KEY Each line shows one of the 135 space shuttle missions. Roll over any line for mission details. Colors show the type of mission or payload:



Department of Defense

Spacelab

Hubble Space Telescope

Russia’s Mir space station

International Space Station

Other missions Each line shows one of the 135 space shuttle missions. Roll over any line for mission details. Colors show the type of mission or payload:Department of DefenseSpacelabHubble Space TelescopeRussia’s Mir space stationInternational Space StationOther missions

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Flight tests

First shuttle mission

First Dept. of Defense payload

First Spacelab mission

Fuel cell problem, mission cut short

Final Spacelab mission

Loss of Columbia

First shuttle spacewalk

First American woman in space

First satellite rescue

Loss of the Challenger

First aborted shuttle launching

First politician in space

Return to flight after Challenger

Hubble telescope deployed

Final mission for the Dept. of Defense

Final shuttle docking with Mir

John Glenn flies again

Return to flight after Columbia

Harmony module added to I.S.S.

I.S.S. at full power

First time four women are in space

Magellan probe

Galileo probe

I.S.S. assembly resumes

Final Hubble servicing

Final shuttle mission landed on July 21

First 3-person spacewalk

First shuttle assembly flight to I.S.S.

I.S.S. complete