# List of Space Shuttle missions

The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. Operational missions launched numerous satellites, conducted science experiments in orbit, and participated in construction and servicing of the International Space Station (ISS). The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights beginning in 1982.
From 1981 to 2011 a total of 135 missions were flown, all launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. During that time period the fleet logged 1,322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds of flight time. The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one minute 13 seconds when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart during launch. The cold morning shrunk an O-Ring on the right Solid Rocket Booster causing the external fuel tank to explode. The shuttles docked with Russian space station Mir nine times and visited the ISS thirty-seven times. The highest altitude (apogee) achieved by the shuttle was 386 mi (621 km) when deploying the Hubble Space Telescope. The program flew a total of 355 people representing 16 countries, and with 852 total shuttle fliers. The Kennedy Space Center served as the landing site for 78 missions, while 54 missions landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California and one mission landed at White Sands, New Mexico.
The first orbiter built, Enterprise, was used for atmospheric flight tests (ALT) but future plans to upgrade it to orbital capability were ultimately canceled. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis. Challenger and Columbia were destroyed in mission accidents in 1986 and 2003 respectively, killing a total of fourteen astronauts. A fifth operational orbiter, Endeavour, was built in 1991 to replace Challenger. The Space Shuttle was retired from service upon the conclusion of STS-135 by Atlantis on 21 July 2011.

## Flight numbering

The U.S. Space Shuttle program was officially referred to as the Space Transportation System (STS). Specific shuttle missions were therefore designated with the prefix "STS". Initially, the launches were given sequential numbers indicating order of launch, such as STS-7. Subsequent to the Apollo 13 mishap, due to Administrator of NASA James M. Beggs's triskaidekaphobia and consequent unwillingness to number a forthcoming flight as STS-13, beginning in 1984, each mission was assigned a code, such as STS-41-B, with the first digit (or pair of digits for years 1990 and beyond) indicating the federal fiscal year offset into the program (so 41-B was scheduled for FY 1984, 51-A thru 51-L originally for FY 1985, and the third flight in FY 1995 would have been named 151-C), the second digit indicating the launch site (1 was Kennedy Space Center and 2 was Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, although Vandenberg was never used), and the letter indicating scheduling sequence. These codes were assigned when the launches were initially scheduled and were not changed as missions were delayed or rescheduled. The codes were adopted from STS-41-B through STS-51-L (although the highest code used was actually STS-61-C), and the sequential numbers were used internally at NASA on all processing paperwork.
After the Challenger disaster, NASA returned to using a sequential numbering system, with the number counting from the beginning of the STS program. Unlike the initial system, however, the numbers were assigned based on the initial mission schedule, and did not always reflect actual launch order. This numbering scheme started at 26, with the first flight as STS-26R—the R suffix stood for "reflight" to disambiguate from prior missions. The suffix was used for two years through STS-33R, then the R was dropped. As a result of the changes in systems, flights under different numbering systems could have the same number with one having a letter appended, e.g. flight STS-51 (a mission carried out by Discovery in 1993) was many years after STS-51-A (Discovery's second flight in 1984). It wasn't until STS-127 in 2009 where the flight numbering system returned to a standard and consistent order.

## Shuttle flights
### Atmospheric flight tests

The Approach and Landing Test program encompassed 16 separate tests of Enterprise, covering taxi tests, uncrewed and crewed flights on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and finally the free flight tests. The following list includes the free-flight tests, durations listed count only the orbiter free-flight time. The list does not include total time aloft along with airborne time atop of the SCA.
| Order | Launch date | Mission | Shuttle | Crew | Duration | Landing site | Notes |
| 1 | 12 August 1977 | ALT-12 | Enterprise | 2 | 00 h 05 m | Edwards | First free flight First non-captive flight of Enterprise First landing at Edwards Air Force Base |
| 2 | 13 September 1977 | ALT-13 | Enterprise | 2 | 00 h 05 m | Edwards | Second free flight |
| 3 | 23 September 1977 | ALT-14 | Enterprise | 2 | 00 h 05 m | Edwards | Third free flight |
| 4 | 12 October 1977 | ALT-15 | Enterprise | 2 | 00 h 02 m | Edwards | Fourth free flight First flight without tailcone (operational configuration) |
| 5 | 26 October 1977 | ALT-16 | Enterprise | 2 | 00 h 02 m | Edwards | Final free flight Final non-captive flight of Enterprise First landing on runway rather than lakebed |

### Launches and orbital flights

| Order | Launch date | Mission | Shuttle | Crew | Duration | Launch pad | Landing site | Notes |
| 1 | 12 April 1981 12:00:04 UTC 07:00:04 EST | STS-1 | Columbia | 2 | 02d 06h | LC-39A | Edwards | First orbital flight test First reusable orbital spacecraft flight Maiden flight of Columbia Maiden flight of the Space Shuttle program |
| 2 | 12 November 1981 15:10:00 UTC 10:10:00 EST | STS-2 | Columbia | 2 | 02d 06h | LC-39A | Edwards | Second orbital flight test First reuse of a crewed orbital space vehicle First test of Canadarm robot arm Truncated due to fuel cell problem Shortest orbital mission flown |
| 3 | 22 March 1982 16:00:00 UTC 11:00:00 EST | STS-3 | Columbia | 2 | 08d 00h | LC-39A | White Sands | Third orbital test Only landing at White Sands, New Mexico |
| 4 | 27 June 1982 15:00:00 UTC 11:00:00 EDT | STS-4 | Columbia | 2 | 07d 01h | LC-39A | Edwards | Fourth and final orbital flight test First Department of Defense (DoD) payload |
| 5 | 11 November 1982 12:19:00 UTC 07:19:00 EST | STS-5 | Columbia | 4 | 05d 02h | LC-39A | Edwards | Multiple comsat deployments First Extravehicular activity of program canceled due to suit problems |
| 6 | 4 April 1983 18:30:00 UTC 13:30:00 EST | STS-6 | Challenger | 4 | 05d 00h | LC-39A | Edwards | Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-A) deployment Maiden flight of Challenger First Space Shuttle Extravehicular activity |
| 7 | 18 June 1983 11:33:00 UTC 07:33:00 EDT | STS-7 | Challenger | 5 | 06d 02h | LC-39A | Edwards | First American woman in space, Sally Ride Multiple comsat deployments First deployment and retrieval of a Shuttle pallet satellite |
| 8 | 30 August 1983 06:32:00 UTC 02:32:00 EDT | STS-8 | Challenger | 5 | 06d 01h | LC-39A | Edwards | Comsat deployment First flight of an African American in space, Guion Bluford Test of robot arm on heavy payloads with Payload Flight Test Article First night launch First night landing |
| 9 | 28 November 1983 16:00:00 UTC 11:00:00 EST | STS-9 | Columbia | 6 | 10d 07h | LC-39A | Edwards | First Spacelab mission First European Space Agency Astronaut on a shuttle mission, Ulf Merbold |
| 10 | 3 February 1984 13:00:00 UTC 08:00:00 EST | STS-41-B | Challenger | 5 | 07d 23h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Deployed two Comsats First untethered spacewalk by Bruce McCandless II with Manned Maneuvering Unit First landing at Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Dry run of equipment for Solar Maximum Mission rescue |
| 11 | 6 April 1984 13:58:00 UTC 08:58:00 EST | STS-41-C | Challenger | 5 | 06d 23h | LC-39A | Edwards | Solar Maximum Mission servicing First satellite rescue by astronauts Long Duration Exposure Facility deployment |
| 12 | 30 August 1984 12:41:50 UTC 08:41:50 EDT | STS-41-D | Discovery | 6 | 06d 00h | LC-39A | Edwards | Multiple comsat deployments Maiden flight of Discovery Test of OAST-1 Solar Array |
| 13 | 5 October 1984 11:03:00 UTC 07:03:00 EDT | STS-41-G | Challenger | 7 | 08d 05h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite deployment First flight of two women in space, Sally Ride and Kathryn Sullivan First spacewalk by American woman, Sullivan First Canadian in space, Marc Garneau |
| 14 | 8 November 1984 12:15:00 UTC 07:15:00 EST | STS-51-A | Discovery | 5 | 07d 23h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Multiple comsat deployments Retrieval of two other comsats (Palapa B2 and Westar VI), which were subsequently refurbished on Earth and reflown |
| 15 | 24 January 1985 19:50:00 UTC 14:50:00 EST | STS-51-C | Discovery | 5 | 03d 01h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | First classified Department of Defense (DoD) mission Magnum satellite deployment |
| 16 | 12 April 1985 13:59:05 UTC 08:59:05 EST | STS-51-D | Discovery | 7 | 06d 23h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Multiple comsat deployments First flight of a sitting politician in space, Jake Garn First impromptu Extravehicular activity of program to fix Syncom F3 (Leasat 3) |
| 17 | 29 April 1985 16:02:18 UTC 12:02:18 EDT | STS-51-B | Challenger | 7 | 07d 00h | LC-39A | Edwards | First mission with Spacelab module in a fully operational configuration Conducted experiments in microgravity First African-American Space Shuttle pilot, Frederick D. Gregory |
| 18 | 17 June 1985 11:33:00 UTC 07:33:00 EDT | STS-51-G | Discovery | 7 | 07d 01h | LC-39A | Edwards | Multiple comsat deployments Flight of first member of royalty, Saudi, Muslim, and Arab in space, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud |
| 19 | 29 July 1985 22:00:00 UTC 18:00:00 EDT | STS-51-F | Challenger | 7 | 07d 22h | LC-39A | Edwards | Spacelab mission Abort to Orbit. Faulty temperature sensor incorrectly indicated that fuel turbine discharge temperature exceeded the limit. Therefore, one main engine was shut down at T+345 s, resulting in a much lower orbit than planned. All mission objectives achieved |
| 20 | 27 August 1985 10:58:01 UTC 06:58:01 EDT | STS-51-I | Discovery | 5 | 07d 02h | LC-39A | Edwards | Multiple comsat deployments Rescue of Syncom F3 (Leasat-3) |
| 21 | 3 October 1985 15:15:30 UTC 11:15:30 EDT | STS-51-J | Atlantis | 5 | 04d 01h | LC-39A | Edwards | Second classified DoD mission Defense Satellite Communications System satellite deployment Maiden flight of Atlantis |
| 22 | 30 October 1985 17:00:00 UTC 12:00:00 EST | STS-61-A | Challenger | 8 | 07d 00h | LC-39A | Edwards | Largest crew on a spaceflight Third flight of Spacelab Spacelab-D1 microgravity experiments Mission funded by West Germany Last successful mission of Challenger First Dutchman in space, Wubbo Ockels |
| 23 | 26 November 1985 24:29:00 UTC 19:29:00 EST | STS-61-B | Atlantis | 7 | 06d 21h | LC-39A | Edwards | Multiple comsat deployment EASE/ACCESS experiment First Mexican in space, Rodolfo Neri Vela |
| 24 | 12 January 1986 11:55:00 UTC 06:55:00 EST | STS-61-C | Columbia | 7 | 06d 02h | LC-39A | Edwards | Comsat deployment Flight of US Representative Bill Nelson Second African-American Space Shuttle pilot, Charles Bolden Last successful mission before STS-51-L |
| 25 | 28 January 1986 16:38:00 UTC 11:38:00 EST | STS-51-L | Challenger | 7 | 00d 00h 01m 13s | LC-39B | Did not land | Planned tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-B) deployment Teacher in space flight First Space Shuttle launch from LC-39B SRB leak destroyed the orbiter and killed crew |
| 26 | 29 September 1988 15:37:00 UTC 11:37:00 EDT | STS-26 | Discovery | 5 | 04d 01h | LC-39B | Edwards | Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-C) deployment First post-Challenger flight First Space Shuttle mission with an all-veteran crew |
| 27 | 2 December 1988 14:30:34 UTC 09:30:34 EST | STS-27 | Atlantis | 5 | 04d 09h | LC-39B | Edwards | Third classified DoD mission Lacrosse 1 deployment Heavy damage to the thermal protection system resulted in extreme heat damage to the right wing |
| 28 | 13 March 1989 14:57:00 UTC 09:57:00 EST | STS-29 | Discovery | 5 | 04d 23h | LC-39B | Edwards | Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-D) deployment IMAX camera Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element I space station radiator experiment |
| 29 | 4 May 1989 18:46:59 UTC 14:46:59 EDT | STS-30 | Atlantis | 5 | 04d 00h | LC-39B | Edwards | Magellan Venus probe deployment First post-Challenger flight to carry a female astronaut |
| 30 | 8 August 1989 12:37:00 UTC 08:37:00 EDT | STS-28 | Columbia | 5 | 05d 01h | LC-39B | Edwards | Fourth classified DoD mission Satellite Data System deployment |
| 31 | 18 October 1989 16:53:40 UTC 12:53:40 EDT | STS-34 | Atlantis | 5 | 04d 23h | LC-39B | Edwards | Galileo Jupiter probe deployment IMAX camera |
| 32 | 22 November 1989 24:23:30 UTC 19:23:30 EST | STS-33 | Discovery | 5 | 05d 00h | LC-39B | Edwards | Fifth classified DoD mission Deployment of Magnum First African-American Space Shuttle commander, Frederick D. Gregory |
| 33 | 9 January 1990 12:35:00 UTC 07:35:00 EST | STS-32 | Columbia | 5 | 10d 21h | LC-39A | Edwards | Syncom IV-F5 satellite deployment Long Duration Exposure Facility retrieval IMAX camera |
| 34 | 28 February 1990 07:50:22 UTC 02:50:22 EST | STS-36 | Atlantis | 5 | 04d 10h | LC-39A | Edwards | Sixth classified DoD mission Misty reconnaissance satellite deployment |
| 35 | 24 April 1990 12:33:51 UTC 08:33:51 EDT | STS-31 | Discovery | 5 | 05d 01h | LC-39B | Edwards | Hubble Space Telescope (HST) deployment |
| 36 | 6 October 1990 11:47:15 UTC 07:47:15 EDT | STS-41 | Discovery | 5 | 04d 02h | LC-39B | Edwards | Ulysses/Inertial Upper Stage solar probe deployment |
| 37 | 15 November 1990 23:48:15 UTC 18:48:15 EST | STS-38 | Atlantis | 5 | 04d 21h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Seventh classified DoD mission Likely SDS2-2 deployed |
| 38 | 2 December 1990 06:49:01 UTC 01:49:01 EST | STS-35 | Columbia | 7 | 08d 23h | LC-39B | Edwards | Use of ASTRO-1 observatory |
| 39 | 5 April 1991 14:22:45 UTC 09:22:45 EST | STS-37 | Atlantis | 5 | 05d 23h | LC-39B | Edwards | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory deployment and EVA repair |
| 40 | 28 April 1991 11:33:14 UTC 07:33:14 EDT | STS-39 | Discovery | 7 | 08d 07h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | First unclassified DoD mission (eighth DoD mission overall) Military science experiments |
| 41 | 5 June 1991 13:24:51 UTC 09:24:51 EDT | STS-40 | Columbia | 7 | 09d 02h | LC-39B | Edwards | Spacelab mission First space mission with three women |
| 42 | 2 August 1991 15:02:00 UTC 11:02:00 EDT | STS-43 | Atlantis | 5 | 08d 21h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-E) deployment |
| 43 | 12 September 1991 23:11:04 UTC 19:11:04 EDT | STS-48 | Discovery | 5 | 05d 08h | LC-39A | Edwards | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment |
| 44 | 24 November 1991 23:44:00 UTC 18:44:00 EST | STS-44 | Atlantis | 6 | 06d 22h | LC-39A | Edwards | Second unclassified DoD mission (ninth DoD mission overall) DSP satellite deployment |
| 45 | 22 January 1992 14:52:33 UTC 09:52:33 EST | STS-42 | Discovery | 7 | 08d 01h | LC-39A | Edwards | Spacelab mission First Canadian woman in space, Roberta Bondar |
| 46 | 24 March 1992 13:13:40 UTC 08:13:40 EST | STS-45 | Atlantis | 7 | 08d 22h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ATLAS-1 science platform Second African-American Space Shuttle commander, Charles Bolden |
| 47 | 7 May 1992 23:40:00 UTC 19:40:00 EDT | STS-49 | Endeavour | 7 | 08d 21h | LC-39B | Edwards | Intelsat VI hand-retrieval and repair Maiden flight of Endeavour First three-person Extravehicular activity Assembly of Station by EVA Methods (ASEM) space station truss experiment EVA Record four EVAs total for mission First landing with a drag chute |
| 48 | 25 June 1992 16:12:23 UTC 12:12:23 EDT | STS-50 | Columbia | 7 | 13d 19h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Spacelab mission |
| 49 | 31 July 1992 13:56:48 UTC 09:56:48 EDT | STS-46 | Atlantis | 7 | 07d 23h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Deployment of EURECA Deployment of National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS) |
| 50 | 12 September 1992 14:23:00 UTC 10:23:00 EDT | STS-47 | Endeavour | 7 | 07d 22h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Spacelab-J First flight of an African-American woman in space, Mae Jemison First and only flight of a married couple in space, Mark C. Lee and Jan Davis Japan funded mission |
| 51 | 22 October 1992 17:09:39 UTC 13:09:39 EDT | STS-52 | Columbia | 6 | 09d 20h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | LAGEOS II deployment Microgravity experiments |
| 52 | 2 December 1992 13:24:00 UTC 08:24:00 EST | STS-53 | Discovery | 5 | 07d 07h | LC-39A | Edwards | Partially classified 10th and final DoD mission Likely deployment of SDS2 satellite |
| 53 | 13 January 1993 13:59:30 UTC 08:59:30 EST | STS-54 | Endeavour | 5 | 05d 23h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-F) deployment |
| 54 | 8 April 1993 05:29:00 UTC 01:29:00 EDT | STS-56 | Discovery | 5 | 09d 06h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ATLAS-2 science platform |
| 55 | 26 April 1993 14:50:00 UTC 10:50:00 EDT | STS-55 | Columbia | 7 | 09d 23h | LC-39A | Edwards | Spacelab-D2 Mission funded by Germany |
| 56 | 21 June 1993 13:07:22 UTC 09:07:22 EDT | STS-57 | Endeavour | 6 | 09d 23h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Scientific Experiments aboard the SPACEHAB module Retrieval of EURECA |
| 57 | 12 September 1993 11:45:00 UTC 07:45:00 EDT | STS-51 | Discovery | 5 | 09d 20h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ACTS satellite deployed Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer with IMAX camera deployed First night landing at Kennedy Space Center |
| 58 | 18 October 1993 14:53:10 UTC 10:53:10 EDT | STS-58 | Columbia | 7 | 14d 00h | LC-39B | Edwards | Spacelab mission |
| 59 | 2 December 1993 09:27:00 UTC 04:27:00 EST | STS-61 | Endeavour | 7 | 10d 19h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | First Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission |
| 60 | 3 February 1994 12:10:00 UTC 07:10:00 EST | STS-60 | Discovery | 6 | 07d 06h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | SPACEHAB Wake Shield Facility First Russian cosmonaut to fly on the Space Shuttle, Sergei Krikalev |
| 61 | 4 March 1994 13:53:00 UTC 08:53:00 EST | STS-62 | Columbia | 5 | 13d 23h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Microgravity experiments |
| 62 | 9 April 1994 11:05:00 UTC 07:05:00 EDT | STS-59 | Endeavour | 6 | 11d 05h | LC-39A | Edwards | Experiments aboard Shuttle Radar Laboratory-1 |
| 63 | 8 July 1994 04:43:00 UTC 00:43:00 EDT | STS-65 | Columbia | 7 | 14d 17h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Spacelab mission First Japanese woman in space, Chiaki Mukai |
| 64 | 9 September 1994 22:22:05 UTC 18:22:05 EDT | STS-64 | Discovery | 6 | 10d 22h | LC-39B | Edwards | Multiple science experiments SPARTAN |
| 65 | 30 September 1994 11:16:00 UTC 07:16:00 EDT | STS-68 | Endeavour | 6 | 11d 05h | LC-39A | Edwards | Experiments aboard Space Radar Laboratory-2 |
| 66 | 3 November 1994 16:59:43 UTC 11:59:43 EST | STS-66 | Atlantis | 6 | 10d 22h | LC-39B | Edwards | ATLAS-3 science platform |
| 67 | 3 February 1995 05:22:04 UTC 00:22:04 EST | STS-63 | Discovery | 6 | 08d 06h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Mir rendezvous SPACEHAB IMAX camera First female Space Shuttle pilot, Eileen Collins |
| 68 | 2 March 1995 06:38:13 UTC 01:38:13 EST | STS-67 | Endeavour | 7 | 16d 15h | LC-39A | Edwards | ASTRO-2 Deployment |
| 69 | 27 June 1995 19:32:19 UTC 15:32:19 EDT | STS-71 | Atlantis | 7/8 | 09d 19h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | First Shuttle-Mir docking |
| 70 | 13 July 1995 13:41:55 UTC 09:41:55 EDT | STS-70 | Discovery | 5 | 08d 22h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS-G) deployment |
| 71 | 7 September 1995 15:09:00 UTC 11:09:00 EDT | STS-69 | Endeavour | 5 | 10d 20h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Wake Shield Facility SPARTAN |
| 72 | 20 October 1995 13:53:00 UTC 09:53:00 EDT | STS-73 | Columbia | 7 | 15d 21h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Spacelab mission |
| 73 | 12 November 1995 12:30:43 UTC 07:30:43 EST | STS-74 | Atlantis | 5 | 08d 04h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Second Shuttle-Mir docking Delivered docking module Delivered IMAX cargo bay camera |
| 74 | 11 January 1996 09:41:00 UTC 04:41:00 EST | STS-72 | Endeavour | 6 | 08d 22h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Retrieved Japan's Space Flyer Unit 2 Extravehicular activities |
| 75 | 22 February 1996 20:18:00 UTC 15:18:00 EST | STS-75 | Columbia | 7 | 15d 17h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Tethered satellite reflight, lost due to broken tether |
| 76 | 22 March 1996 08:13:04 UTC 03:13:04 EST | STS-76 | Atlantis | 6/5 | 09d 05h | LC-39B | Edwards | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| 77 | 19 May 1996 10:30:00 UTC 06:30:00 EDT | STS-77 | Endeavour | 6 | 10d 00h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | SPACEHAB SPARTAN |
| 78 | 20 June 1996 14:49:00 UTC 10:49:00 EDT | STS-78 | Columbia | 7 | 16d 21h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Spacelab mission |
| 79 | 16 September 1996 08:54:49 UTC 04:54:49 EDT | STS-79 | Atlantis | 6/6 | 10d 03h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| 80 | 19 November 1996 19:55:47 UTC 14:55:47 EST | STS-80 | Columbia | 5 | 17d 15h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Wake Shield Facility Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (ORFEUS) II Longest Space Shuttle mission flown Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five Space Shuttle orbiters |
| 81 | 12 January 1997 09:27:23 UTC 04:27:23 EST | STS-81 | Atlantis | 6/6 | 10d 04h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| 82 | 11 February 1997 08:55:17 UTC 03:55:17 EST | STS-82 | Discovery | 7 | 09d 23h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
| 83 | 4 April 1997 19:20:32 UTC 14:20:32 EST | STS-83 | Columbia | 7 | 03d 23h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Spacelab mission Truncated due to fuel cell problem Second female Space Shuttle pilot, Susan L. Still |
| 84 | 15 May 1997 08:07:48 UTC 04:07:48 EDT | STS-84 | Atlantis | 7/7 | 09d 05h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| 85 | 1 July 1997 18:02:00 UTC 14:02:00 EDT | STS-94 | Columbia | 7 | 15d 16h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Spacelab mission Reflight of STS-83 |
| 86 | 7 August 1997 14:41:00 UTC 10:41:00 EDT | STS-85 | Discovery | 6 | 11d 20h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Deployed and retrieved Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA-SPAS) |
| 87 | 25 September 1997 14:34:19 UTC 10:34:19 EDT | STS-86 | Atlantis | 7/7 | 10d 19h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| 88 | 19 November 1997 19:46:00 UTC 14:46:00 EST | STS-87 | Columbia | 6 | 15d 16h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Microgravity experiments 2 Extravehicular activities SPARTAN First spaceflight by a woman of Indian origin, Kalpana Chawla First Ukrainian astronaut, Leonid Kadeniuk |
| 89 | 22 January 1998 02:48:15 UTC 21:48:15 EST | STS-89 | Endeavour | 7/7 | 08d 19h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Shuttle-Mir docking |
| 90 | 17 April 1998 18:19:00 UTC 14:19:00 EDT | STS-90 | Columbia | 7 | 15d 21h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Spacelab mission |
| 91 | 2 June 1998 22:06:24 UTC 18:06:24 EDT | STS-91 | Discovery | 6/7 | 09d 19h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Last Shuttle-Mir docking |
| 92 | 29 October 1998 19:19:34 UTC 14:19:34 EST | STS-95 | Discovery | 7 | 08d 21h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | SPACEHAB John Glenn flies again |
| 93 | 4 December 1998 08:35:34 UTC 03:35:34 EST | STS-88 | Endeavour | 6 | 11d 19h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 2A: Node 1 First Shuttle ISS assembly flight |
| 94 | 27 May 1999 10:49:42 UTC 06:49:42 EDT | STS-96 | Discovery | 7 | 09d 19h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS supply |
| 95 | 23 July 1999 04:31:00 UTC 00:31:00 EDT | STS-93 | Columbia | 5 | 04d 22h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Chandra X-ray Observatory deployed First female Space Shuttle commander, Eileen Collins |
| 96 | 19 December 1999 00:50:00 UTC 19:50:00 EST | STS-103 | Discovery | 7 | 07d 23h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | Hubble Space Telescope servicing |
| 97 | 11 February 2000 16:43:40 UTC 12:43:40 EDT | STS-99 | Endeavour | 6 | 11d 05h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
| 98 | 19 May 2000 10:11:10 UTC 06:11:10 EDT | STS-101 | Atlantis | 7 | 09d 21h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS supply |
| 99 | 8 September 2000 12:45:47 UTC 08:45:47 EDT | STS-106 | Atlantis | 7 | 11d 19h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS supply |
| 100 | 11 October 2000 23:17:00 UTC 18:17:00 EST | STS-92 | Discovery | 7 | 12d 21h | LC-39A | Edwards | ISS assembly flight 3A: Z1 truss Third female Space Shuttle pilot, Pamela Melroy |
| 101 | 30 November 2000 03:06:01 UTC 22:06:01 EST | STS-97 | Endeavour | 5 | 10d 19h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 4A: P6 solar arrays, radiators 100th successful mission |
| 102 | 7 February 2001 23:13:02 UTC 18:13:02 EST | STS-98 | Atlantis | 5 | 12d 21h | LC-39A | Edwards | ISS assembly flight 5A: Destiny lab |
| 103 | 8 March 2001 11:42:09 UTC 06:42:09 EST | STS-102 | Discovery | 7/7 | 12d 19h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS supply and crew rotation |
| 104 | 19 April 2001 18:40:42 UTC 14:40:42 EDT | STS-100 | Endeavour | 7 | 11d 21h | LC-39A | Edwards | ISS assembly flight 6A: robotic arm First spacewalk by a Canadian, Chris Hadfield |
| 105 | 12 July 2001 09:03:59 UTC 05:03:59 EDT | STS-104 | Atlantis | 5 | 12d 18h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 7A: Quest Joint Airlock |
| 106 | 10 August 2001 21:10:14 UTC 17:10:14 EDT | STS-105 | Discovery | 7/7 | 11d 21h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS supply and crew rotation |
| 107 | 5 December 2001 22:19:28 UTC 17:19:28 EST | STS-108 | Endeavour | 7/7 | 11d 19h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS supply and crew rotation |
| 108 | 1 March 2002 11:22:02 UTC 06:22:02 EST | STS-109 | Columbia | 7 | 10d 22h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Hubble Space Telescope servicing Last successful mission for Columbia |
| 109 | 8 April 2002 20:44:19 UTC 16:44:19 EDT | STS-110 | Atlantis | 7 | 10d 19h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 8A: S0 truss Jerry L. Ross becomes the first astronaut to make seven spaceflights |
| 110 | 5 June 2002 21:22:49 UTC 17:22:49 EDT | STS-111 | Endeavour | 7/7 | 13d 20h | LC-39A | Edwards | ISS supply and crew rotation Mobile Base System Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the second astronaut to make seven spaceflights |
| 111 | 7 October 2002 19:45:51 UTC 15:45:51 EDT | STS-112 | Atlantis | 6 | 10d 19h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 9A: S1 truss |
| 112 | 23 November 2002 00:49:47 UTC 19:49:47 EST | STS-113 | Endeavour | 7/7 | 13d 18h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 11A: P1 truss, crew rotation Last successful mission before STS-107 |
| 113 | 16 January 2003 15:39:00 UTC 10:39:00 EST | STS-107 | Columbia | 7 | 15d 22h | LC-39A | Did not land | SPACEHAB First Israeli in space, Ilan Ramon Re-entry breakup disintegrated the orbiter and killed crew |
| 114 | 26 July 2005 14:39:00 UTC 10:39:00 EDT | STS-114 | Discovery | 7 | 13d 21h | LC-39B | Edwards | First post Columbia flight Flight safety Evaluation/testing ISS supply/repair MPLM Raffaello |
| 115 | 4 July 2006 18:37:55 UTC 14:37:55 EDT | STS-121 | Discovery | 7/6 | 12d 18h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS Flight ULF1.1: supply and crew rotation MPLM Leonardo |
| 116 | 9 September 2006 15:14:55 UTC 11:14:55 EDT | STS-115 | Atlantis | 6 | 11d 19h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 12A: P3/P4 Truss, Solar Arrays |
| 117 | 9 December 2006 24:47:35 UTC 20:47:35 EDT | STS-116 | Discovery | 7/7 | 12d 21h | LC-39B | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 12A.1: P5 Truss & SPACEHAB-SM Crew rotation Final Space Shuttle launch from LC-39B |
| 118 | 8 June 2007 23:38:04 UTC 19:38:04 EDT | STS-117 | Atlantis | 7/7 | 13d 20h | LC-39A | Edwards | ISS assembly flight 13A: S3/S4 Truss, Solar Arrays Crew rotation |
| 119 | 8 August 2007 22:36:42 UTC 18:36:42 EDT | STS-118 | Endeavour | 7 | 12d 18h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 13A.1: S5 Truss & SPACEHAB-SM & ESP-3 First use of Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS) |
| 120 | 23 October 2007 15:38:19 UTC 11:38:19 EDT | STS-120 | Discovery | 7/7 | 15d 02h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 10A: US Harmony module Crew rotation Second female Space Shuttle commander, Pamela Melroy |
| 121 | 7 February 2008 19:45:30 UTC 14:45:30 EST | STS-122 | Atlantis | 7/7 | 12d 18h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 1E: European Laboratory Columbus Crew rotation |
| 122 | 11 March 2008 06:28:14 UTC 02:28:14 EDT | STS-123 | Endeavour | 7/7 | 15d 18h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 1J/A: Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section (ELM PS) & SPDM Crew rotation |
| 123 | 31 May 2008 21:02:12 UTC 17:02:12 EDT | STS-124 | Discovery | 7/7 | 13d 18h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 1J: Japanese modules Kibo and RMS |
| 124 | 14 November 2008 24:55:39 UTC 19:55:39 EST | STS-126 | Endeavour | 7/7 | 15d 20h | LC-39A | Edwards | ISS assembly flight ULF2: MPLM Leonardo Crew rotation |
| 125 | 15 March 2009 23:43:44 UTC 19:43:44 EDT | STS-119 | Discovery | 7/7 | 12d 19h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 15A: S6 Truss, Solar Arrays |
| 126 | 11 May 2009 18:01:56 UTC 14:01:56 EDT | STS-125 | Atlantis | 7 | 12d 21h | LC-39A | Edwards | Last Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission Final Non-ISS flight |
| 127 | 15 July 2009 22:03:10 UTC 18:03:10 EDT | STS-127 | Endeavour | 7/7 | 15d 16h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 2J/A: Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (EF) and ELM ES |
| 128 | 28 August 2009 03:59:37 UTC 23:59:37 EDT | STS-128 | Discovery | 7/7 | 13d 21h | LC-39A | Edwards | ISS assembly flight 17A: MPLM Leonardo Crew rotation Final landing at Edwards AFB |
| 129 | 16 November 2009 19:28:01 UTC 14:28:01 EST | STS-129 | Atlantis | 6/7 | 10d 19h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight ULF3: ExPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELCs) 1 & 2 Final Space Shuttle mission to perform a crew rotation |
| 130 | 8 February 2010 09:14:07 UTC 04:14:07 EST | STS-130 | Endeavour | 6 | 13d 18h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 20A: Node 3 and Cupola |
| 131 | 5 April 2010 10:21:25 UTC 06:21:25 EDT | STS-131 | Discovery | 7 | 15d 03h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight 19A: Utility and Logistics Flight 4: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo Last night launch of the Shuttle Program Final Space Shuttle mission with rookie astronauts |
| 132 | 14 May 2010 18:20:09 UTC 14:20:09 EDT | STS-132 | Atlantis | 6 | 11d 18h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight ULF4: Mini-Research Module 1 |
| 133 | 24 February 2011 21:53:24 UTC 16:53:24 EST | STS-133 | Discovery | 6 | 12d 19h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight ULF5, Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo, ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 Final flight of Discovery Final daytime landing of the Shuttle Program |
| 134 | 16 May 2011 12:56:28 UTC 08:56:28 EDT | STS-134 | Endeavour | 6 | 15d 18h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | ISS assembly flight ULF6, ELC 3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Final flight of Endeavour |
| 135 | 8 July 2011 15:29:04 UTC 11:29:04 EDT | STS-135 | Atlantis | 4 | 12d 18h | LC-39A | Kennedy SLF | Payload Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello Final flight of Atlantis Final flight of the Space Shuttle program |

## Shuttle missions
### Canceled missions

One initial emergency flight abort (RTLS) sub-orbital test mission was canceled due to high risk. Many other planned missions were canceled due to the late development of the shuttle, and the Challenger and Columbia disasters.
Four missions were cut short by a day or more while in orbit: STS-2 (equipment failure), STS-35 (weather), STS-44 (equipment failure), and STS-83 (equipment failure, relaunched as STS-94).

### Contingency missions

STS-300 was the designation for the Space Shuttle Launch on Need (LON) missions to be launched on short notice for STS-114 and STS-121, in the event that the shuttle became disabled or damaged and could not safely return to Earth. The rescue flight for STS-115, if needed, would have been STS-301. After STS-115, the rescue mission designations were based on the corresponding regular mission that would be replaced should the rescue mission be needed. For example, the STS-116 rescue mission was branded STS-317, because the normal mission scheduled after STS-116 was STS-117. Should the rescue mission have been needed, the crew and vehicle for STS-117 would assume the rescue mission profile and become STS-317. All potential rescue missions were to be launched with a crew of four, and would return with ten or eleven crew members, depending on the number of crew launched on the rescued shuttle. Missions were expected to last approximately eleven days. None of the planned contingency missions were ever flown.
No contingency mission was planned for STS-135, the final shuttle mission. Instead, NASA planned to effect any required rescues one-by-one, using Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
| Flight | Rescue flight |
| STS-114 (Discovery) | STS-300 (Atlantis) |
| STS-121 (Discovery) | STS-300 (Atlantis) |
| STS-115 (Atlantis) | STS-301 (Discovery) |
| STS-116 (Discovery) | STS-317 (Atlantis) |
| STS-117 (Atlantis) | STS-318 (Endeavour) |
| STS-118 (Endeavour) | STS-322 (Discovery) |
| STS-120 (Discovery) | STS-320 (Atlantis) |
| STS-122 (Atlantis) | STS-323 (Discovery) |
| STS-123 (Endeavour) | STS-324 (Discovery) |
| STS-124 (Discovery) | STS-326 (Endeavour) |
| STS-125 (Atlantis) | STS-400 (Endeavour) |
| STS-134 (Endeavour) | STS-335 (Atlantis) |

## Flight statistics
### Orbiters

Key :
| ‡ | Test vehicle |
| † | Lost |
| Shuttle | Designation | Flights | Flight time | Orbits | Longest flight | First flight | First flight | Last flight | Last flight | Mir dockings | ISS dockings | Sources |
| Shuttle | Designation | Flights | Flight time | Orbits | Longest flight | Flight | Date | Flight | Date | Mir dockings | ISS dockings | Sources |
| Enterprise ‡ | OV-101 | 5 | 00d 00h 19m | — | 00d 00h 05m | ALT-12 | 12 August 1977 | ALT-16 | 26 October 1977 | — | — | |
| Columbia † | OV-102 | 28 | 300d 17h 47m 15s | 4,808 | 17d 15h 53m 18s | STS-1 | 12 April 1981 | STS-107 | 16 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | |
| Challenger † | OV-099 | 10 | 62d 07h 56m 15s | 995 | 08d 05h 23m 33s | STS-6 | 4 April 1983 | STS-51-L | 28 January 1986 | 0 | 0 | |
| Discovery | OV-103 | 39 | 364d 22h 39m 29s | 5,830 | 15d 02h 48m 08s | STS-41-D | 30 August 1984 | STS-133 | 24 February 2011 | 1 | 13 | |
| Atlantis | OV-104 | 33 | 306d 14h 12m 43s | 4,848 | 13d 20h 12m 44s | STS-51-J | 3 October 1985 | STS-135 | 8 July 2011 | 7 | 12 | |
| Endeavour | OV-105 | 25 | 296d 03h 34m 02s | 4,677 | 16d 15h 08m 48s | STS-49 | 7 May 1992 | STS-134 | 16 May 2011 | 1 | 12 | |
| Total | Total | 135 | 1,330d 18h 9m 44s | 21,158 | | | | | | 9 | 37 | |

### Flights

* Enterprise
* Columbia
* Challenger
* Discovery
* Atlantis
* Endeavour