Space Shuttle Program

Space Shuttle Program Overview

Space Shuttle Mission Index By Year:

1977

Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests

1981

STS-1 (Columbia)

Crippen and Young
First Space Shuttle Orbital Test Flight

STS-2 (Columbia)

Engle and Truly
Second Space Shuttle Orbital Test Flight/OSTA-1

1982

STS-3 (Columbia)

Lousma and Fullerton
Third Space Shuttle Orbital Test Flight/OSS-1

STS-4 (Columbia)

Mattingly and Hartsfield
Fourth Space Shuttle Orbital Test Flight/DOD/CFES

STS-5 (Columbia)

Brand, Overmyer, Allen, Lenoir
First Operational Space Shuttle Flight/ANIK-C3/SBS-C

1983

STS-6 (Challenger)

Weitz, Bobko, Peterson, Musgrave
First Spacewalk From Space Shuttle/TDRS-1

STS-7 (Challenger)

Crippen, Hauck, Fabian, Ride, Thagard
First U.S. Woman In Space/ANIK-C2/PALAPA-B1

STS-8 (Challenger)

Truly, Brandenstein, Gardner, Bluford, Thornton
First Space Shuttle Night Launch And Landing/INSAT-1B

STS-9 (Columbia)

Young, Shaw, Garriott, Parker, Lichtenberg, Merbold
First Flight Of Spacelab Module/SPACELAB-1

1984

STS-41B (Challenger)

Brand, Gibson, McCandless, NcNair, Stewart
First Untethered Spacewalk/WESTAR-VI/PALAPA-B2

STS-41C (Challenger)

Crippen, Scobee, Nelson, van Hoften, Hart
Repair Of Solar Max Satellite/LDEF Deployment

STS-41D (Discovery)

Hartsfield, Coats, Resnik, Mullane, Hawley, Walker
First Launch Pad Abort/SBS-D/SYNCOM-IV2/TELSTAR

STS-41G (Challenger)

Crippen, McBride, Leestma, Ride, Sullivan, Scully-Power, Garneau
First U.S. Spacewalk By Woman/ERBS/OSTA-3

STS-51A (Discovery)

Hauck, Walker, Fisher, Gardner, Allen
Deployment Of TELESAT-H/SYNCOM-IV1/Retrieval Of PALAPA-B2/WESTAR-VI

1985

STS-51C (Discovery)

Mattingly, Shriver, Buchli, Onizuka, Payton
Classified Department Of Defense Mission

STS-51D (Discovery)

Bobko, Williams, Seddon, Griggs, Hoffman, Walker, Garn
Carried U.S. Senator Jake Garn/TELESAT-I/SYNCOM-IV3

STS-51B (Challenger)

Overmyer, Gregory, Lind, Thagard, Thornton, van den Berg, Wang
SPACELAB-3/Carried Two Monkeys And 24 Rodents

STS-51G (Discovery)

Brandenstein, Creighton, Lucid, Nagel, Fabian, Baudry, Al-Saud
Carried Saudi Arabian Prince/MORELOS-A/ARABSAT-A/TELSTAR-3D

STS-51F (Challenger)

Fullerton, Bridges, Musgrave, Henize, England, Acton, Bartoe
First Space Shuttle Abort To Orbit/SPACELAB-2

STS-51I (Discovery)

Engle, Covey, van Hoften, Lounge, Fisher
Deployment Of ASC-1/AUSSAT-1/SYNCOM-IV4/Repair Of LEASAT-3

STS-51J (Atlantis)

Bobko, Grabe, Stewart, Hilmers, Pailes
Classified Department Of Defense Mission

STS-61A (Challenger)

Hartsfield, Nagel, Buchli, Bluford, Dunbar, Furrer, Messerschmid, Ockels
SPACELAB-D1/Managed By German Space Agency

STS-61B (Atlantis)

Shaw, O'Connor, Cleave, Spring, Ross, Neri-Vela, Walker
Space Station Construction Methods/MORELOS-B/AUSSAT-2/SATCOM-KU2

1986

STS-61C (Columbia)

Gibson, Bolden, Chang-Diaz, Hawley, Nelson, Cenker, Nelson
Carried U.S. Representative Bill Nelson/SATCOM-KU1

STS-51L (Challenger)

Scobee, Smith, Resnik, Onizuka, McNair, McAuliffe, Jarvis
Explosion 73 Seconds After Launch Claimed Vehicle And Crew

1988

STS-26 (Discovery)

Hauck, Covey, Lounge, Hilmers, Nelson
Space Shuttle Return To Flight/TDRS-C

STS-27 (Atlantis)

Gibson, Gardner, Mullane, Ross, Shepherd
Classified Department Of Defense Mission

1989

STS-29 (Discovery)

Coats, Blaha, Buchli, Springer, Bagian
TDRS-D

STS-30 (Atlantis)

Walker, Grabe, Thagard, Cleave, Lee
Deployment Of MAGELLAN Space Probe To Venus

STS-28 (Columbia)

Shaw, Richards, Leestma, Adamson, Brown
Classified Department Of Defense Mission

STS-34 (Atlantis)

Williams, McCulley, Baker, Chang-Diaz, Lucid
Deployment Of GALILEO Space Probe To Jupiter/SSBUV

STS-33 (Discovery)

Gregory, Blaha, Musgrave, Thornton, Carter
Classified Department Of Defense Mission

1990

STS-32 (Columbia)

Brandenstein, Wetherbee, Dunbar, Ivins, Low
Deployment Of SYNCOM-IVF5/Retrieval Of LDEF

STS-36 (Atlantis)

Creighton, Casper, Hilmers, Mullane, Thuot
Classified Department Of Defense Mission

STS-31 (Discovery)

Shriver, Bolden, Hawley, McCandless, Sullivan
Deployment Of HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

STS-41 (Discovery)

Richards, Cabana, Shepherd, Melnick, Akers
Deployment Of ULYSSES Solar Probe/SSBUV/ISAC

STS-38 (Atlantis)

Covey, Culbertson, Gemar, Meade, Springer
Classified Department Of Defense Mission

STS-35 (Columbia)

Brand, Gardner, Hoffman, Lounge, Parker, Parise, Durrance
ASTRO-1

1991

STS-37 (Atlantis)

Nagel, Cameron, Apt, Godwin, Ross
GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY

STS-39 (Discovery)

Coats, Hammond, Bluford, Hieb, Harbaugh, McMonagle, Lacy-Veach
Classified Department Of Defense Mission/AFP-675/IBSS/SPAS-II

STS-40 (Columbia)

O'Connor, Gutierrez, Bagian, Jernigan, Seddon, Gaffney, Hughes-Fulford
SPACELAB LIFE SCIENCES-1

STS-43 (Atlantis)

Blaha, Baker, Adamson, Low, Lucid
TDRS-E/SSBUV/SHARE-II

STS-48 (Discovery)

Creighton, Reightler, Brown, Gemar, Buchli
UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITE

STS-44 (Atlantis)

Gregory, Henricks, Runco, Voss, Musgrave, Hennen
Classified Department Of Defense Mission/DSP

1992

STS-42 (Discovery)

Grabe, Oswald, Readdy, Thagard, Hilmers, Bondar, Merbold
INTERNATIONAL MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY-1

STS-45 (Atlantis)

Bolden, Duffy, Sullivan, Leestma, Foale, Frimout, Lichtenberg
ATLAS-1

STS-49 (Endeavour)

Brandenstein, Chilton, Melnick, Akers, Hieb, Thornton, Thuot
Repair And Redeployment Of INTELSAT-VI

STS-50 (Columbia)

Richards, Bowersox, Dunbar, Meade, Baker, DeLucas, Trinh
U.S. MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY-1

STS-46 (Atlantis)

Shriver, Allen, Hoffman, Chang-Diaz, Ivins, Nicollier, Malerba
TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEM-1/Deployment Of EURECA

STS-47 (Endeavour)

Gibson, Brown, Lee, Davis, Jemison, Mohri
1st Married Couple In Space/SPACELAB-J/Managed By Japanese Space Agency

STS-52 (Columbia)

Wetherbee, Baker, Lacy-Veach, Jernigan, Shepherd, MacLean
U.S. MICROGRAVITY PAYLOAD-1/LAGEOS-II

STS-53 (Discovery)

Walker, Cabana, Bluford, Voss, Clifford
Classified Department Of Defense Mission/ODERACS

1993

STS-54 (Endeavour)

Casper, McMonagle, Runco, Harbaugh, Helms
TDRS-F/DXS

STS-56 (Discovery)

Cameron, Oswald, Cockrell, Foale, Ochoa
ATLAS-2/SPARTAN-201-01

STS-55 (Columbia)

Nagel, Henricks, Ross, Precourt, Harris, Walter, Schlegel
SPACELAB-D2/Managed By German Space Agency

STS-57 (Endeavour)

Grabe, Duffy, Low, Sherlock, Voss, Wisoff
SPACEHAB-1/Retrieval Of EURECA

STS-51 (Discovery)

Culbertson, Readdy, Newman, Bursch, Walz
ACTS-TOS/ORFEUS-SPAS

STS-58 (Columbia)

Blaha, Searfoss, Seddon, McArthur, Wolf, Lucid, Fettman
SPACELAB LIFE SCIENCES-2

STS-61 (Endeavour)

Covey, Bowersox, Musgrave, Hoffman, Thornton, Akers, Nicollier
First Mission To Service The HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

1994

STS-60 (Discovery)

Bolden, Reightler, Chang-Diaz, Davis, Sega, Krikalev
First Russian To Fly On Space Shuttle/WSF-1/SPACEHAB-2

STS-62 (Columbia)

Casper, Allen, Gemar, Ivins, Thuot
U.S. MICROGRAVITY PAYLOAD-2/OAST-2

STS-59 (Endeavour)

Gutierrez, Chilton, Godwin, Apt, Clifford, Jones
SPACE RADAR LABORATORY-1

STS-65 (Columbia)

Cabana, Halsell, Hieb, Thomas, Walz, Chiao, Niato-Mukai
INTERNATIONAL MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY-2

STS-64 (Discovery)

Richards, Hammond, Helms, Meade, Lee, Linenger
LITE/SPARTAN-201-02

STS-68 (Endeavour)

Baker, Wilcutt, Jones, Bursch, Wisoff, Smith
SPACE RADAR LABORATORY-2

STS-66 (Atlantis)

McMonagle, Brown, Ochoa, Tanner, Parazynski, Clervoy
ATLAS-3/CRISTA-SPAS

1995

STS-63 (Discovery)

Wetherbee, Collins, Harris, Foale, Voss, Titov
1st Female Space Shuttle Pilot/1st Mir Rendezvous/SPACEHAB-3

STS-67 (Endeavour)

Oswald, Gregory, Jernigan, Lawrence, Grunsfeld, Durrance, Parise
ASTRO-2

STS-71 (Atlantis)

Gibson, Precourt, Baker, Harbaugh, Dunbar, Thagard
First Mir Docking/Mir 19 Crew Embarked/Mir 18 Crew And Thagard Returned

STS-70 (Discovery)

Henricks, Kregel, Currie, Thomas, Weber
TDRS-G

STS-69 (Endeavour)

Walker, Cockrell, Voss, Gernhardt, Newman
SPARTAN-201-03/WSF-2

STS-73 (Columbia)

Bowersox, Rominger, Thornton, Coleman, Lopez-Alegria, Leslie, Sacco
U.S. MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY-2

STS-74 (Atlantis)

Cameron, Halsell, Hadfield, Ross, McArthur
Second Mir Docking

1996

STS-72 (Endeavour)

Duffy, Jett, Barry, Chiao, Scott, Wakata
SPACE FLYER UNIT/OAST-FLYER

STS-75 (Columbia)

Allen, Horowitz, Chang-Diaz, Hoffman, Cheli, Nicollier, Guidoni
TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEM-1R/U.S. MICROGRAVITY PAYLOAD-3

STS-76 (Atlantis)

Chilton, Searfoss, Sega, Clifford, Godwin, Lucid
Third Mir Docking/Lucid Embarked To Mir

STS-77 (Endeavour)

Casper, Brown, Thomas, Bursch, Runco, Garneau
SPACEHAB-4/SPARTAN-IAE

STS-78 (Columbia)

Henricks, Kregel, Helms, Linnehan, Brady, Favier, Thirsk
LIFE AND MICROGRAVITY SPACELAB

STS-79 (Atlantis)

Readdy, Wilcutt, Akers, Apt, Walz, Blaha, Lucid
Fourth Mir Docking/Blaha Embarked/Lucid Returned

STS-80 (Columbia)

Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave
ORFEUS-SPAS II/WSF-3

1997

STS-81 (Atlantis)

Baker, Jett, Wisoff, Grunsfeld, Ivins, Linenger, Blaha
Fifth Space Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission

STS-82 (Discovery)

Bowersox, Horowitz, Lee, Hawley, Harbaugh, Smith, Tanner
Second Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission

STS-83 (Columbia)

Halsell, Still, Voss, Gernhardt, Thomas, Crouch, Linteris
MSL-1 Flight Cut Short Due To Faulty Fuel Cell

STS-84 (Atlantis)

Precourt, Collins, Clervoy, Noriega, Lu, Kondakova, Foale, Linenger
Sixth Space Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission

STS-94 (Columbia)

Halsell, Still, Voss, Gernhardt, Thomas, Crouch, Linteris
Re-flight Of STS-83, First Re-flight Of Same Payload And Crew, MSL-1

STS-85 (Discovery)

Brown, Rominger, Davis, Curbeam, Robinson, Tryggvason
CRISTA-SPAS-02

STS-86 (Atlantis)

Wetherbee, Bloomfield, Chretien, Lawrence, Parazynski, Titov, Wolf, Foale
Seventh Space Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission

STS-87 (Columbia)

Kregel, Lindsey, Chawla, Doi, Scott, Kadenyuk
USMP-4, SPARTAN-201 Rescue

1998

STS-89 (Endeavour)

Wilcutt, Edwards, Anderson, Dunbar, Reilly, Sharipov, Thomas, Wolf
Eighth Space Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission

STS-90 (Columbia)

Searfoss, Altman, Linnehan, Williams, Hire, Buckey, Pawelczyk
NEUROLAB

STS-91 (Discovery)

Precourt, Gorie, Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin, Thomas
Ninth And Final Space Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission

STS-95 (Discovery)

Brown, Lindsey, Parazynski, Robinson, Duque, Mukai, Glenn
SPACEHAB, Return To Space Of John Glenn

STS-88 (Endeavour)

Cabana, Sturckow, Currie, Ross, Newman, Krikalev
First Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station

1999

STS-96 (Discovery)

Rominger, Husband, Ochoa, Jernigan, Barry, Payette, Tokarev
Second Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station

STS-93 (Columbia)

Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini
Chandra X-ray Observatory, First Female Space Shuttle Commander

STS-103 (Discovery)

Brown, Kelly, Smith, Foale, Grunsfeld, Nicollier, Clervoy
Third Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission

2000

STS-99 (Endeavour)

Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

STS-101 (Atlantis)

Halsell, Horowitz, Weber, Williams, Voss, Helms, Usachev
Third Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station

STS-106 (Atlantis)

Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Mastracchio, Burbank, Malenchenko, Morukov
Fourth Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station

STS-92 (Discovery)

Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur
Fifth Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station

STS-97 (Endeavour)

Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau
Sixth Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station

2001

STS-98 (Atlantis)

Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
Seventh Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station

STS-102 (Discovery)

Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards, Voss, Helms, Usachev, Krikalev, Shepherd, Gidzenko
Eighth Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station/LEONARDO

STS-100 (Endeavour)

Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Phillips, Parazynski, Guidoni, Lonchakov
Ninth Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station/RAFFAELLO

STS-104 (Atlantis)

Lindsey, Hobaugh, Gernhardt, Reilly, Kavandi
Tenth Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station/JOINT AIRLOCK MODULE

STS-105 (Discovery)

Horowitz, Sturckow, Forrester, Barry, Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin, Usachev, Voss, Helms
Eleventh Space Shuttle Flight To International Space Station/LEONARDO

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