Space Shuttle

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Timeline

• Feb 18 1977 - Enterprise - first flight - attached to Shuttle Carrier Aircraft throughout flight
• Aug 12 1977 - Enterprise - First free flight
• Oct 12 1977 - Enterprise - First flight with no tailcone
• Oct 26 1977 - Enterprise - Last Enterprise flight
• Apr 12 1981 - STS-1 Columbia - First Columbia Flight
• Apr 4 1983 - [[STS-6] Challenger - First Challenger Flight
• Aug 30 1983 - STS-41-D - Discovery - First Discovery Flight
• Oct 3 1985 - STS-51-J - Atlantis - First Atlantis Flight
• Jan 23 1986 - Challenger - Challenger Disaster
• Sep 29 1988 - STS-26 - Discovery - First post-challenger mission
• May 7 1992 - STS-49 - Endeavour - First Endeavour flight
• Nov 19 1996 - STS-80 - Columbia - Largest Shuttle mission to date
• Oct 11 2000 - STS-92 - Discovery - 100th Space Shuttle Mission
• Feb 1 2003 - Columbia - Columbia Disaster
• Jul 25 2005 - STS-114 -Discovery - First post-Columbia mission

Shuttles

• Shuttle Enterprise
• Shuttle Columbia
• Shuttle Challenger
• Shuttle Discovery
• Shuttle Atlantis
• Shuttle Endeavour

Destinations

• MIR Spacestation
• International Space Station
• Hubbel Space Telescope

Space Probes Launched

• Magellan
• Galileo
• Ullyses

Orbital Observatories

• Hubbel Space Telescope
• Gamma Ray Observatory
• Chandra X-ray Observatory
• Spitzer Space Telescope - was going to be on Challenger, but then launched by rocket instead

Earth Satellites Launched

Commercial Satellites

• STS-5 - 2 HS-376 series communications satelites
• STS-6 - Tracking and Data Relay Satelite
• STS-7 - Anik C-2 for Teleset of Canada and Palapa B-1 for indonesia
• STS-7 - Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-I)

Support Vehicles

• 747 Carrier Aircraft - used to transport the shuttle in the air

Support Facilities

• Kennedy Space Center in Florida - Launch Pad
  • Launch Pad 39-A
• Edwards Air Force Base in California - landing strip
• White Sands Space Harbor in Las Cruces, New Mexico - Only landed here once

Missions

• Launch Comsats
• Other Satelite Launches
• Launch Space Probes
• Rotate Crew on Space Station
• Assemble Space Station
• Resupply Space Station
• Service Hubble Telescope