[Free flight MMU, STS-41B] [Challenger in orbit, STS-7] [Solar Max repair, STS-41C]

List of all Space Shuttle Flights

Space Shuttle program was concluded after finishing the 135th orbital flight, STS-135, with the successful landing of Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis on July 21, 2011.

Orbital Flights

  • 135. STS-135  Atlantis  (ISS-37)      Pad A  Jul  8, 2011 (ISS-37-ULF7: MLPM). Last Space Shuttle Flight.

  • 134. STS-134  Endeavour (ISS-36)      Pad A  May 16, 2011 (ISS-36-ULF6: MLPM, ELC3, AMS)

  • 133. STS-133  Discovery (ISS-35)      Pad A  Feb 24, 2011 (ISS-35-ULF5: MPLM, ELC4, PMM)

  • 132. STS-132  Atlantis  (ISS-34)      Pad A  May 14, 2010 (ISS-34-ULF4: MPLM, ICC, MRM1)

  • 131. STS-131  Discovery (ISS-33)      Pad A  Apr  5, 2010 (ISS-33-19A: MPLM, LMC)

  • 130. STS-130  Endeavour (ISS-32)      Pad A  Feb  8, 2010 (ISS-32-20A: Node 3, Cupola)

  • 129. STS-129  Atlantis  (ISS-31)      Pad A  Nov 16, 2009 (ISS-31-ULF3: MPLM, ELC1, ELC2)

  • 128. STS-128  Discovery (ISS-30)      Pad A  Aug 28, 2009 (ISS-30-17A: MPLM, LMC, TVIS2, CHeCS 2)

  • 127. STS-127  Endeavour (ISS-29)      Pad A  Jul 15, 2009 (ISS-29-2J/A: JEM EF, ELM ES, SLP-D2)

  • 126. STS-125  Atlantis  (HST-SM-4)    Pad A  May 11, 2009 (HST Servicing Mission 4)


  • 125. STS-119  Discovery (ISS-28)      Pad A  Mar 15, 2009 (ISS-28-15A: PM S6, Solar Arrays/Batteries)

  • 124. STS-126  Endeavour (ISS-27)      Pad A  Nov 14, 2008 (ISS-27-ULF2: MPLM)

  • 123. STS-124  Discovery (ISS-26)      Pad A  May 31, 2008 (ISS-26-1J: JEM PM, JEM RMS)

  • 122. STS-123  Endeavour (ISS-25)      Pad A  Mar 11, 2008 (ISS-25-1J/A: JEM ELM PS, Express Pallet)

  • 121. STS-122  Atlantis  (ISS-24)      Pad A  Feb  7, 2008 (ISS-24-1E: Columbus-COF, PRESS-ND)

  • 120. STS-120  Discovery (ISS-23)      Pad A  Oct 23, 2007 (ISS-23-10A: Node 2, PDGF)

  • 119. STS-118  Endeavour (ISS-22)      Pad A  Aug  8, 2007 (ISS-22-13A.1: ITS S5, Spacehab, ESP3)

  • 118. STS-117  Atlantis  (ISS-21)      Pad A  Jun  8, 2007 (ISS-21-13A: ITS S3, PV Module S4, PVR, Solar Arrays/Batteries) 

  • 117. STS-116  Discovery (ISS-20)      Pad B  Dec  9, 2006 (ISS-20-12A.1: ITS P5, Spacehab, ICC) 

  • 116. STS-115  Atlantis  (ISS-19)      Pad B  Sep  9, 2006 (ISS-19-12A: ITS P3, PV Module P4, Solar Arrays/Batteries)

  • 115. STS-121  Discovery (ISS-18)      Pad B  Jul  4, 2006 (ISS-18-ULF1.1: Return-To-Flight Test, MPLM, ICC, LMC)

  • 114. STS-114  Discovery (ISS-17)      Pad B  Jul 26, 2005 (ISS-17-LF1: MPLM, Logistics; Return-To-Flight Mission)

  • 113. STS-107  Columbia  (Freestar)    Pad A  Jan 16, 2003 (Spacehab DM, Freestar)
       Lost in flight: Crew of 7 and Columbia Orbiter (destruction on
       descent during reentry 16 min before scheduled landing, Feb 1, 2003)

  • 112. STS-113  Endeavour (ISS-16)      Pad A  Nov 23, 2002 (ISS-16-11A: ITS P1, CETA Cart B, crew rotation)

  • 111. STS-112  Atlantis  (ISS-15)      Pad B  Oct  7, 2002 (ISS-15-9A: BA, ITS S1, CETA Cart A)

  • 110. STS-111  Endeavour (ISS-14)      Pad A  Jun  5, 2002 (ISS-14-UF2: MPLM, MBS, Lab System, crew rotation)

  • 109. STS-110  Atlantis  (ISS-13)      Pad B  Apr  8, 2002 (ISS-13-8A: ITS S0, MT, Airlock Spur)

  • 108. STS-109  Columbia  (HST-SM3B)    Pad A  Mar  1, 2002 (HST Service Mission 3B)

  • 107. STS-108  Endeavour (ISS-12)      Pad B  Dec  5, 2001 (ISS-12-UF1: MPLM, PV Module Batteries, Crew Rotation)

  • 106. STS-105  Discovery (ISS-11)      Pad A  Aug 10, 2001 (ISS-11-7A.1: Donatello MPLM, Crew Rotation)

  • 105. STS-104  Atlantis  (ISS-10)      Pad B  Jul 12, 2001 (ISS-10-7A: Joint Airlock, High Pressure Gas Assembly)

  • 104. STS-100  Endeavour (SSAF-5)      Pad A  Apr 19, 2001 (ISS-9-6A: Rallaelo MPLM, SLP, UHF Antenna, SSRMS)

  • 103. STS-102  Discovery (ISS-8)       Pad B  Mar  8, 2001 (ISS-8-5A.1: Logistics, Outfitting, Leonardo MPLM, Crew Rotation)

  • 102. STS-98   Atlantis  (SSAF-4)      Pad A  Feb  7, 2001 (ISS-7-5A: US Destiny Lab, Lab PDGF)

  • 101. STS-97   Endeavour (SSAF-3)      Pad B  Nov 30, 2000 (ISS-6-4A: P6, PV Module)


  • 100. STS-92   Discovery (SSAF-2A)     Pad A  Oct 11, 2000 (ISS-5-3A: Truss, PMA-3, etc.) 

  •  99. STS-106  Atlantis  (SSAF-2B)     Pad B  Sep  8, 2000 (ISS-4-2A.2b: SPACEHAB/DM,ICC)

  •  98. STS-101  Atlantis  (SSAF-2)      Pad A  May 19, 2000 (ISS-3-2A.2a: SPACEHAB/DM,ICC)

  •  97. STS-99   Endeavour (SRTM)        Pad A  Feb 11, 2000 (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)

  •  96. STS-103  Discovery (HST SM-3A)   Pad B  Dec 19, 1999 (Hubble Servicing Mission 3A)

  •  95. STS-93   Columbia  (AXAF-CXO)    Pad B  Jul 23, 1999 (Chandra X-ray Observatory)

  •  94. STS-96   Discovery (ISS-02-2A.1) Pad B  May 27, 1999 (ISS-02-2A.1)

  •  93. STS-88   Endeavour (ISS-01-2A)   Pad A  Dec  4, 1998 (ISS-01-2A - Unity)

  •  92. STS-95   Discovery (Spacehab)    Pad B  Oct 29, 1998 (John Glenn, Spacehab)

  •  91. STS-91   Discovery (Sh-Mir 9)    Pad A  Jun  2, 1998 (Shuttle-Mir 9)

  •  90. STS-90   Columbia  (SL/Neurolab) Pad B  Apr 17, 1998 (Final Spacelab: Neurolab)

  •  89. STS-89   Endeavour (Sh-Mir 8)    Pad A  Jan 22, 1998 (Shuttle-Mir 8)

  •  88. STS-87   Columbia  (USMP-4)      Pad B  Nov 19, 1997 (USMP-4, Spartan-201 rescue)

  •  87. STS-86   Atlantis  (Sh-Mir 7)    Pad A  Sep 25, 1997 (Shuttle-Mir 7)

  •  86. STS-85   Discovery (CRISTA-SPAS) Pad A  Aug  7, 1997 (CRISTA-SPAS-2)

  •  85. STS-94   Columbia  (MSL-1 refli) Pad A  Jul  1, 1997 (MSL-1 reflight)

  •  84. STS-84   Atlantis  (Sh-Mir 6)    Pad A  May 15, 1997 (Shuttle-Mir 6)

  •  83. STS-83   Columbia  (MSL-1)       Pad A  Apr  4, 1997 (MSL-1)

  •  82. STS-82   Discovery (HST SM-2)    Pad A  Feb 11, 1997 (Hubble Servicing Mission 2)

  •  81. STS-81   Atlantis  (Sh-Mir 5)    Pad B  Jan 12, 1997 (Shuttle-Mir 5)

  •  80. STS-80   Columbia  (ORFEUS-SPAS) Pad B  Nov 19, 1996 (ORFEUS-SPAS II)

  •  79. STS-79   Atlantis  (Sh-Mir 4)    Pad A  Sep 16, 1996 (Shuttle-Mir 4)

  •  78. STS-78   Columbia  (SL/MLS)      Pad B  Jun 20, 1996 (Life and Microgravity Spacelab, LMS)

  •  77. STS-77   Endeavour (Spacehab)    Pad B  May 29, 1996 (Spacehab, Spartan, Inflatable Antenna)

  •  76. STS-76   Atlantis  (Sh-Mir 3)    Pad B  Mar 22, 1996 (Shuttle-Mir 3, Spacehab)


  •  75. STS-75   Columbia  (TSS, USMP3)  Pad B  Mar  9, 1996 (Tethered Satellite System Reflight - TSS-1R, USMP-3)

  •  74. STS-72   Endeavour (SFU, OAST)   Pad B  Jan 11, 1996 (SFU, OAST-Flyer)

  •  73. STS-74   Atlantis  (Sh-Mir 2)    Pad A  Nov 12, 1995 (Shuttle-Mir 2)

  •  72. STS-73   Columbia  (USML-2)      Pad B  Oct 20, 1995 (USML-2)

  •  71. STS-69   Endeavour (SPARTAN/WSF) Pad A  Sep  7, 1995 (SPARTAN 201-03, WSF-2)

  •  70. STS-70   Discovery (TDRS-G)      Pad B  Jul 13, 1995 (TDRS-G)

  •  69. STS-71   Atlantis  (Sh-Mir 1)    Pad A  Jun 27, 1995 (Shuttle-Mir 1st docking)

  •  68. STS-67   Endeavour (Astro-2)     Pad A  Mar  2, 1995 (Astro-2)

  •  67. STS-63   Discovery (Sh-Mir Ren)  Pad B  Feb  3, 1995 (Spacehab-3, Spartan-204, Shuttle-Mir Rendezvous)

  •  66. STS-66   Atlantis  (ATLAS-03)    Pad B  Nov  3, 1994 (ATLAS-03)

  •  65. STS-68   Endeavour (SRL-2)       Pad A  Sep 30, 1994 (Space Radar Lab 2)

  •  64. STS-64   Discovery (LITE/Spart.) Pad B  Sep  9, 1995 (LIDAR In-Space Technology Exp., Spartan-201)

  •  63. STS-65   Columbia  (IML-2)       Pad A  Jul  8, 1994 (International Microgravity Laboratory-2)

  •  62. STS-59   Endeavour (SRL-1)       Pad A  Apr  9, 1994 (Space Radar Laboratory-1)

  •  61. STS-62   Columbia  (USMP, OAST)  Pad B  Mar  4, 1994 (USMP-2, OAST-2)

  •  60. STS-60   Discovery (WSF, Spaceh) Pad A  Feb  3, 1994 (WFS, Spacehab-2)

  •  59. STS-61   Endeavour (HST SM-1)    Pad B  Dec  2, 1993 (1st HST Service Mission)

  •  58. STS-58   Columbia  (SL SLS-2)    Pad B  Oct 18, 1993 (Spacelab SLS-2)

  •  57. STS-51   Discovery (ACTS/TOS)    Pad B  Sep 12, 1993 (Advanced Communications Technology Satellite/Transfer Orbit Stage)

  •  56. STS-57   Endeavour (SH-1/Eureca) Pad B  Jun 21, 1993 (Spacehab-1, Eureca retrieval)

  •  55. STS-55   Columbia  (Spacelab D2) Pad A  Apr 26, 1993 (Spacelab D-2)

  •  54. STS-56   Discovery (Atlas-2)     Pad B  Apr  8, 1993 (Atlas-2, Spartan-201)

  •  53. STS-54   Endeavour (TDRS-F, DXS) Pad B  Jan 13, 1993 (TDRS-F, DXS)

  •  52. STS-53   Discovery (DoD,ODERACS) Pad A  Dec  2, 1992 (classified DoD 9, ODERACS)

  •  51. STS-52   Columbia  (USMP,LAGEOS) Pad B  Oct 22, 1992 (USMP-1, LAGEOS-II)


  •  50. STS-47   Endeavour (Spacelab-J)  Pad B  Sep 12, 1992 (Spacelab-J)

  •  49. STS-46   Atlantis  (TSS, Eureca) Pad B  Jul 31, 1992 (TSS-1, Eureca deploy)

  •  48. STS-50   Columbia  (USML-1)      Pad A  Jun 25, 1992 (USML-1)

  •  47. STS-49   Endeavour (Intelsat r.) Pad B  May 16, 1992 (Intelsat VI repair)

  •  46. STS-45   Atlantis  (ATLAS-1)     Pad A  Mar 24, 1992 (ATLAS-1)

  •  45. STS-42   Discovery (IML-1)       Pad A  Jan 22, 1992 (IML-1)

  •  44. STS-44   Atlantis  (DoD DSP)     Pad A  Nov 24, 1991 (DoD, DSP-IUS)

  •  43. STS-48   Discovery (UARS)        Pad A  Sep 12, 1991 (UARS)

  •  42. STS-43   Atlantis  (TDRS, SSBUV) Pad A  Aug  2, 1991 (TDRS-E, SSBUV)

  •  41. STS-40   Columbia  (SLS-1)       Pad B  Jun  5, 1991 (Spacelab SLS-1)

  •  40. STS-39   Discovery (DoD+sats)    Pad A  Apr 28, 1991 (class. DoD 8, AFP675, IBSS, SPAS-II)

  •  39. STS-37   Atlantis  ([C]GRO)      Pad B  Apr  9, 1991 ([Compton] Gamma Ray Observatory)

  •  38. STS-35   Columbia  (Astro-1)     Pad B  Dec  2, 1990 (Astro-1)

  •  37. STS-38   Atlantis  (DoD)         Pad A  Nov 15, 1990 (classified DoD 7)

  •  36. STS-41   Discovery (Ulysses)     Pad B  Oct  6, 1990 (Ulysses)

  •  35. STS-31   Discovery (HST deploy)  Pad B  Apr 24, 1990 (Hubble Space Telescope - HST deploy)

  •  34. STS-36   Atlantis  (DoD)         Pad A  Feb 28, 1990 (classified DoD 6)

  •  33. STS-32   Columbia  (Syncom,LDEF) Pad A  Jan  9, 1990 (SYNCOM IV-F5, LDEF Retrieval)

  •  32. STS-33   Discovery (DoD)         Pad B  Nov 22, 1989 (classified DoD 5)

  •  31. STS-34   Atlantis  (Galileo)     Pad B  Oct 18, 1989 (Galileo, SSBUV)

  •  30. STS-28   Columbia  (DoD)         Pad B  Aug  8, 1989 (Classified DoD 4)

  •  29. STS-30   Atlantis  (Magellan)    Pad B  May  4, 1989 (Magellan)

  •  28. STS-29   Discovery (TDRS-D)      Pad B  Mar 13, 1989 (TDRS-D)

  •  27. STS-27   Atlantis  (DoD)         Pad B  Dec  2, 1988 (classified DoD 3)

  •  26. STS-26   Discovery (TDRS-C)      Pad B  Sep 29, 1988 (TDRS-C)


  •  25. 51-L     Challenger (TDRS/Spar.) Pad B  Jan 28, 1986 (TDRS-B, Spartan 203-Halley)
       Lost in flight: Crew of 7 and Challenger Orbiter
       (explosion 73 sec after launch)

  •  24. 61-C     Columbia (RCA Satcom)   Pad A  Jan 12, 1986 (RCA Satcom KU-1)

  •  23. 61-B     Atlantis  (3 Comsats)   Pad A  Nov 26, 1985 (MORELOS-B, AUSSAT-2, RCA Satcom KU-2)

  •  22. 61-A     Challenger (SL  D-1)    Pad A  Oct 30, 1985 (Spacelab D-1)

  •  21. 51-J     Atlantis  (DoD)         Pad A  Oct  3, 1985 (classified DoD 2)

  •  20. 51-I     Discovery (3 comsats)   Pad A  Aug 27, 1985 (ASC-1, AUSSAT-1, SYNCOM IV-4)

  •  19. 51-F     Challenger (Spacelab-2) Pad A  Jul 29, 1985 (Spacelab-2)

  •  18. 51-G     Discovery (3 comsats)   Pad A  Jun 17, 1985 (MORELOS-A; Arabsat A, Telstar 3D, Spartan)

  •  17. 51-B     Challenger (Spacelab-3) Pad A  May  6, 1985 (Spacelab-3)

  •  16. 51-D     Discovery (2 Comsats)   Pad A  Apr 12, 1985 (TELESAT-I; SYNCOM IV-3)

  •  15. 51-C     Discovery (DoD)         Pad A  Jan 24, 1984 (classified DoD 1)

  •  14. 51-A     Discovery (2 Comsats)   Pad A  Nov  8, 1984 (TELESAT-H, SYNCOM IV -1)

  •  13. 41-G     Challenger (ERBS, OSTA) Pad A  Oct  5, 1985 (ERBS, OSTA-3)

  •  12. 41-D     Discovery (3 Comsats)   Pad A  Sep  5, 1984 (SBS-D; SYNCOM IV-2; TELSTAR)

  •  11. 41-C     Challenger (LDEF, SMM)  Pad A  Apr 13, 1984 (LDEF exposure, Solar Max repair)

  •  10. 41-B     Challenger (Sats; MMU)  Pad A  Feb  3, 1984 (Westar 6, Palapa-B2; MMU EVAs)

  •   9. STS-9    Columbia  (Spacelab-1)  Pad A  Nov 28, 1983 (Spacelab-1)

  •   8. STS-8    Challenger (Insat 1-B)  Pad A  Aug 30, 1983 (Insat 1-B)

  •   7. STS-7    Challenger (2 comsats)  Pad A  Jun 18, 1983 (Anik C-2, Palapa B1)

  •   6. STS-6    Challenger (TDRS-1)     Pad A  Apr  4, 1983 (TDRS-1)

  •   5. STS-5    Columbia  (ANIK, SBS)   Pad A  Nov 11, 1982 (Anik C-3, SBS-C)

  •   4. STS-4    Columbia  (DoD/CFES)    Pad A  Jun 27, 1982 (DoD/CFES)

  •   3. STS-3    Columbia  (OSS-1)       Pad A  Mar 22, 1982 (OSS-1 Pallet)

  •   2. STS-2    Columbia  (OSTA-1)      Pad A  Nov 12, 1981 (OSTA-1 on Spacelab Pallet)

  •   1. STS-1    Columbia  (STS Test)    Pad A  Apr 12, 1981 (First Shuttle Flight; system test)
    • International Space Station (ISS) flies in an orbit inclined 51.60 degrees to Earth's equator, as did Mir, while the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is in a 28.47 degrees inclined orbit.

    Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT)

    Before the first Space Shuttle was launched, a number of crewed and uncrewed test flight (Approach and Landing Tests, ALT) were performed at Dryden Flight Research Facility with the Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise (again in reverse chronological order): 
        Free Flights (Crewed):

  • 16. Oct 26, 1977 

  • 15. Oct 12, 1977 

  • 14. Sep 23, 1977 (with tail cone)

  • 13. Sep 13, 1977 (with tail cone)

  • 12. Aug 12, 1977 (with tail cone)
    Captive-Active Flights (On Carrier, Crewed, with tail cone):

  • 11. Jul 26, 1977 

  • 10. Jun 28, 1977 

  •  9. Jun 18, 1977 
    Captive-Inactive Flights (On Carrier, Uncrewed, with tail cone):

  •  8. Mar  2, 1977 

  •  7. Feb 28, 1977 

  •  6. Feb 25, 1977 

  •  5. Feb 22, 1977 

  •  4. Feb 18, 1977 
    Taxi Tests (Ground):

  •  3. Feb 15, 1977 (Max speed 157 Mph) 

  •  2. Feb 15, 1977 (Max speed 140 Mph) 

  •  1. Feb 15, 1977 (Max speed 89 Mph)
    • Two crews of two served on the ALT flights: First crew, Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton, and second crew, Joe Engle and Richard Truly.

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