Space Shuttle Endeavour
Shuttle Orbiter ''Endeavour
'' (
NASA
Orbiter Vehicle Designation
: OV-105) is the fifth and most recent
NASA
space shuttle
to be built. Construction of
Endeavour
began in
1987
to replace
Challenger
, which was lost in an
accident
in
1986
. Structural spares from the construction of shuttles
Discovery
and
Atlantis
were used in its assembly.
Endeavour
was first launched in
1992
and on its first mission captured and redeployed a stranded communications satellite. In
1993
it made the first service mission to the
Hubble Space Telescope
.
Endeavour
was withdrawn from service for eight months in
1997
for a retrofit, including installation of a new airlock. In December
1998
, it delivered the
Unity Module
to the
International Space Station
. The orbiter is named after the
HM Bark
Endeavour
, the ship commanded by
18th century
explorer
James Cook
(which explains the British spelling); the name also honoured
Endeavor
, the
Command Module
of
Apollo 15
.
Flights
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
has flown 19 flights, spent 206.60-days in space, completed 3,259 orbits, and flown 85,072,077 miles in total,
as of February 2003
.
style="background:#efefef;" | Designation
style="background:#efefef;" | Notes
1992
May 7
STS-49
Capture and redeploy
Intelsat
VI
1992
September 12
STS-47
Spacelab
mission J
1993
January 13
STS-54
Deploy TDRS-F
1993
June 21
STS-57
Spacelab
experiments. Retrieve
European Retrievable Carrier
1993
December 2
STS-61
First
Hubble Space Telescope
service mission
1994
April 9
STS-59
Space Radar Laboratory
experiments
1994
September 30
STS-68
Space Radar Laboratory
experiments
1995
March 30
STS-67
Spacelab
Astro-2 experiments
1995
September 7
STS-69
Wake Shield Facility and other experiments
1996
January 11
STS-72
Retrieve
Japanese
Space Flyer Unit
1996
May 19
STS-77
Spacelab
experiments
1998
January 22
STS-89
Rendezvous with
Mir
space station
and astronaut exchange
1998
December 4
STS-88
International Space Station
assembly mission
2000
February 11
STS-99
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
experiments
2000
November 30
STS-97
International Space Station
assembly mission
2001
April 19
STS-100
International Space Station
assembly mission
2001
December 5
STS-108
International Space Station
rendezvous and astronaut exchange
2002
June 5
STS-111
International Space Station
rendezvous and astronaut exchange
2002
November 23
STS-113
International Space Station
assembly mission and astronaut exchange
Related articles
Shuttle
Buran
List of space shuttle missions
External links
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