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 1981 -  01 02 2003 Columbia 28 flights

Destroyed while reentering atmosphere, craft and crew lost

 
04 04 1983 -  28 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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