Order |
Day |
Year |
Mission |
Shuttle |
Duration |
Landing Site |
Notes |
(1) |
August
12 |
1977 |
ALT-12[1] |
Enterprise |
0d 0h 5m |
Edwards |
First free
flight of Space
Shuttle |
(2) |
September
13 |
1977 |
ALT-13 |
Enterprise |
0d 0h 5m |
Edwards |
Second free flight |
(3) |
September
23 |
1977 |
ALT-14 |
Enterprise |
0d 0h 5m |
Edwards |
Third free flight |
(4) |
October
12 |
1977 |
ALT-15 |
Enterprise |
0d 0h 2m |
Edwards |
Fourth free flight; first flight without tailcone (operational configuration) |
(5) |
October
26 |
1977 |
ALT-16 |
Enterprise |
0d 0h 2m |
Edwards |
Final free flight |
1 |
April
12 |
1981 |
STS-1 |
Columbia |
2d 6h |
Edwards |
First reusable spacecraft flight; first flight of Columbia |
2 |
November
12 |
1981 |
STS-2 |
Columbia |
2d 6h |
Edwards |
Truncated due to fuel cell problem. First test of Canadarm robot arm |
3 |
March
22 |
1982 |
STS-3 |
Columbia |
8d 0h |
White
Sands |
Shuttle R&D flight, first and only landing at White
Sands, New
Mexico |
4 |
June
27 |
1982 |
STS-4 |
Columbia |
7d 1h |
Edwards |
Last shuttle R&D flight, first DoD payload |
5 |
November
11 |
1982 |
STS-5 |
Columbia |
5d 2h |
Edwards |
Multiple comsat
launches. First EVA of program cancelled due to suit problems |
6 |
April
4 |
1983 |
STS-6 |
Challenger |
5d 0h |
Edwards |
TDRS
launch; first flight of Challenger; first space shuttle extravehicular
activity |
7 |
June
18 |
1983 |
STS-7 |
Challenger |
6d 2h |
Edwards |
First US woman in space Sally
Ride; Multiple comsat launches; First deployment and retrieval of a
satellite SPAS |
8 |
August
30 |
1983 |
STS-8 |
Challenger |
6d 1h |
Edwards |
Comsat launch, first flight of an African American in space, Guion
Bluford; test of robot arm on heavy payloads with Payload
Flight Test Article |
9 |
November
28 |
1983 |
STS-9 |
Columbia |
10d 7h |
Edwards |
First Spacelab
mission |
10 |
February
3 |
1984 |
STS-41-B |
Challenger |
7d 23h |
Kennedy |
Comsat launches, first untethered spacewalk by Bruce
McCandless II with Manned
Maneuvering Unit; first landing at KSC; dry run of equipment for Solar
Max rescue |
11 |
April
6 |
1984 |
STS-41-C |
Challenger |
6d 23h |
Edwards |
Solar Max servicing (first satellite rescue by astronauts), LDEF launch |
12 |
August
30 |
1984 |
STS-41-D |
Discovery |
6d 0h |
Edwards |
Multiple comsat launches; first flight of Discovery, test of
OAST-1 Solar Array |
13 |
October
5 |
1984 |
STS-41-G |
Challenger |
8d 5h |
Kennedy |
Earth
Radiation Budget Satellite launch; First flight of two women in space
Ride and Sullivan; First spacewalk by US woman, Kathryn
Sullivan |
14 |
November
8 |
1984 |
STS-51-A |
Discovery |
7d 23h |
Kennedy |
Multiple comsat launches, retrieval of two other comsats Palapa
B2 and Westar
VI which were subsequently refurbished on Earth and reflown |
15 |
January
24 |
1985 |
STS-51-C |
Discovery |
3d 1h |
Kennedy |
First classifiedDepartment
of Defense (DoD) mission; Magnum
satellite launch |
16 |
April
12 |
1985 |
STS-51-D |
Discovery |
6d 23h |
Kennedy |
Multiple comsat launches, first flight of a sitting politician in space,
Jake
Garn, first impromptu EVA of program to fix Syncom F3 (Leasat 3) |
17 |
April
29 |
1985 |
STS-51-B |
Challenger |
7d 0h |
Edwards |
Spacelab mission |
18 |
June
17 |
1985 |
STS-51-G |
Discovery |
7d 1h |
Edwards |
Multiple comsat launches |
19 |
July
29 |
1985 |
STS-51-F |
Challenger |
7d 22h |
Edwards |
Spacelab mission |
20 |
August
27 |
1985 |
STS-51-I |
Discovery |
7d 2h |
Edwards |
Multiple comsat launches, rescue of Syncom
F3 (Leasat-3) by Astronauts |
21 |
October
3 |
1985 |
STS-51-J |
Atlantis |
4d 1h |
Edwards |
Second classified DoD mission; DSCS
satellite launch; first flight of Atlantis |
22 |
October
30 |
1985 |
STS-61-A |
Challenger |
7d 0h |
Edwards |
Spacelab mission, last successful mission of Challenger |
23 |
November
26 |
1985 |
STS-61-B |
Atlantis |
6d 21h |
Edwards |
Multiple comsat launches, EASE/ACCESS
experiment |
24 |
January
12 |
1986 |
STS-61-C |
Columbia |
6d 2h |
Edwards |
Comsat launch, flight of US Congressman Bill
Nelson |
25 |
January
28 |
1986 |
STS-51-L |
Challenger |
73sec |
N/A |
Planned TDRS launch, Loss
of vehicle and crew, Teacher in Space Flight |
26 |
September
29 |
1988 |
STS-26 |
Discovery |
4d 1h |
Edwards |
TDRS launch; first post Challenger
flight |
|
November
15 |
1988 |
1K1 |
Buran 1.01 |
0d 3h 25m |
Baikonur |
Russian unmanned test flight |
27 |
December
2 |
1988 |
STS-27 |
Atlantis |
4d 9h |
Edwards |
Third classified DoD mission; Lacrosse
1 launch |
28 |
March
13 |
1989 |
STS-29 |
Discovery |
4d 23h |
Edwards |
TDRS launch |
29 |
May 4 |
1989 |
STS-30 |
Atlantis |
4d 0h |
Edwards |
Magellan
Venus probe launch |
30 |
August
8 |
1989 |
STS-28 |
Columbia |
5d 1h |
Edwards |
Fourth classified DoD mission; Satellite
Data System launch |
31 |
October
18 |
1989 |
STS-34 |
Atlantis |
4d 23h |
Edwards |
Galileo
Jupiter probe launch |
32 |
November
22 |
1989 |
STS-33 |
Discovery |
5d 0h |
Edwards |
Fifth classified DoD mission; Magnum satellite launch |
33 |
January
9 |
1990 |
STS-32 |
Columbia |
10d 21h |
Edwards |
SYNCOM
IV-F5 satellite launch |
34 |
February
28 |
1990 |
STS-36 |
Atlantis |
4d 10h |
Edwards |
Sixth classified DoD mission; Mistyreconnaissance
satellite launch |
35 |
April
24 |
1990 |
STS-31 |
Discovery |
5d 1h |
Edwards |
Hubble
Space Telescope launch |
36 |
October
6 |
1990 |
STS-41 |
Discovery |
4d 2h |
Edwards |
Ulysses
solar probe launch |
37 |
November
15 |
1990 |
STS-38 |
Atlantis |
4d 21h |
Kennedy |
Seventh classified DoD mission; Magnum satellite launch |
38 |
December
2 |
1990 |
STS-35 |
Columbia |
8d 23h |
Edwards |
Use of ASTRO-1
observatory |
39 |
April
5 |
1991 |
STS-37 |
Atlantis |
5d 23h |
Edwards |
Compton
Gamma Ray Observatory launch |
40 |
April
28 |
1991 |
STS-39 |
Discovery |
8d 7h |
Kennedy |
First unclassified DoD
mission; military science experiments |
41 |
June 5 |
1991 |
STS-40 |
Columbia |
9d 2h |
Edwards |
Spacelab mission |
42 |
August
2 |
1991 |
STS-43 |
Atlantis |
8d 21h |
Kennedy |
TDRS launch |
43 |
September
12 |
1991 |
STS-48 |
Discovery |
5d 8h |
Edwards |
Upper
Atmosphere Research Satellite launch |
44 |
November
24 |
1991 |
STS-44 |
Atlantis |
6d 22h |
Edwards |
DSP
satellite launch |
45 |
January
22 |
1992 |
STS-42 |
Discovery |
8d 1h |
Edwards |
Spacelab mission |
46 |
March
24 |
1992 |
STS-45 |
Atlantis |
8d 22h |
Kennedy |
ATLAS-1 science platform |
47 |
May 7 |
1992 |
STS-49 |
Endeavour |
8d 21h |
Edwards |
Intelsat VI repair; first flight of Endeavour |
48 |
June
25 |
1992 |
STS-50 |
Columbia |
13d 19h |
Kennedy |
Spacelab mission |
49 |
July
31 |
1992 |
STS-46 |
Atlantis |
7d 23h |
Kennedy |
Attempted tethered satellite deployment |
50 |
September
12 |
1992 |
STS-47 |
Endeavour |
7d 22h |
Kennedy |
Spacelab mission |
51 |
October
22 |
1992 |
STS-52 |
Columbia |
9d 20h |
Kennedy |
LAGEOS
II, microgravity experiments |
52 |
December
2 |
1992 |
STS-53 |
Discovery |
7d 7h |
Edwards |
Classified DoD satellite launch |
53 |
January
13 |
1993 |
STS-54 |
Endeavour |
5d 23h |
Kennedy |
TDRS launch |
54 |
April
8 |
1993 |
STS-56 |
Discovery |
9d 6h |
Kennedy |
ATLAS-2 science platform |
55 |
April
26 |
1993 |
STS-55 |
Columbia |
9d 23h |
Edwards |
Spacelab mission |
56 |
June
21 |
1993 |
STS-57 |
Endeavour |
9d 23h |
Kennedy |
SPACEHAB,
EURECA |
57 |
September
12 |
1993 |
STS-51 |
Discovery |
9d 20h |
Kennedy |
ACTS satellite launched |
58 |
October
18 |
1993 |
STS-58 |
Columbia |
14d 0h |
Edwards |
Spacelab mission |
59 |
December
2 |
1993 |
STS-61 |
Endeavour |
10d 19h |
Kennedy |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
60 |
February
3 |
1994 |
STS-60 |
Discovery |
7d 6h |
Kennedy |
SPACEHAB,
Wake
Shield Facility |
61 |
March
4 |
1994 |
STS-62 |
Columbia |
13d 23h |
Kennedy |
Microgravity experiments |
62 |
April
9 |
1994 |
STS-59 |
Endeavour |
11d 5h |
Kennedy |
Space Radar Laboratory-1 |
63 |
July 8 |
1994 |
STS-65 |
Columbia |
14d 17h |
Kennedy |
Spacelab mission |
64 |
September
9 |
1994 |
STS-64 |
Discovery |
10d 22h |
Edwards |
Multiple science experiments; SPARTAN |
65 |
September
30 |
1994 |
STS-68 |
Endeavour |
11d 5h |
Edwards |
Space Radar Laboratory-2 |
66 |
November
3 |
1994 |
STS-66 |
Atlantis |
10d 22h |
Edwards |
ATLAS-3 science platform |
67 |
February
3 |
1995 |
STS-63 |
Discovery |
8d 6h |
Kennedy |
Mir flyaround |
68 |
March
2 |
1995 |
STS-67 |
Endeavour |
16d 15h |
Edwards |
ASTRO-2 |
69 |
June
27 |
1995 |
STS-71 |
Atlantis |
9d 19h |
Kennedy |
First Shuttle-Mir
docking |
70 |
July
13 |
1995 |
STS-70 |
Discovery |
8d 22h |
Kennedy |
TDRS launch |
71 |
September
7 |
1995 |
STS-69 |
Endeavour |
10d 20h |
Kennedy |
Wake
Shield Facility, SPARTAN |
72 |
October
20 |
1995 |
STS-73 |
Columbia |
15d 21h |
Kennedy |
Spacelab mission |
73 |
November
12 |
1995 |
STS-74 |
Atlantis |
8d 4h |
Kennedy |
Shuttle-Mir docking |
74 |
January
11 |
1996 |
STS-72 |
Endeavour |
8d 22h |
Kennedy |
Retrieved Japan's
Space Flyer Unit |
75 |
February
22 |
1996 |
STS-75 |
Columbia |
15d 17h |
Kennedy |
Tethered satellite |
76 |
March
22 |
1996 |
STS-76 |
Atlantis |
9d 5h |
Kennedy |
Shuttle-Mir docking |
77 |
May 19 |
1996 |
STS-77 |
Endeavour |
10d 0h |
Kennedy |
SPACEHAB;
SPARTAN |
78 |
June
20 |
1996 |
STS-78 |
Columbia |
16d 21h |
Kennedy |
Spacelab mission |
79 |
September
16 |
1996 |
STS-79 |
Atlantis |
10d 3h |
Kennedy |
Shuttle-Mir docking |
80 |
November
19 |
1996 |
STS-80 |
Columbia |
17d 15h |
Kennedy |
Wake
Shield Facility; ASTRO-SPAS |
81 |
January
12 |
1997 |
STS-81 |
Atlantis |
10d 4h |
Kennedy |
Shuttle-Mir docking |
82 |
February
11 |
1997 |
STS-82 |
Discovery |
9d 23h |
Kennedy |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
83 |
April
4 |
1997 |
STS-83 |
Columbia |
3d 23h |
Kennedy |
Truncated due to fuel cell problem |
84 |
May 15 |
1997 |
STS-84 |
Atlantis |
9d 5h |
Kennedy |
Shuttle-Mir docking |
85 |
July 1 |
1997 |
STS-94 |
Columbia |
15d 16h |
Kennedy |
Spacelab mission |
86 |
August
7 |
1997 |
STS-85 |
Discovery |
11d 20h |
Kennedy |
CRISTA-SPAS |
87 |
September
25 |
1997 |
STS-86 |
Atlantis |
10d 19h |
Kennedy |
Shuttle-Mir docking |
88 |
November
19 |
1997 |
STS-87 |
Columbia |
15d 16h |
Kennedy |
Microgravity experiments |
89 |
January
22 |
1998 |
STS-89 |
Endeavour |
8d 19h |
Kennedy |
Shuttle-Mir docking |
90 |
April
17 |
1998 |
STS-90 |
Columbia |
15d 21h |
Kennedy |
Spacelab mission |
91 |
June 2 |
1998 |
STS-91 |
Discovery |
9d 19h |
Kennedy |
Last Shuttle-Mir docking |
92 |
October
29 |
1998 |
STS-95 |
Discovery |
8d 21h |
Kennedy |
SPACEHAB;
John
Glenn flies again |
93 |
December
4 |
1998 |
STS-88 |
Endeavour |
11d 19h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 2A: Node
1
First Shuttle ISS
assembly flight |
94 |
May 27 |
1999 |
STS-96 |
Discovery |
9d 19h |
Kennedy |
ISS supply |
95 |
July
23 |
1999 |
STS-93 |
Columbia |
4d 22h |
Kennedy |
Chandra
X-Ray Observatory launch |
96 |
December
19 |
1999 |
STS-103 |
Discovery |
7d 23h |
Kennedy |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
97 |
February
11 |
2000 |
STS-99 |
Endeavour |
11d 5h |
Kennedy |
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
98 |
May 19 |
2000 |
STS-101 |
Atlantis |
9d 21h |
Kennedy |
ISS supply |
99 |
September
8 |
2000 |
STS-106 |
Atlantis |
11d 19h |
Kennedy |
ISS supply |
100 |
October
11 |
2000 |
STS-92 |
Discovery |
12d 21h |
Edwards |
ISS
assembly flight 3A: Z1
truss |
101 |
November
30 |
2000 |
STS-97 |
Endeavour |
10d 19h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 4A: P6
solar arrays, radiators |
102 |
February
7 |
2001 |
STS-98 |
Atlantis |
12d 21h |
Edwards |
ISS
assembly flight 5A: Destiny
lab |
103 |
March
8 |
2001 |
STS-102 |
Discovery |
12d 19h |
Kennedy |
ISS supply, crew rotation |
104 |
April
19 |
2001 |
STS-100 |
Endeavour |
11d 21h |
Edwards |
ISS
assembly flight 6A: robotic
arm |
105 |
July
12 |
2001 |
STS-104 |
Atlantis |
12d 18h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 7A: Joint
Airlock |
106 |
August
10 |
2001 |
STS-105 |
Discovery |
11d 21h |
Kennedy |
ISS supply, crew rotation |
107 |
December
5 |
2001 |
STS-108 |
Endeavour |
11d 19h |
Kennedy |
ISS supply, crew rotation |
108 |
March
1 |
2002 |
STS-109 |
Columbia |
10d 22h |
Kennedy |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing, last successful mission for Columbia
before STS-107 |
109 |
April
8 |
2002 |
STS-110 |
Atlantis |
10d 19h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 8A: S0
truss |
110 |
June 5 |
2002 |
STS-111 |
Endeavour |
13d 20h |
Edwards |
ISS supply, crew rotation, Mobile Base System |
111 |
October
7 |
2002 |
STS-112 |
Atlantis |
10d 19h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 9A: S1
truss |
112 |
November
23 |
2002 |
STS-113 |
Endeavour |
13d 18h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 11A: P1
truss, crew rotation, last successful mission before STS-107 |
113 |
January
16 |
2003 |
STS-107 |
Columbia |
15d 22h |
N/A (Ken.) |
SPACEHAB;
Loss
of vehicle and crew before landing at KSC |
114 |
July
26 |
2005 |
STS-114 |
Discovery |
13d 21h |
Edwards |
First post Columbia
flight. Flight safety evaluation/testing, ISS supply/repair, MPLM Raffaello |
115 |
July 4 |
2006 |
STS-121 |
Discovery |
12d 18h |
Kennedy |
ISS Flight ULF1.1: Supply, crew rotation, MPLM Leonardo |
116 |
September
9 |
2006 |
STS-115 |
Atlantis |
11d 19h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 12A: P3/P4
Truss, Solar Arrays |
117 |
December
9 |
2006 |
STS-116 |
Discovery |
12d 21h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 12A.1: P5
Truss & Spacehab-SM, crew rotation |
118 |
June 8 |
2007 |
STS-117 |
Atlantis |
13d 20h |
Edwards |
ISS
assembly flight 13A: S3/S4
Truss, Solar Arrays, crew rotation |
119 |
August
8 |
2007 |
STS-118 |
Endeavour |
12d 18h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 13A.1: S5
Truss & Spacehab-SM & ESP3
First use of SSPTS
(Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System) |
120 |
October
23 |
2007 |
STS-120 |
Discovery |
15d 2h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 10A: US Harmony
module, crew rotation |
121 |
February
7 |
2008 |
STS-122 |
Atlantis |
12d 18h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 1E: European Laboratory "Columbus",
crew rotation |
122 |
March
11 |
2008 |
STS-123 |
Endeavour |
15d 18h |
Kennedy |
ISS
assembly flight 1J/A: JEM
ELM PS & SPDM, crew rotation |
Planned missions[2][3] |
123 |
May 31 |
2008 |
STS-124 |
Discovery |
~12d |
|
ISS
assembly flight 1J: JEM - Japanese module "Kibo" & JEM RMS |
124 |
August
28 |
2008 |
STS-125 |
Atlantis |
~11d |
|
Last Hubble
Space Telescope servicing mission (HST SM-04). Final Non-ISS flight.
Possible final flight of Atlantis. |
125 |
October
16 |
2008 |
STS-126 |
Endeavour |
~15d |
|
ISS
assembly flight ULF2: MPLM Leonardo |
126 |
December
4 |
2008 |
STS-119 |
Discovery |
~13d |
|
ISS
assembly flight 15A: S6
Truss, Solar Arrays |
Scheduled dates and orbiters that follow
are unofficial and based on internal NASA schedules, with sometimes conflicting
sources[4] |
127 |
May |
2009 |
STS-127 |
Endeavour |
|
|
ISS
assembly flight 2J/A: JEM Exposed Facility (EF) & JEM ELM ES. |
128 |
August |
2009 |
STS-128 |
Atlantis [4]
(or Discovery [3]) |
|
|
ISS
assembly flight 17A: MPLM Donatello & 6 person ISS crew. Possible
final flight of Atlantis
if CLFs are not flown |
129 |
September |
2009 |
STS-129 |
Discovery [4]
(or Endeavour [3]) |
|
|
ISS
assembly flight ULF3: Express 1 & 2. |
130 |
January |
2010 |
STS-130 |
Endeavour [4]
(or Discovery [3]) |
|
|
ISS
assembly flight 19A: MPLM Raffaello. Possible final flight of Endeavour
if CLFs are not flown. |
132 (131 if CLFs are not flown) |
March |
2010 |
STS-132 |
Discovery |
|
|
ISS
assembly flight 20A: Node
3 and Cupola.
Final planned flight of Discovery;
final Shuttle flight of the program if CLFs are not flown. |
Contingency Logistics Flights (CLFs) |
* (131 if flown) |
Febuary |
2010 |
STS-131 |
Atlantis [4]
(or Endeavour [3]) |
|
|
ISS
assembly flight ULF4: Contingency Logistic Flight (CLF), Express 3
& 4; Docking
Cargo Module. Final flight of Atlantis. |
* (133 if flown) |
May |
2010 |
STS-133 |
Endeavour |
|
|
ISS
assembly flight ULF5: Contingency Logistic Flight (CLF), Express 1
& 5. Final flight of Endeavour;
final Shuttle flight of the program if CLFs are flown. |
Special missions[5] |
* |
never flew |
2005-6 |
STS-300 |
Atlantis |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Discovery in
space, Mission 114/121. |
* |
never flew |
2006 |
STS-301 |
Discovery |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Atlantis in space,
Mission STS-115. |
* |
never flew |
2007 |
STS-317 |
Atlantis |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Discovery in
space, Mission STS-116. |
* |
never flew |
2007 |
STS-318 |
Endeavour |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Atlantis in space,
Mission STS-117. |
* |
never flew |
2007 |
STS-322 |
Discovery |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Endeavour in
space, Mission STS-118. |
* |
never flew |
2007 |
STS-320 |
Atlantis |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Discovery in
space, Mission STS-120. |
* |
never flew |
2008 |
STS-323 |
Discovery ¹ |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Atlantis in space,
Mission STS-122. |
* |
never flew |
2008 |
STS-324 |
Discovery |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Endeavour in
space, Mission STS-123. |
* |
July
13 |
2008 |
STS-326 |
Endeavour |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Discovery in
space, Mission STS-124. |
* |
August
14 |
2008 |
STS-400 |
Endeavour |
~11d |
|
Rescue Mission for damaged or stranded shuttle Atlantis in space,
Mission STS-125. |