List of shuttle flights
edit| Order | Day | Year | Mission | Shuttle | Duration | Landing Site | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 extra-vehicular 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 classified Department 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 25 m | 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, LDEF retrieval |
| 34 | February 28 | 1990 | STS-36 | Atlantis | 4d 10h | Edwards | Sixth classified DoD mission; Misty reconnaissance 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 First 3 person EVA. |
| 48 | June 25 | 1992 | STS-50 | Columbia | 13d 19h | Kennedy | Spacelab mission |
| 49 | July 31 | 1992 | STS-46 | Atlantis | 7d 23h | Kennedy | EURECA (European Retrievable Carrier) and the joint NASA/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS) |
| 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: Quest 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 |
| 123 | May 31 | 2008 | STS-124 | Discovery | 13d 18h | Kennedy | ISS assembly flight 1J: JEM - Japanese module Kibo & JEM RMS |
| 124 | November 14 | 2008 | STS-126 | Endeavour | 15d 20h | Edwards | ISS assembly flight ULF2: MPLM Leonardo, crew rotation |