AFB	1 commercial satellite, Hitchhiker payload; infrared imaging experiments
25	STS 51-L	Challenger	7	28/01/1986	–	–	exploded 73 seconds into the flight due to booster leakage; TDRS-2; all seven astronauts killed
26	STS-26	Discovery	5	29/09/1988	03/10/1988	Edwards AFB	first post-accident flight
27	STS-27	Atlantis	5	02/12/1988	06/12/1988	Edwards AFB	DoD payload
28	STS-29	Discovery	5	13/03/1989	18/03/1989	Edwards AFB	TDRS-4 satellite, Orbiter Experiment Autonomous Supporting Instrumentation System-1 (OASIS-1)
29	STS-30	Atlantis	5	04/05/1989	08/05/1989	Edwards AFB	Magellan/Venus radar mapper spacecraft
30	STS-28	Columbia	5	08/08/1989	13/08/1989	Edwards AFB	DoD payload
31	STS-34	Atlantis	5	18/10/1989	23/10/1989	Edwards AFB	Galileo/Jupiter spacecraft
32	STS-33	Discovery	5	22/11/1989	27/11/1989	Edwards AFB	DoD payload
33	STS-32	Columbia	5	09/01/1990	20/01/1990	Edwards AFB	DoD communication satellite; retrieval of Long Endurance Exposure Facility (LDEF) from orbit
34	STS-36	Atlantis	5	28/02/1990	04/03/1990	Edwards AFB	DoD payload
35	STS-31	Discovery	5	24/04/1990	29/04/1990	Edwards AFB	Hubble Space Telescope, IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC)
36	STS-41	Discovery	5	06/10/1990	10/10/1990	Edwards AFB	ESA-built Ulysses spacecraft
37	STS-38	Atlantis	5	15/11/1990	20/11/1990	Kennedy SC	DoD payload
38	STS-35	Columbia	7	02/12/1990	10/12/1990	Edwards AFB	round-the-clock observations of celestial sphere in ultraviolett and X-ray astronomy with ASTRO-1
39	STS-37	Atlantis	5	05/04/1991	11/04/1991	Edwards AFB	Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO)
40	STS-39	Discovery	7	28/04/1991	06/05/1991	Kennedy SC	DoD payload; civil experiments
41	STS-40	Columbia	7	05/06/1991	14/06/1991	Edwards AFB	fifth Spacelab mission
42	STS-43	Atlantis	5	02/08/1991	11/08/1991	Kennedy SC	TDRS-5 satellite
43	STS-48	Discovery	5	12/09/1991	18/09/1991	Edwards AFB	Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)
44	STS-44	Atlantis	6	24/11/1991	01/12/1991	Edwards AFB	DoD payload; civil experiments
45	STS-42	Discovery	7	22/01/1992	30/01/1992	Edwards AFB	International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1)
46	STS-45	Atlantis	7	24/03/1992	02/04/1992	Kennedy SC	Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-1 (ATLAS-1)
47	STS-49	Endeavour	7	07/05/1992	16/05/1992	Edwards AFB	captured and redeployed INTELSAT VI (F-3) satellite; four extravehicular activities; first flight of shuttle Endeavour
48	STS-50	Columbia	7	25/06/1992	09/07/1992	Kennedy SC	US Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1)
49	STS-46	Atlantis	7	31/07/1992	08/08/1992	Kennedy SC	deployment of ESA's European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA)
50	STS-47	Endeavour	6	12/09/1992	20/09/1992	Kennedy SC	Spacelab-J (SL-J) module
51	STS-52	Columbia	6	22/10/1992	01/11/1992	Kennedy SC	Laser Geodynamic Satellite II (LAGEOS II), US Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)
52	STS-53	Discovery	5	02/12/1992	09/12/1992	Edwards AFB	DoD payload; civil experiments
53	STS-54	Endeavour	5	13/01/1993	19/01/1993	Kennedy SC	TDRS-6 satellite
54	STS-56	Discovery	5	08/04/1993	17/04/1993	Kennedy SC	Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2)
55	STS-55	Columbia	7	26/04/1993	06/05/1993	Edwards AFB	second German Spacelab mission (D2)
56	STS-57	Endeavour	6	21/06/1993	01/07/1993	Kennedy SC	commercially developed Spacehab laboratory
57	STS-51	Discovery	5	12/09/1993	22/09/1993	Kennedy SC	Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), astronomical satellite
58	STS-58	Columbia	7	18/10/1993	01/11/1993	Edwards AFB	second Spacelab Life Sciences mission (SLS-2)
59	STS-61	Endeavour	7	02/12/1993	13/12/1993	Kennedy SC	repair of Hubble Space Telescope; several extravehicular activities
60	STS-60	Discovery	6	03/02/1994	11/02/1994	Kennedy SC	Spacehab-2 module; first Russian cosmonaut to fly onboard Shuttle
61	STS-62	Columbia	5	04/03/1994	18/03/1994	Kennedy SC	US Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2), Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology-2 (OAST-2)
62	STS-59	Endeavour	6	09/04/1994	20/04/1994	Edwards AFB	Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-1)
63	STS-65	Columbia	7	08/07/1994	23/07/1994	Kennedy SC	International Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2)
64	STS-64	Discovery	6	09/09/1994	20/09/1994	Edwards AFB	Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE); untethered extravehicular activity
65	STS-68	Endeavour	6	30/09/1994	11/10/1994	Edwards AFB	Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-2)
66	STS-66	Atlantis	6	03/11/1994	14/11/1994	Edwards AFB	Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-3 (ATLAS-3)
67	STS-63	Discovery	6	03/02/1995	11/02/1995	Kennedy SC	Spacehab-3 module; approach and flyaround with Russian space station Mir
68	STS-67	Endeavour	7	02/03/1995	18/03/1995	Edwards AFB	ASTRO-2, Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT); first Shuttle mission connected to the Internet
69	STS-71	Atlantis	7 / 8	27/06/1995	07/07/1995	Kennedy SC	first Space Shuttle - Mir docking; first on-orbit changeout of Shuttle crew
70	STS-70	Discovery	5	13/07/1995	22/07/1995	Kennedy SC	TDRS-G satellite
71	STS-69	Endeavour	5	07/09/1995	18/09/1995	Kennedy SC	Spartan 201-03 payload; extravehicular activity to practice for space station work
72	STS-73	Columbia	7	20/10/1995	05/11/1995	Kennedy SC	US Microgravity Laboratory-2 (USML-2)
73	STS-74	Atlantis	5	12/11/1995	20/11/1995	Kennedy SC	second docking to Mir; Russian-built Docking Module (DM) installed on Mir
74	STS-72	Endeavour	6	11/01/1996	20/01/1996	Kennedy SC	retrieval and redeployment of Japanese satellite; extravehicular activities
75	STS-75	Columbia	7	22/02/1996	09/03/1996	Kennedy SC	TSS-1R satellite lost due to cut tether; US Microgravity Payload-3 (USMP-3)
76	STS-76	Atlantis	6 / 5	22/03/1996	31/03/1996	Edwards AFB	third docking to Mir; first female American astronaut to live on Mir transferred
77	STS-77	Endeavour	6	19/05/1996	29/05/1996	Kennedy SC	Spacehab-4 module; four rendezvous activities with two different payloads
78	STS-78	Columbia	7	20/06/1996	07/07/1996	Kennedy SC	Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS); multinational cooperation of five space agencies
79	STS-79	Atlantis	6 / 6	16/09/1996	26/09/1996	Kennedy SC	fourth docking to Mir; first US crew exchange aboard Mir; Spacehab-DM module
80	STS-80	Columbia	5	19/11/1996	07/12/1996	Kennedy SC	deployment, operation and retrieval of two free-flying research spacecraft
81	STS-81	Atlantis	6 / 6	12/01/1997	22/01/1997	Kennedy SC	fifth docking to Mir, transfer of astronauts and logistics; Spacehab-DM module
82	STS-82	Discovery	7	11/02/1997	21/02/1997	Kennedy SC	servicing and upgrade of Hubble Space Telescope
83	STS-83	Columbia	7	04/04/1997	08/04/1997	Kennedy SC	Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1); shortened flight due to fuel cell shutdown
84	STS-84	Atlantis	6	15/05/1997	24/05/1997	Kennedy SC	sixth docking to Mir; Spacehab-DM module
85	STS-94	Columbia	7	01/07/1997	17/07/1997	Kennedy SC	first reflight of same vehicle, crew and payloads, following shortened STS-83 mission; MSL-1
86	STS-85	Discovery	6	07/08/1997	19/08/1997	Kennedy SC	several payloads (Mission to Planet Earth); International Space Station (ISS) assembly preparations
87	STS-86	Atlantis	7 / 7	25/09/1997	06/10/1997	Kennedy SC	seventh docking to Mir; repair work on Mir's damaged Spektr module
88	STS-87	Columbia	6	19/11/1997	05/12/1997	Kennedy SC	US Microgravity Payload-4 (USMP-4); Spartan 201-04 free-flyer lost, but recaptured by hand
89	STS-89	Endeavour	7 / 7	22/01/1998	31/01/1998	Kennedy SC	eighth docking to Mir; crew exchange and logistics
90	STS-90	Columbia	7	17/04/1998	03/05/1998	Kennedy SC	Neurolab 26 experiments in Spacelab module
91	STS-91	Discovery	6 / 6	02/06/1998	12/06/1998	Kennedy SC	ninth and final docking to Mir; crew exchange
92	STS-95	Discovery	7	29/10/1998	07/11/1998	Kennedy SC	Spacehab module; Hubble Space Telescope Orbiting Systems Test (HOST); John Glenn onboard
93	STS-88	Endeavour	6	04/12/1998	15/12/1998	Kennedy SC	first International Space Station (ISS-1) flight; Zarya and Unity modules connected
94	STS-96	Discovery	7	27/05/1999	06/06/1999	Kennedy SC	ISS-2; first Shuttle - ISS docking; supply and outfitting of ISS
95	STS-93	Columbia	5	23/07/1999	27/07/1999	Kennedy SC	Chandra X-ray Observatory; first Shuttle flight commanded by a woman
96	STS-103	Discovery	7	19/12/1999	27/12/1999	Kennedy SC	service of Hubble Space Telescope
97	STS-99	Endeavour	6	11/02/2000	22/02/2000	Kennedy SC	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
98	STS-101	Atlantis	7	19/05/2000	30/05/2000	Kennedy SC	ISS-2A/2a; Spacehab (DM)/ICC; first flight with new Honeywell MEDS 'glass cockpit'
99	STS-106	Atlantis	7	08/09/2000	19/09/2000	Kennedy SC	ISS-2A/2b; logistics
100	STS-92	Discovery	7	12/10/2000	24/10/2000	Edwards AFB	ISS-3A; Z-1 Truss and PMA-3 modules
101	STS-97	Endeavour	7	01/12/2000	12/12/2000	Kennedy SC	ISS-4A; PV module P6
102	STS-98	Atlantis	5	08/02/2001	20/02/2001	Edwards AFB	ISS-5A; Destiny Laboratory Module
103	STS-102	Discovery	7 / 7	08/03/2001	20/03/2001	Kennedy SC	ISS-5A/1; 'Leonardo' M-PL module (M-PLM); Expedition Crew 2 up / Expedition Crew 1 down
104	STS-100	Endeavour	7	19/04/2001	01/05/2001	Edwards AFB	ISS-6A; 'Raffaello' M-PLM, Canadarm2 (robotic arm)
105	STS-104	Atlantis	5	12/07/2001	24/07/2001	Kennedy SC	ISS-7A; ISS airlock
106	STS-105	Discovery	7 / 7	09/08/2001	22/08/2001	Kennedy SC	ISS-7A/1; 'Leonardo' M-PLM; Expedition Crew 3 up / Expedition Crew 2 down
107	STS-108	Endeavour	7 / 7	05/12/2001	17/12/2001	Kennedy SC	ISS-UF-1; 'Raffaello' M-PLM; Expedition Crew 4 up / Expedition Crew 3 down
108	STS-109	Columbia	7	01/03/2002	12/03/2002	Kennedy SC	third Hubble Space Telescope servicing
109	STS-110	Atlantis	7	08/04/2002	19/04/2002	Kennedy SC	ISS-8A; Integrated Truss Structure (ITS SO); Mobile Transporter (MT)
110	STS-111	Endeavour	7 / 7	05/06/2002	19/06/2002	Edwards AFB	ISS-UF-2; 'Leonardo' M-PLM; MBS; Expedition Crew 5 up / Expedition Crew 4 down
111	STS-112	Atlantis	6	07/10/2002	18/10/2002	Kennedy SC	ISS-9A; first right-side Truss segment (ITS S1); Crew & Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart A
112	STS-113	Endeavour	7 / 7	24/11/2002	07/12/2002	Kennedy SC	ISS-11A; first left-side Truss segment (ITS P1) Crew & Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart B; Expedition Crew 6 up / Expedition Crew 5 down
113	STS-107	Columbia	7	16/01/2003	(01/02/2003)	–	Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated at around 14:00 UTC, some 16 minutes prior to a scheduled landing at KSC at an altitude of approx. 61 km (200,000 ft) and a speed of Mach 18.1 over north central Texas (32.9 N / -99.0 W, near Dallas). The identified root cause was failure of the vehicle's thermal protection system, triggered by a breach to the shuttle's left main wing. All seven astronauts on the research mission (Spacehab Double Module), including the first Israeli space traveller, were killed when the shuttle broke up.  > Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation – Final findings (30/08/2003)
114	STS-114	Discovery	7	26/07/2005	09/08/2005	Edwards AFB	ISS-LF1; Return to Flight test mission; External Stowage Platform (ESP-2); MPL module 'Raffaello'; Logistics Flight
115	STS-121	Discovery	7 / 6	04/07/2006	17/07/2006	Kennedy SC	ISS-ULF1.1; Return to Flight test mission; additional flight will complete tasks originally planned for STS-114; Utilization and Logistics Flight
116	STS-115	Atlantis	6	09/09/2006	21/09/2006	Kennedy SC	ISS-12A; second left-side truss segment (ITS P3/P4); solar array set and batteries
117	STS-116	Discovery	7 / 6	10/12/2006	22/12/2006	Kennedy SC	ISS-12A.1; third left-side truss segment (ITS P5); Spacehab Module; solar array set and batteries
118	STS-117	Atlantis	7 / 7	08/06/2007	22/06/2007	Kennedy SC	ISS-13A; second right-side truss segment (ITS S3/S4 arrays)
119	STS-118	Endeavour	7	08/08/2007	21/08/2007	Kennedy SC	ISS-13A.1; third right-side truss segment (ITS S5); Spacehab Module
120	STS-120	Discovery	7 / 7	23/10/2007	07/11/2007	Kennedy SC	ISS-10A; U.S. Node 2; US core of ISS complete after this mission
121	STS-122	Atlantis	7 / 7	07/02/2008	20/02/2008	Kennedy SC	Columbus European Laboratory Module; Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure - Non-Deployable (MPESS-ND)
122	STS-123	Endeavour	7 / 7	11/03/2008	26/03/2008	Kennedy SC	Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized Section (ELM-PS); Spacelab Pallet - Deployable 1 (SLP-D1) with Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, Dextre
123	STS-124	Discovery	7 / 7	31/05/2008	14/06/2008	Kennedy SC	Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Module (JEM-PM); Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM RMS)
124	STS-126	Endeavour	7	15/11/2008	30/11/2008	Edwards AFB	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
125	STS-119	Discovery	7 / 7	15/03/2009	28/03/2009	Kennedy SC	ISS-15A; fourth right-side truss segment (ITS S6); solar array set and batteries
126	STS-125	Atlantis	7	11/05/2009	24/05/2009	Edwards AFB	Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4
127	STS-127	Endeavour	7 / 7	15/07/2009	31/07/2009	Kennedy SC	Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM EF); Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Exposed Section (ELM-ES)
128	STS-128	Discovery	7 / 7	29/08/2009	12/09/2009	Edwards AFB	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM); Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC)
129	STS-129	Atlantis	6 / 7	16/11/2009	27/11/2009	Kennedy SC	Express Logistics Carrier 1+2
130	STS-130	Endeavour	6	07/02/2010	20/02/2010		ISS-20A; Tranquility Node 3, Cupola
131	STS-131	Discovery	7	18/03/2010	31/03/2010		ISS-19A; Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
132	STS-132	Atlantis	6	14/05/2010	25/05/2010		ULF4; Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC), Mini Research Module (MRM1)
133	STS-134	Endeavour	6	29/07/2010	07/08/2010		ULF6; Express Logistics Carrier 3 (ELC3), Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02)
134	STS-133	Discovery	6	16/09/2010	24/09/2010		ULF5; Final scheduled shuttle flight; Express Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4), Permanent Multi-Purpose Module (PMM)

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