List Of Space Shuttle Missions

This is a list of human spaceflight missions flown by space shuttles. As of 2004, only the United States () has flown manned shuttle missions, in the Space Shuttle program, while the Soviet Union () 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 align="right"|220.40 align="right"|3,468 align="right"|89,908,732 align="right"|144,694,078 align="right"|26 align="right"|12.89 align="right"|161 align="right"|21 align="right"|7 / 6 align="right"|14
Challenger align="right"|62.41 align="right"|995 align="right"|25,803,940 align="right"|41,527,416 align="right"|10 align="right"|8.23 align="right"|60 align="right"|6 align="right"|0 / 0 align="right"|10
Columbia align="right"|300.74 align="right"|4,808 align="right"|125,204,911 align="right"|201,497,772 align="right"|28 align="right"|17.66 align="right"|160 align="right"|7 align="right"|0 / 0 align="right"|8
Discovery align="right"|241.95 align="right"|3,808 align="right"|98,710,673 align="right"|158,859,430 align="right"|30 align="right"|12.91 align="right"|185 align="right"|25 align="right"|1 / 4 align="right"|26
Endeavour align="right"|206.60 align="right"|3,259 align="right"|85,072,077 align="right"|136,910,237 align="right"|19 align="right"|13.86 align="right"|130 align="right"|29 align="right"|1 / 6 align="right"|3
Total align="right"|1,032.10 align="right"|16,338 align="right"|424,700,332 align="right"|683,488,932 align="right"|113 align="right"|17.66 (STS-80) align="right"|696 align="right"|88 align="right"|9 / 16 align="right"|61
Buran 1.01 align="right"|0.14 align="right"|2 align="right"|51,764 align="right"|83,307 align="right"|1 align="right"|0.14 align="right"|0 align="right"|0 align="right"|0 / 0 align="right"|0
Date Mission Agency Vehicle Launch Site Landing Site Note
April 12 1981 |STS-1 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |First reusable spacecraft flight
November 12 1981 |STS-2 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Truncated due to fuel cell problem
March 22 1982 |STS-3 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |White Sands |Shuttle R&D flight
June 27 1982 |STS-4 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Last shuttle R&D flight
November 11 1982 |STS-5 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Multiple comsat launches
April 4, 1983 |STS-6 | NASA |Challenger |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |TDRS launch
June 18, 1983 |STS-7 | NASA |Challenger |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Multiple comsat launches
August 30, 1983 |STS-8 | NASA |Challenger |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Comsat launch
November 28, 1983 |STS-9 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Spacelab mission
February 3, 1984 |STS-41-B | NASA |Challenger |LC-39A |Kennedy |Comsat launches, first untethered spacewalk
April 6, 1984 |STS-41-C | NASA |Challenger |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Solar Max servicing, LDEF launch
August 30, 1984 |STS-41-D | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Multiple comsat launches
October 5, 1984 |STS-41-G | NASA |Challenger |LC-39A |Kennedy |Earth Radiation Budget Satellite launch
November 8, 1984 |STS-51-A | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Kennedy |Multiple comsat launches
January 25, 1985 |STS-51-C | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Kennedy |Magnum satellite launch
April 12, 1985 |STS-51-D | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Kennedy |Multiple comsat launches
April 29, 1985 |STS-51-B | NASA |Challenger |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Spacelab mission
June 17, 1985 |STS-51-G | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Multiple comsat launches
July 29, 1985 |STS-51-F | NASA |Challenger |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Spacelab mission
August 27, 1985 |STS-51-I | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Multiple comsat launches
October 3, 1985 |STS-51-J | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |DSCS satellite launch
October 30, 1985 |STS-61-A | NASA |Challenger |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Spacelab mission
November 26, 1985 |STS-61-B | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Multiple comsat launches
January 12, 1986 |STS-61-C | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Comsat launch
January 28, 1986 |STS-51-L | NASA |Challenger |LC-39B |N/A |Planned TDRS launch, loss of vehicle
September 29, 1988 |STS-26 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |TDRS launch
November 15, 1988 |1K1 | USSR |Buran 1.01 |Site 112 |Baikonur |Unmanned test flight
December 2, 1988 |STS-27 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Lacrosse 1 launch
March 13, 1989 |STS-29 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |TDRS launch
May 4, 1989 |STS-30 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Magellan Venus probe launch
August 8, 1989 |STS-28 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Satellite Data System launch
October 18, 1989 |STS-34 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Galileo Jupiter probe launch
November 22, 1989 |STS-33 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Magnum satellite launch
January 9, 1990 |STS-32 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |SYNCOM IV-F5 satellite launch
February 28, 1990 |STS-36 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Misty reconnaissance satellite launch
April 24, 1990 |STS-31 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Hubble Space Telescope launch
October 6, 1990 |STS-41 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Ulysses solar probe launch
November 15, 1990 |STS-38 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Kennedy |Magnum satellite launch
December 2, 1990 |STS-35 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Use of ASTRO-1 observatory
April 5, 1991 |STS-37 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Compton Gamma Ray Observatory launch
April 28, 1991 |STS-39 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Kennedy |First unclassified DoD mission
June 5, 1991 |STS-40 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Spacelab mission
August 2, 1991 |STS-43 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Kennedy |TDRS launch
September 12, 1991 |STS-48 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite launch
November 24, 1991 |STS-44 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |DSP satellite launch
January 22, 1992 |STS-42 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Spacelab mission
March 24, 1992 |STS-45 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Kennedy |ATLAS-1 science platform
May 7, 1992 |STS-49 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Intelsat VI repair
June 25, 1992 |STS-50 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Kennedy |Spacelab mission
July 31, 1992 |STS-46 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Kennedy |Attempted tethered satellite deployment
September 12, 1992 |STS-47 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39B |Kennedy |Spacelab mission
October 22, 1992 |STS-52 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Kennedy |LAGEOS II, microgravity experiments
December 2, 1992 |STS-53 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Classified DoD satellite launch
January 13, 1993 |STS-54 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39B |Kennedy |TDRS launch
April 8, 1993 |STS-56 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Kennedy |ATLAS-2 science platform
April 26, 1993 |STS-55 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Spacelab mission
June 21, 1993 |STS-57 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39B |Kennedy |SPACEHAB, EURECA
September 12, 1993 |STS-51 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Kennedy |ACTS satellite launched
October 18, 1993 |STS-58 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Spacelab mission
December 2, 1993 |STS-61 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39B |Kennedy |Hubble Space Telescope servicing
February 3, 1994 |STS-60 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Kennedy |SPACEHAB, Wake Shield Facility
March 4, 1994 |STS-62 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Kennedy |Microgravity experiments
April 9, 1994 |STS-59 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Kennedy |Space Radar Laboratory-1
July 8, 1994 |STS-65 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Kennedy |Spacelab mission
September 9, 1994 |STS-64 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |Multiple science experiments; SPARTAN
September 30, 1994 |STS-68 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |Space Radar Laboratory-2
November 3, 1994 |STS-66 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Edwards AFB |ATLAS-3 science platform
February 3, 1995 |STS-63 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Kennedy |Mir flyaround
March 2, 1995 |STS-67 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |ASTRO-2
June 27, 1995 |STS-71 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Kennedy |First Shuttle-Mir docking
June 13, 1995 |STS-70 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Kennedy |TDRS launch
September 7, 1995 |STS-69 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Kennedy |Wake Shield Facility, SPARTAN
October 20, 1995 |STS-73 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Kennedy |Spacelab mission
November 12, 1995 |STS-74 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Kennedy |Shuttle-Mir docking
January 11, 1996 |STS-72 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39B |Kennedy |Retrieved Japan's Space Flyer Unit
February 22, 1996 |STS-75 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Kennedy |Tethered satellite
March 22, 1996 |STS-76 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Kennedy |Shuttle-Mir docking
May 19, 1996 |STS-77 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39B |Kennedy |SPACEHAB; SPARTAN
June 20, 1996 |STS-78 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Kennedy |Spacelab mission
September 16, 1996 |STS-79 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Kennedy |Shuttle-Mir docking
November 19, 1996 |STS-80 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Kennedy |Wake Shield Facility; ASTRO-SPAS
January 12, 1997 |STS-81 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Kennedy |Shuttle-Mir docking
February 11, 1997 |STS-82 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Kennedy |Hubble Space Telescope servicing
April 4, 1997 |STS-83 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Kennedy |Truncated due to fuel cell problem
May 15, 1997 |STS-84 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Kennedy |Shuttle-Mir docking
July 1, 1997 |STS-94 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Kennedy |Spacelab mission
August 7, 1997 |STS-85 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Kennedy |CRISTA-SPAS
September 25, 1997 |STS-86 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Kennedy |Shuttle-Mir docking
November 19, 1997 |STS-87 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Kennedy |Microgravity experiments
January 22, 1998 |STS-89 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Kennedy |Shuttle-Mir docking
April 17, 1998 |STS-90 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Kennedy |Spacelab mission
June 2, 1998 |STS-91 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Kennedy |Shuttle-Mir docking
October 29, 1998 |STS-95 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Kennedy |SPACEHAB; John Glenn flies again
December 4, 1998 |STS-88 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Kennedy |First ISS assembly flight: Node 1
May 27, 1999 |STS-96 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Kennedy |ISS supply
July 23, 1999 |STS-93 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39B |Kennedy |Chandra X-Ray Observatory launch
December 19, 1999 |STS-103 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Kennedy |Hubble Space Telescope servicing
February 11, 2000 |STS-99 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Kennedy |Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
May 19, 2000 |STS-101 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Kennedy |ISS supply
September 8, 2000 |STS-106 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Kennedy |ISS supply
October 11, 2000 |STS-92 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |ISS assembly: Z1 truss
November 30, 2000 |STS-97 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39B |Kennedy |ISS assembly: solar arrays, radiators
February 7, 2001 |STS-98 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |ISS assembly: Destiny lab
March 8, 2001 |STS-102 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39B |Kennedy |ISS supply, crew rotation
April 19, 2001 |STS-100 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |ISS assembly: robotic arm
July 12, 2001 |STS-104 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Kennedy |ISS assembly: airlock
August 10, 2001 |STS-105 | NASA |Discovery |LC-39A |Kennedy |ISS supply, crew rotation
December 5, 2001 |STS-108 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39B |Kennedy |ISS supply
March 1, 2002 |STS-109 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |Kennedy |Hubble Space Telescope servicing
April 8, 2002 |STS-110 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Kennedy |ISS assembly: S0 truss, Mobile Transporter
June 5, 2002 |STS-111 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Edwards AFB |ISS supply, crew rotation
October 7, 2002 |STS-112 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B |Kennedy |ISS assembly: S1 truss
November 23, 2002 |STS-113 | NASA |Endeavour |LC-39A |Kennedy |ISS assembly: P1 truss, crew rotation
January 16, 2003 |STS-107 | NASA |Columbia |LC-39A |N/A |Loss of vehicle
~May 2005 |STS-114 | NASA |Discovery | | |Planned return-to-flight, ETA spring, 2005
~July 2005 |STS-121 | NASA |Atlantis |LC-39B | |ISS supply, crew rotation
Pending |STS-115 | NASA |TBD | | |ISS assembly: P3/P4 truss, solar arrays
2006 |STS-116 | NASA |TBD | | |ISS assembly:
2006 |STS-117 | NASA |TBD | | |ISS assembly:

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