Space Shuttle Discovery
Flights listing
‡ Longest shuttle mission for Discovery – shortest shuttle mission for Discovery

Space Shuttle Discovery

Section Title: Flights listing
Table Section Text: ‡ Longest shuttle mission for Discovery – shortest shuttle mission for Discovery

#	Date	Designation	Notes	Length of journey

1	August 30, 1984	STS-41-D	First Discovery mission: Judith Resnik became second American woman in Space. Three communications satellites were put into orbit, including LEASAT F2.	6 days, 00 hours, 56 minutes, 04 seconds

2	November 8, 1984	STS-51-A	Launched two and rescued two communications satellites including LEASAT F1.	7 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes, 56 seconds

3	January 24, 1985	STS-51-C	Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite.	3 days, 01 hours, 33 minutes, 23 seconds-

4	April 12, 1985	STS-51-D	Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F3. Carried first incumbent United States member of Congress into space, Senator Jake Garn (R–Utah)	6 days, 23 hours, 55 minutes, 23 seconds

5	June 17, 1985	STS-51-G	Launched two communications satellites, Sultan Salman al-Saud becomes first Saudi Arabian in space.	7 days, 01 hours, 38 minutes, 52 seconds

6	August 27, 1985	STS-51-I	Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F4. Recovered, repaired, and redeployed LEASAT F3.	7 days, 02 hours, 17 minutes, 42 seconds

7	September 29, 1988	STS-26	Return to flight after Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, launched TDRS.	4 days, 01 hours, 00 minutes, 11 seconds

8	March 13, 1989	STS-29	Launched TDRS.	4 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, 52 seconds

9	November 22, 1989	STS-33	Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite.	5 days, 00 hours, 06 minutes, 49 seconds

10	April 24, 1990	STS-31	Launch of Hubble Space Telescope (HST).	5 days, 01 hours, 16 minutes, 06 seconds

11	October 6, 1990	STS-41	Launch of Ulysses.	4 days, 02 hours, 10 minutes, 04 seconds

12	April 28, 1991	STS-39	Launched DOD Air Force Program-675 (AFP-675) satellite.	8 days, 07 hours, 22 minutes, 23 seconds

13	September 12, 1991	STS-48	Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS).	5 days, 08 hours, 27 minutes, 38 seconds

14	January 22, 1992	STS-42	International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1).	8 days, 01 hours, 14 minutes, 44 seconds

15	December 2, 1992	STS-53	Department of Defense payload.	7 days, 07 hours, 19 minutes, 47 seconds

16	April 8, 1993	STS-56	Atmospheric Laboratory (ATLAS-2).	9 days, 06 hours, 08 minutes, 24 seconds

17	September 12, 1993	STS-51	Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS).	9 days, 20 hours, 11 minutes, 11 seconds

18	February 3, 1994	STS-60	First Shuttle-Mir mission; Wake Shield Facility (WSF). First Russian launched in an American spacecraft (Sergei Krikalev).	8 days, 07 hours, 09 minutes, 22 seconds

19	September 9, 1994	STS-64	LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE).	10 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes, 57 seconds

20	February 3, 1995	STS-63	Rendezvous with Mir space station. First female shuttle pilot Eileen Collins.	8 days, 06 hours, 29 minutes, 36 seconds

21	July 13, 1995	STS-70	7th Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS).	8 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes, 05 seconds

22	February 11, 1997	STS-82	Servicing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) (HSM-2).	9 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, 09 seconds

23	August 7, 1997	STS-85	Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes (CRISTA).	11 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes, 07 seconds

24	June 2, 1998	STS-91	Final Shuttle/Mir Docking Mission.	9 days, 19 hours, 55 minutes, 01 seconds

25	October 29, 1998	STS-95	SPACEHAB, second flight of John Glenn, who was 77 years of age at that time, the oldest man in space and third incumbent member of Congress to enter space.	8 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes, 56 seconds

26	May 27, 1999	STS-96	First Orbiter Shuttle and first mission flight to dock with the International Space Station	9 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes, 57 seconds

27	December 19, 1999	STS-103	Servicing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) (HSM-3A).	7 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes, 34 seconds

28	October 11, 2000	STS-92	International Space Station Assembly Flight (carried and assembled the Z1 truss); 100th Shuttle mission.	12 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes, 47 seconds

29	March 8, 2001	STS-102	International Space Station crew rotation flight (Expedition 1 and Expedition 2)	12 days, 19 hours, 51 minutes, 57 seconds

30	August 10, 2001	STS-105	International Space Station crew and supplies delivery (Expedition 2 and Expedition 3)	11 days 21 hours, 13 minutes, 52 seconds

31	July 26, 2005	STS-114	First "Return To Flight" mission since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; International Space Station (ISS) supplies delivery, new safety procedures testing and evaluation, Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello.	13 days, 21 hours, 33 minutes, 00 seconds

32	July 4, 2006	STS-121	Second "Return To Flight" mission since the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; International Space Station (ISS) supplies delivery, test new safety and repair techniques.	12 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes, 54 seconds

33	December 9, 2006	STS-116	ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the P5 truss segment); Last flight to launch on pad 39-B; First night launch since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.	12 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes, 16 seconds

34	October 23, 2007	STS-120	ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the Harmony module).	15 days, 02 hours, 23 minutes, 55 seconds

35	May 31, 2008	STS-124	ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the Kibō JEM PM module).	13 days, 18 hours, 13 minutes, 07 seconds

36	March 15, 2009	STS-119	International Space Station crew rotation and assembly of a fourth starboard truss segment (ITS S6) and a fourth set of solar arrays and batteries.	12 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes, 33 seconds

37	August 28, 2009	STS-128	International Space Station crew rotation and ISS resupply using the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. Also carried the C.O.L.B.E.R.T treadmill named after Stephen Colbert	13 days 20 hours, 54 minutes, 40 seconds

38	April 5, 2010	STS-131	ISS resupply using the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. The mission also marked the first time that four women were in space and the first time that two Japanese astronauts were together on a space station.	15 days 2 hours, 47 minutes 11 seconds‡

39	February 24, 2011	STS-133	The mission launched at 4:53 pm EST on February 24, was carrying the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) Leonardo, the ELC-4 and Robonaut 2 to the ISS.	12 days 19 hours, 4 minutes, 50 seconds

Sentence(s)

The Discovery flew all three "return to flight" missions after the Challenger and Columbia disasters: STS-26 in 1988, STS-114 in 2005 and STS-121 in 2006.

final_sentence: The Discovery flew all three "return to flight" missions after the Challenger and Columbia disasters: STS-26 in 1988, STS-114 in 2005 and STS-121 in 2006.