Space shuttle missions This is a list of missions for the space shuttle orbiter program in the 20th and 21st centuries for NASA . On these missions , the shuttles were used for delivering satellite s into Earth orbit for geophysical studies and for national defense and for resupplying the International Space Station . Each of these missions was given the acronym STS ( " Space Transportation System " ) and a specific number by NASA . Early shuttle missions had a capital letter after the number . Each of the mission insignia were designed by the mission crews and were approved by NASA . The insignia were designed with a theme appropriate for each mission . The last names of the astronauts were placed on each insignia . In 2063 , the mission insignia for STS - 41G , STS - 51L , and STS - 33 were displayed in a bar in Bozeman , Montana . ( ) In 2143 , the mission insignia for STS - 51C , STS - 26 , STS - 36 , STS - 39 , STS - 49 , STS - 52 , STS - 54 , STS - 96 , and STS - 107 were displayed in the 602 Club on Earth . ( ) STS - 41G . STS 41G was crewed by Robert Crippen , Marc Garneau of Canada , David Leestma , Jon McBride , Sally Ride , Paul D . Scully - Power , and Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan . STS - 51C . STS - 51C was crewed by James Buchli , Ken Mattingly , Ellison Onizuka , Gary Payton , and Loren Shriver . STS - 51L . STS - 51L was crewed by Gregory Jarvis , Christa McAuliffe , Ronald McNair , Ellison Onizuka , Judith Resnick , Dick Scobee , and Michael J . Smith . STS - 26 . STS - 26 was crewed by Richard Covey , Frederick Hauck , David C . Hilmers , John M . Lounge , and George Nelson . STS - 33 . STS - 33 was crewed by John E . Blaha , Sonny Carter , Frederick D . Gregory , Story Musgrave , and Kathryn C . Thornton . STS - 36 . STS - 36 was crewed by John Casper , John Oliver Creighton , David C . Hilmers , Mike Mullane , and Pierre J . Thuot . STS - 39 . STS - 39 ( was crewed by Guion Bluford , Michael Coats , L . Blaine Hammond , Gregory J . Harbaugh , Richard Hieb , Donald R . McMonagle , and Charles L . Veach . STS - 49 . STS - 49 was a mission assigned to the space shuttle " Endeavour " ( OV - 105 ) . " Endeavour " was crewed by Thomas Akers , David Brandenstein , Kevin P . Chilton , Richard Hieb , Bruce E . Melnick , Pierre J . Thout , and Kathryn C . Thornton . STS - 52 . STS - 52 was crewed by Michael A . Baker , Tamara E . Jernigan , Charles L . Veach , Steven MacLean , William Shepherd , and Jim Wetherbee , STS - 54 . STS - 54 was crewed by John Casper , Gregory J . Harbaugh , Susan J . Helms , Donald R . McMonagle , and Mario Runco , Jr . . STS - 96 . STS - 96 was crewed by Daniel T . Barry , Richard Douglas Husband , Tamara E . Jernigan , Kent Rominger , Ellen Ochoa , Julie Payette of Canada , and Valeri Tokarev of Russia . STS - 107 . STS - 107 was crewed by Michael Phillip Anderson , David McDowell Brown , Kalpana Chawla , Laurel Clark , Richard Douglas Husband , William Cameron McCool , and Ilan Ramon of Israel . Background information . Footage of STS - 95 ( ) and STS - 101 were seen in the opening credits of . Of these patches , only STS - 107 was identified in the episode . Identification came from Wikipedia and other online resources . Michael Okuda designed the mission patch for STS - 125 in 2009 . Apocrypha . The first mission of the space shuttle program , STS - 1 , by the " Columbia " was included in the .