the Space Shuttle Fleet

 

         

 

 

 

Columbia

Challenger

Discovery

Atlantis

Endeavor

 

space missions

1997

Enterprise  

Never rated for space, made five free flights after being dropped by a B52

 

12 04 198101 02 2003 Columbia 28 flights

Destroyed while reentering atmosphere, craft and crew lost

 

04 04 198328 01 1986 Challenger 10 flights

Destroyed by explosion during takeoff, craft and crew lost

 

30 08 1984 Discovery 31 flights

Oldest shuttle still in service

 

03 10 1985 Atlantis 26 flights

Meant to be the last shuttle of the fleet..still in service

 

05 05 1992 Endeavor 19 flights

Built as a replacement for Challenger...still in service

 

these flight numbers as of  01 02 2003

more info at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/index.html
and http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/index.html

         

 

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