List of Space Shuttle missions

The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 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.

For missions flown by the Soviet Buran-class orbiters, sometimed referred as the Soviet Space Shuttle, see List of Buran missions.
Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on 12 April 1981 at Pad 39A for mission STS-1

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 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 350 miles (560 km) when servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.[3] The program flew a total of 355 people representing 16 countries.[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 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 NASA Administrator 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 (SLC) 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 article: Approach and Landing Tests

The Approach and Landing Test program encompassed 16 separate tests of Enterprise, covering taxi tests, unmanned and manned flights on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, 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 Landing site Notes Sources
1 12 August 1977 ALT-12
 Enterprise 2 00 h 05 m Edwards
  • First free flight
  • First non-captive flight of Enterprise
 [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
 [12][13][17]

Launches and orbital flights
Order Launch date Mission Shuttle Crew[lower-alpha 1] Duration Launch Pad Landing Site Notes Sources
1 12 April 1981
12:00:04 UTC
07:00:04 EST
STS-1

 Columbia 2 02d 06h LC-39A Edwards
  • First reusable orbital spacecraft flight
  • Maiden flight of Columbia
 [18][19][20]
2 12 November 1981
15:10:00 UTC
10:10:00 EST
STS-2

 Columbia 2 02d 06h LC-39A Edwards
  • First reuse of a manned orbital space vehicle
  • First test of Canadarm robot arm
  • Truncated due to fuel cell problem
 [21][22][23]
3 22 March 1982
16:00:00 UTC
11:00:00 EST
STS-3

 Columbia 2 08d 00h LC-39A White Sands [24][25][26]
4 27 June 1982
15:00:00 UTC
11:00:00 EDT
STS-4

 Columbia 2 07d 01h LC-39A Edwards [27][28][29][30]
5 11 November 1982
12:19:00 UTC
07:19:00 EST
STS-5

 Columbia 4 05d 02h LC-39A Edwards [31][32][33][34]
6 4 April 1983
18:30:00 UTC
13:30:00 EST
STS-6

 Challenger 4 05d 00h LC-39A Edwards [35][36]
7 18 June 1983
11:33:00 UTC
07:33:00 EDT
STS-7

 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
 [37][38]
8 30 August 1983
06:32:00 UTC
02:32:00 EDT
STS-8

 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 28 November 1983
16:00:00 UTC
11:00:00 EST
STS-9

 Columbia 6 10d 07h LC-39A Edwards [41][42]
10 3 February 1984
13:00:00 UTC
08:00:00 EST
STS-41-B

 Challenger 5 07d 23h LC-39A Kennedy [43][44]
11 6 April 1984
13:58:00 UTC
08:58:00 EST
STS-41-C

 Challenger 5 06d 23h LC-39A Edwards [45][46][47]
12 30 August 1984
12:41:50 UTC
08:41:50 EDT
STS-41-D

 Discovery 6 06d 00h LC-39A Edwards
  • Multiple comsat deployments
  • First flight of Discovery
  • Test of OAST-1 Solar Array
 [48][49]
13 5 October 1984
11:03:00 UTC
07:03:00 EDT
STS-41-G

 Challenger 7 08d 05h LC-39A Kennedy [50][51]
14 8 November 1984
12:15:00 UTC
07:15:00 EST
STS-51-A

 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 24 January 1985
19:50:00 UTC
14:50:00 EST
STS-51-C

 Discovery 5 03d 01h LC-39A Kennedy [28][54][55]
16 12 April 1985
13:59:05 UTC
08:59:05 EST
STS-51-D

 Discovery 7 06d 23h LC-39A Kennedy [56][57]
17 29 April 1985
16:02:18 UTC
12:02:18 EDT
STS-51-B

 Challenger 7 07d 00h LC-39A Edwards
  • First mission with Spacelab module in a fully operational configuration
  • Conducted experiments in microgravity
 [58][59]
18 17 June 1985
11:33:00 UTC
07:33:00 EDT
STS-51-G

 Discovery 7 07d 01h LC-39A Edwards [60][61]
19 29 July 1985
22:00:00 UTC
18:00:00 EDT
STS-51-F

 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 27 August 1985
10:58:01 UTC
06:58:01 EDT
STS-51-I

 Discovery 5 07d 02h LC-39A Edwards [64][65]
21 3 October 1985
15:15:30 UTC
11:15:30 EDT
STS-51-J

 Atlantis 5 04d 01h LC-39A Edwards [28][66][67]
22 30 October 1985
17:00:00 UTC
12:00:00 EST
STS-61-A

 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 26 November 1985
24:29:00 UTC
19:29:00 EST
STS-61-B

 Atlantis 7 06d 21h LC-39A Edwards [70][71]
24 12 January 1986
11:55:00 UTC
06:55:00 EST
STS-61-C

 Columbia 7 06d 02h LC-39A Edwards [72][73]
25 28 January 1986
16:38:00 UTC
11:38:00 EST
STS-51-L

 Challenger 7 00d 00h 01m 13s LC-39B Did not land [lower-alpha 2] [74][75]
26 29 September 1988
15:37:00 UTC
11:37:00 EDT
STS-26

 Discovery 5 04d 01h LC-39B Edwards
  • Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-C) deployment
  • First post-Challenger flight
 [76][77]
27 2 December 1988
14:30:34 UTC
09:30:34 EST
STS-27

 Atlantis 5 04d 09h LC-39B Edwards
  • Third classified DoD mission
  • Lacrosse 1 deployment
  • Heavy damage to the thermal protection system resulted in extreme heat damage to the right wing
 [28][78][79][80]
28 13 March 1989
14:57:00 UTC
09:57:00 EST
STS-29

 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 4 May 1989
18:46:59 UTC
14:46:59 EDT
STS-30

 Atlantis 5 04d 00h LC-39B Edwards [83][84]
30 8 August 1989
12:37:00 UTC
08:37:00 EDT
STS-28

 Columbia 5 05d 01h LC-39B Edwards [28][85][86]
31 18 October 1989
16:53:40 UTC
12:53:40 EDT
STS-34

 Atlantis 5 04d 23h LC-39B Edwards [87][88]
32 22 November 1989
24:23:30 UTC
19:23:30 EST
STS-33

 Discovery 5 05d 00h LC-39B Edwards
  • Fifth classified DoD mission
  • Deployment of Magnum
 [28][89][90]
33 9 January 1990
12:35:00 UTC
07:35:00 EST
STS-32

 Columbia 5 10d 21h LC-39A Edwards [91][92]
34 28 February 1990
07:50:22 UTC
02:50:22 EST
STS-36

 Atlantis 5 04d 10h LC-39A Edwards [28][93][94]
35 24 April 1990
12:33:51 UTC
08:33:51 EDT
STS-31

 Discovery 5 05d 01h LC-39B Edwards [95][96]
36 6 October 1990
11:47:15 UTC
07:47:15 EDT
STS-41

 Discovery 5 04d 02h LC-39B Edwards [97][98]
37 15 November 1990
23:48:15 UTC
18:48:15 EST
STS-38

 Atlantis 5 04d 21h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Seventh classified DoD mission
  • Likely SDS2-2 deployed
 [28][99][100]
38 2 December 1990
06:49:01 UTC
01:49:01 EST
STS-35

 Columbia 7 08d 23h LC-39B Edwards
  • Use of ASTRO-1 observatory
 [101][102]
39 5 April 1991
14:22:45 UTC
09:22:45 EST
STS-37

 Atlantis 5 05d 23h LC-39B Edwards [103][104]
40 28 April 1991
11:33:14 UTC
07:33:14 EDT
STS-39

 Discovery 7 08d 07h LC-39A Kennedy
  • First unclassified DoD mission
  • Military science experiments
 [28][105][106]
41 5 June 1991
13:24:51 UTC
09:24:51 EDT
STS-40

 Columbia 7 09d 02h LC-39B Edwards [107][108]
42 2 August 1991
15:02:00 UTC
11:02:00 EDT
STS-43

 Atlantis 5 08d 21h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-E) deployment
 [109][110]
43 12 September 1991
23:11:04 UTC
19:11:04 EDT
STS-48

 Discovery 5 05d 08h LC-39A Edwards [111][112]
44 24 November 1991
23:44:00 UTC
18:44:00 EST
STS-44

 Atlantis 6 06d 22h LC-39A Edwards [113][114]
45 22 January 1992
14:52:33 UTC
09:52:33 EST
STS-42

 Discovery 7 08d 01h LC-39A Edwards [115][116]
46 24 March 1992
13:13:40 UTC
08:13:40 EST
STS-45

 Atlantis 7 08d 22h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ATLAS-1 science platform
 [117][118]
47 7 May 1992
23:40:00 UTC
19:40:00 EDT
STS-49

 Endeavour 7 08d 21h LC-39B Edwards [119][120]
48 25 June 1992
16:12:23 UTC
12:12:23 EDT
STS-50

 Columbia 7 13d 19h LC-39A Kennedy [121][122]
49 31 July 1992
13:56:48 UTC
09:56:48 EDT
STS-46

 Atlantis 7 07d 23h LC-39B Kennedy [123][124]
50 12 September 1992
14:23:00 UTC
10:23:00 EDT
STS-47

 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 22 October 1992
17:09:39 UTC
13:09:39 EDT
STS-52

 Columbia 6 09d 20h LC-39B Kennedy
  • LAGEOS II deployment
  • Microgravity experiments
 [127][128]
52 2 December 1992
13:24:00 UTC
08:24:00 EST
STS-53

 Discovery 5 07d 07h LC-39A Edwards
  • Partially classified 10th and final DoD mission
  • Likely deployment of SDS2 satellite
 [28][129][130]
53 13 January 1993
13:59:30 UTC
08:59:30 EST
STS-54

 Endeavour 5 05d 23h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-F) deployment
 [131][132]
54 8 April 1993
05:29:00 UTC
01:29:00 EDT
STS-56

 Discovery 5 09d 06h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ATLAS-2 science platform
 [133][134]
55 26 April 1993
14:50:00 UTC
10:50:00 EDT
STS-55

 Columbia 7 09d 23h LC-39A Edwards [135][136]
56 21 June 1993
13:07:22 UTC
09:07:22 EDT
STS-57

 Endeavour 6 09d 23h LC-39B Kennedy [137][138]
57 12 September 1993
11:45:00 UTC
07:45:00 EDT
STS-51

 Discovery 5 09d 20h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ACTS satellite deployed
  • Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer with IMAX camera deployed
 [139][140]
58 18 October 1993
14:53:10 UTC
10:53:10 EDT
STS-58

 Columbia 7 14d 00h LC-39B Edwards [141][142]
59 2 December 1993
09:27:00 UTC
04:27:00 EST
STS-61

 Endeavour 7 10d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [143][144]
60 3 February 1994
12:10:00 UTC
07:10:00 EST
STS-60

 Discovery 6 07d 06h LC-39A Kennedy [145][146]
61 4 March 1994
13:53:00 UTC
08:53:00 EST
STS-62

 Columbia 5 13d 23h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Microgravity experiments
 [147][148]
62 9 April 1994
11:05:00 UTC
07:05:00 EDT
STS-59

 Endeavour 6 11d 05h LC-39A Edwards
  • Experiments aboard Shuttle Radar Laboratory-1
 [149][150]
63 8 July 1994
04:43:00 UTC
00:43:00 EDT
STS-65

 Columbia 7 14d 17h LC-39A Kennedy [151][152]
64 9 September 1994
22:22:05 UTC
18:22:05 EDT
STS-64

 Discovery 6 10d 22h LC-39B Edwards
  • Multiple science experiments
  • SPARTAN
 [153][154]
65 30 September 1994
11:16:00 UTC
07:16:00 EDT
STS-68

 Endeavour 6 11d 05h LC-39A Edwards
  • Experiments aboard Space Radar Laboratory-2
 [155][156]
66 3 November 1994
16:59:43 UTC
11:59:43 EST
STS-66

 Atlantis 6 10d 22h LC-39B Edwards
  • ATLAS-3 science platform
 [157][158]
67 3 February 1995
05:22:04 UTC
00:22:04 EST
STS-63

 Discovery 6 08d 06h LC-39B Kennedy [159][160]
68 2 March 1995
06:38:13 UTC
01:38:13 EST
STS-67

 Endeavour 7 16d 15h LC-39A Edwards
  • ASTRO-2 Deployment
 [161][162]
69 27 June 1995
19:32:19 UTC
15:32:19 EDT
STS-71

 Atlantis 7/8 09d 19h LC-39A Kennedy
  • First Shuttle-Mir docking
 [163][164]
70 13 July 1995
13:41:55 UTC
09:41:55 EDT
STS-70

 Discovery 5 08d 22h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-G) deployment
 [165][166]
71 7 September 1995
15:09:00 UTC
11:09:00 EDT
STS-69

 Endeavour 5 10d 20h LC-39A Kennedy [167][168]
72 20 October 1995
13:53:00 UTC
09:53:00 EDT
STS-73

 Columbia 7 15d 21h LC-39B Kennedy [169][170]
73 12 November 1995
12:30:43 UTC
07:30:43 EST
STS-74

 Atlantis 5 08d 04h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Second Shuttle-Mir docking
  • Delivered docking module
  • Delivered IMAX cargo bay camera
 [171][172]
74 11 January 1996
09:41:00 UTC
04:41:00 EST
STS-72

 Endeavour 6 08d 22h LC-39B Kennedy [173][174]
75 22 February 1996
20:18:00 UTC
15:18:00 EST
STS-75

 Columbia 7 15d 17h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Tethered satellite reflight, lost due to broken tether
 [175][176]
76 22 March 1996
08:13:04 UTC
03:13:04 EST
STS-76

 Atlantis 6/5 09d 05h LC-39B Edwards
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
 [177][178]
77 19 May 1996
10:30:00 UTC
06:30:00 EDT
STS-77

 Endeavour 6 10d 00h LC-39B Kennedy [179][180]
78 20 June 1996
14:49:00 UTC
10:49:00 EDT
STS-78

 Columbia 7 16d 21h LC-39B Kennedy [181][182]
79 16 September 1996
08:54:49 UTC
04:54:49 EDT
STS-79

 Atlantis 6/6 10d 03h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
 [183][184]
80 19 November 1996
19:55:47 UTC
14:55:47 EST
STS-80

 Columbia 5 17d 15h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Wake Shield Facility
  • Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (ORFEUS) II
 [185][186]
81 12 January 1997
09:27:23 UTC
04:27:23 EST
STS-81

 Atlantis 6/6 10d 04h LC-39B Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
 [187][188]
82 11 February 1997
08:55:17 UTC
03:55:17 EST
STS-82

 Discovery 7 09d 23h LC-39A Kennedy [189][190]
83 4 April 1997
19:20:32 UTC
14:20:32 EST
STS-83

 Columbia 7 03d 23h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Spacelab mission
  • Truncated due to fuel cell problem
 [191][192]
84 15 May 1997
08:07:48 UTC
04:07:48 EDT
STS-84

 Atlantis 7/7 09d 05h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
 [193][194]
85 1 July 1997
18:02:00 UTC
14:02:00 EDT
STS-94

 Columbia 7 15d 16h LC-39A Kennedy [195][196]
86 7 August 1997
14:41:00 UTC
10:41:00 EDT
STS-85

 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 25 September 1997
14:34:19 UTC
10:34:19 EDT
STS-86

 Atlantis 7/7 10d 19h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
 [199][200]
88 19 November 1997
19:46:00 UTC
14:46:00 EST
STS-87

 Columbia 6 15d 16h LC-39B Kennedy [201][202]
89 22 January 1998
02:48:15 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
21:48:15 EST
STS-89

 Endeavour 7/7 08d 19h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Shuttle-Mir docking
 [203][204]
90 17 April 1998
18:19:00 UTC
14:19:00 EDT
STS-90

 Columbia 7 15d 21h LC-39B Kennedy [205][206]
91 2 June 1998
22:06:24 UTC
18:06:24 EDT
STS-91

 Discovery 6/7 09d 19h LC-39A Kennedy
  • Last Shuttle-Mir docking
 [207][208]
92 29 October 1998
19:19:34 UTC
14:19:34 EST
STS-95

 Discovery 7 08d 21h LC-39B Kennedy [209][210]
93 4 December 1998
08:35:34 UTC
03:35:34 EST
STS-88

 Endeavour 6 11d 19h LC-39A Kennedy [211][212]
94 27 May 1999
10:49:42 UTC
06:49:42 EDT
STS-96

 Discovery 7 09d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [213][214]
95 23 July 1999
04:31:00 UTC
00:31:00 EDT
STS-93

 Columbia 5 04d 22h LC-39B Kennedy [215][216]
96 19 December 1999
24:50:00 UTC
19:50:00 EST
STS-103

 Discovery 7 07d 23h LC-39B Kennedy [217][218]
97 11 February 2000
16:43:40 UTC
12:43:40 EDT
STS-99

 Endeavour 6 11d 05h LC-39A Kennedy [219][220]
98 19 May 2000
10:11:10 UTC
06:11:10 EDT
STS-101

 Atlantis 7 09d 21h LC-39A Kennedy [221][222]
99 8 September 2000
12:45:47 UTC
08:45:47 EDT
STS-106

 Atlantis 7 11d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [223][224]
100 11 October 2000
23:17:00 UTC
18:17:00 EST
STS-92

 Discovery 7 12d 21h LC-39A Edwards [225][226]
101 30 November 2000
03:06:01 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
22:06:01 EST
STS-97

 Endeavour 5 10d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [227][228]
102 7 February 2001
23:13:02 UTC
18:13:02 EST
STS-98

 Atlantis 5 12d 21h LC-39A Edwards [229][230]
103 8 March 2001
11:42:09 UTC
06:42:09 EST
STS-102

 Discovery 7/7 12d 19h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ISS supply and crew rotation
 [231][232]
104 19 April 2001
18:40:42 UTC
14:40:42 EDT
STS-100

 Endeavour 7 11d 21h LC-39A Edwards [233][234]
105 12 July 2001
09:03:59 UTC
05:03:59 EDT
STS-104

 Atlantis 5 12d 18h LC-39B Kennedy [235][236]
106 10 August 2001
21:10:14 UTC
17:10:14 EDT
STS-105

 Discovery 7/7 11d 21h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ISS supply and crew rotation
 [237][238]
107 5 December 2001
22:19:28 UTC
17:19:28 EST
STS-108

 Endeavour 7/7 11d 19h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ISS supply and crew rotation
 [239][240]
108 1 March 2002
11:22:02 UTC
06:22:02 EST
STS-109

 Columbia 7 10d 22h LC-39A Kennedy [241][242]
109 8 April 2002
20:44:19 UTC
16:44:19 EDT
STS-110

 Atlantis 7 10d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [243][244]
110 5 June 2002
21:22:49 UTC
17:22:49 EDT
STS-111

 Endeavour 7/7 13d 20h LC-39A Edwards [245][246]
111 7 October 2002
19:45:51 UTC
15:45:51 EDT
STS-112

 Atlantis 6 10d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [247][248]
112 23 November 2002
00:49:47 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
19:49:47 EST
STS-113

 Endeavour 7/7 13d 18h LC-39A Kennedy [249][250]
113 16 January 2003
15:39:00 UTC
10:39:00 EST
STS-107

 Columbia 7 15d 22h LC-39A Did not land[lower-alpha 2] [251][252]
114 26 July 2005
14:39:00 UTC
10:39:00 EDT
STS-114

 Discovery 7 13d 21h LC-39B Edwards
  • First post Columbia flight
  • Flight safety Evaluation/testing
  • ISS supply/repair
  • MPLM Raffaello
 [253][254]
115 4 July 2006
18:37:55 UTC
14:37:55 EDT
STS-121

 Discovery 7/6 12d 18h LC-39B Kennedy
  • ISS Flight ULF1.1: supply and crew rotation
  • MPLM Leonardo
 [255][256]
116 9 September 2006
15:14:55 UTC
11:14:55 EDT
STS-115

 Atlantis 6 11d 19h LC-39B Kennedy [257][258]
117 9 December 2006
24:47:35 UTC
20:47:35 EDT
STS-116

 Discovery 7/7 12d 21h LC-39B Kennedy [259][260]
118 8 June 2007
23:38:04 UTC
19:38:04 EDT
STS-117

 Atlantis 7/7 13d 20h LC-39A Edwards [261][262]
119 8 August 2007
22:36:42 UTC
18:36:42 EDT
STS-118

 Endeavour 7 12d 18h LC-39A Kennedy [263][264]
120 23 October 2007
03:38:19 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
11:38:19 EDT
STS-120

 Discovery 7/7 15d 02h LC-39A Kennedy [265][266]
121 7 February 2008
19:45:30 UTC
14:45:30 EST
STS-122

 Atlantis 7/7 12d 18h LC-39A Kennedy [267][268]
122 11 March 2008
06:28:14 UTC
02:28:14 EDT
STS-123

 Endeavour 7/7 15d 18h LC-39A Kennedy [269][270]
123 31 May 2008
21:02:12 UTC
17:02:12 EDT
STS-124

 Discovery 7/7 13d 18h LC-39A Kennedy [271][272]
124 14 November 2008
24:55:39 UTC
19:55:39 EST
STS-126

 Endeavour 7/7 15d 20h LC-39A Edwards [273][274]
125 15 March 2009
23:43:44 UTC
19:43:44 EDT
STS-119

 Discovery 7/7 12d 19h LC-39A Kennedy [275][276]
126 11 May 2009
18:01:56 UTC
14:01:56 EDT
STS-125

 Atlantis 7 12d 21h LC-39A Edwards [277][278][279]
127 15 July 2009
22:03:10 UTC
18:03:10 EDT
STS-127

 Endeavour 7/7 15d 16h LC-39A Kennedy
  • ISS assembly flight 2J/A: Japanese Experiment Modoules Exposed Facility (EF) and ELM ES
 [280][281]
128 28 August 2009
03:59:37 UTC[lower-alpha 3]
23:59:37 EDT
STS-128

 Discovery 7/7 13d 21h LC-39A Edwards [282][283]
129 16 November 2009
19:28:01 UTC
14:28:01 EST
STS-129

 Atlantis 6/7 10d 19h LC-39A Kennedy [284][285]
130 8 February 2010
09:14:07 UTC
04:14:07 EST
STS-130

 Endeavour 6 13d 18h LC-39A Kennedy [286][287]
131 5 April 2010
10:21:25 UTC
06:21:25 EDT
STS-131

 Discovery 7 15d 03h LC-39A Kennedy [288][289]
132 14 May 2010
18:20:09 UTC
14:20:09 EDT
STS-132

 Atlantis 6 11d 18h LC-39A Kennedy [290][291]
133 24 February 2011
21:53:24 UTC
16:53:24 EST
STS-133

 Discovery 6 12d 19h LC-39A Kennedy [292][293]
134 16 May 2011
12:56:28 UTC
08:56:28 EDT
STS-134

 Endeavour 6 15d 18h LC-39A Kennedy [294][295]
135 8 July 2011
15:29:04 UTC
11:29:04 EDT
STS-135

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

Canceled missions
Main article: 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 article: 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]

FlightRescue 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
Key
 Test vehicle
 Lost
Shuttle Designation Flights Flight time Orbits Longest flight First flight Last flight Mir/ISS
docking(s)		 Sources
Flight Date Flight Date
Enterprise OV-101 5 00d 00h 19m 0 00d 00h 05m ALT-12 12 August 1977 ALT-16 26 October 1977 – / – [305][306][307][308]
Columbia OV-102 28 300d 17h 47m 15s 4,808 17d 15h 53m 18s STS-1 12 April 1981 STS-107 16 January 2003 0 / 0 [305][306][309][310][311]
Challenger OV-099 10 62d 07h 56m 15s 995 08d 05h 23m 33s STS-6 4 April 1983 STS-51-L 28 January 1986 0 / 0 [305][306][312][313]
Discovery OV-103 39 364d 22h 39m 29s 5,830 15d 02h 48m 08s STS-41-D 30 August 1984 STS-133 24 February 2011 1 / 13 [305][306][314][315]
Atlantis OV-104 33 306d 14h 12m 43s 4,848 13d 20h 12m 44s STS-51-J 3 October 1985 STS-135 8 July 2011 7 / 12 [305][306][316][317]
Endeavour OV-105 25 296d 03h 34m 02s 4,677 16d 15h 08m 48s STS-49 7 May 1992 STS-134 16 May 2011 1 / 12 [305][306][318][319]
Total N/A 135 1330d 18h 9m 44s 21,158 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9 / 37 N/A

Launches
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
  •   Enterprise
  •   Columbia
  •   Challenger
  •   Discovery
  •   Atlantis
  •   Endeavour

Timeline of Space Shuttle 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. This shuttle was intended to land at Kennedy.
  3. 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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