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History of NASA's space shuttle missions

Created by PostmediaNews on Jun 16, 2011

Last updated: 07/21/11 at 03:26 PM

• STS-135: Atlantis
  Jul 14, 2011

  Mission duration: 12 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes, 50 seconds Total miles: more than 5.2 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

• STS-134: Endeavour
  May 16, 2011

  Crew: Mark Kelly, commander; Gregory H. Johnson, pilot; Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency’s Roberto Vittori, all mission specialists Mission Duration: 16 days
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/main/index.html

• STS-133: Discovery
  Feb 24, 2011

  Crew: Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Nicole Stott, Steve Bowen and Michael Barratt, Commander Steve Lindsey and Pilot Eric Boe Mission Duration: 12 days, 19 hours, 4 minutes and 50 seconds
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/main/index.html

• STS-132: Atlantis
  May 14, 2010

  Crew: Commander Ken Ham, Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and Michael Good, Pilot Tony Antonelli, and Mission Specialists Piers Sellers and Steve Bowen Mission Duration: 11 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes, 9 seconds
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts132/main/index.html

• STS-131: Discovery
  Apr 5, 2010

  Crew: Commander Alan Poindexter, Pilot James P. Dutton Jr. and Mission Specialists Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Rick Mastracchio, Naoko Yamazaki, Clayton Anderson and Stephanie Wilson Mission Duration: 15 days, 2 hours, 47 minutes, 10 seconds
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts131/main/index.html

• STS-130: Endeavour
  Feb 8, 2010

  Crew: Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick, Pilot Terry Virts, Mission Specialists Robert Behnken and Kathryn Hire, Commander George Zamka and Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson Mission Duration: 13 days, 18 hours, 6 minutes, 24 seconds
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts130/main/index.html

• STS-129: Atlantis
  Nov 16, 2009

  Crew: Commander Charles Hobaugh, Mission Specialists Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert Satcher Jr. and Randy Bresnik, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialist Nicole Stott Mission Duration: 10 days, 19 hours, 16 minutes, 13 seconds
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/main/index.html

• STS-128: Discovery
  Aug 28, 2009

  Crew: Commander Rick Sturckow; Pilot Kevin Ford; Mission specialists José Hernández, John "Danny" Olivas, Nicole Stott, European Space Agency's Christer Fuglesang and Patrick Forrester Mission Duration: 13 days, 20 hours, 54 minutes
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts128/main/index.html

• STS-127: Endeavour
  Jul 15, 2009

  Crew: Commander Mark Polansky; Pilot Doug Hurley; Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Canadian Space Agency's Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn and Tim Kopra, all mission specialists Mission Duration: 15 days, 16 hours, 45 minutes
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts127/main/index.html

• STS-125: Atlantis
  May 11, 2009

  Crew: Michael J. Massimino, Michael T. Good, both mission specialists; Gregory C. Johnson, pilot; Scott D. Altman, commander; K. Megan McArthur, John M. Grunsfeld and Andrew J. Feustel, all mission specialists Mission Duration: 12 days, 21 hours, 37 minutes
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/main/index.html

• STS-119: Discovery
  Mar 15, 2009

  Crew: Lee Archambault, commande; Tony Antonelli, pilot; Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, all mission specialists Mission Duration: 12 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes, 33 secs
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts119/main/index.html

• STS-126: Endeavour
  Nov 14, 2008

  Crew: Christopher J. Ferguson, commander; Eric A. Boe, pilot; Sandra H. Magnus, Stephen G. Bowen, Donald R. Pettit, Robert S. (Shane) Kimbrough and Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, all mission specialists Mission Duration: 15 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes, 37 secs
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts126/main/index.html

• STS-124: Discovery
  May 31, 2008

  Crew: Karen Nyberg, Garrett Reisman, both mission specialists; Mark Kelly, commander; Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer; and Ken Ham, pilot; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum, all mission specialists Mission Duration: 13 days, 18 hours, 13 minutes, 7 secs
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts124/main/index.html

• STS-123: Endeavour
  Mar 11, 2008

  Crew: Commander Dominic Gorie, Mission Specialist Garrett Reisman, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialists Robert L. Behnken, Mike Foreman, Takao Doi and Rick Linnehan Mission Duration: 15 days, 18 hours
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts123/main/index.html

• STS-122: Atlantis
  Feb 7, 2008

  Crew: European Space Agency (ESA)  astronauts Hans Schlegel and Leopold  Eyharts and NASA astronaut Stanley G.  Love, all mission specialists; Stephe N.  Frick, commander; Alan G. Poindexter,  pilot; Leland D. Melvin and Rex J. Walheim, both mission  specialists Mission Duration: 13 days
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts122/main/

• STS-120: Discovery
  Oct 23, 2007

  Crew: Astronauts Pamela A. Melroy, Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; George D. Zamka, Douglas H. Wheelock, Scott E. Parazynski, Stephanie D. Wilson and European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli, all mission specialists Mission Duration: 15 days, 2 hours, 23 minutes
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/index.html

• STS-118: Endeavour
  Aug 8, 2007

  Crew: Astronauts Alvin Drew and Barbara R. Morgan, both mission specialists, astronaut Scott Kelly, commander, astronauts Charlie Hobaugh, pilot, astronauts Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio and the Canadian Space Agency's Dave Williams, all mission specialists Mission Duration: 12 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/main/index.html

• STS-117: Atlantis
  Jun 8, 2007

  Crew: Astronauts Pamela A. Melroy, STS-120 commander; Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; George D. Zamka, STS-120 pilot; Douglas H. Wheelock, Scott E. Parazynski, Stephanie D. Wilson and European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli, all mission specialists Mission Duration: 15 days, 2 hours, 23 minutes
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/index.html

• STS-116: Discovery
  Dec 9, 2006

  Crew: Astronauts Bill Oefelein, pilot; Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, mission specialists. Astronauts Mark Polansky, commander; Sunita Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer; ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang and Robert Curbeam, mission specialists Landing: Dec. 22, 2006
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts116/launch/sts116_summary.html

• STS-115: Atlantis
  Sep 9, 2006

  Crew: Astronauts Brent W. Jett, Jr and Christopher J. Ferguson, commander and pilot. The mission specialists are astronauts Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank, and Steven G. MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency. Mission Duration: 11 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes Miles Traveled: 4.9 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-115.html

• STS-121: Discovery
  Jul 4, 2006

  Crew: Mission Specialists Stephanie D. Wilson and Michael E. Fossum, Commander Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Piers J. Sellers, Pilot Mark E. Kelly, and Mission Specialists Thomas Reiter and Lisa M. Nowak Mission Duration: 12 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes and 54 seconds Miles Traveled: 5.3 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-121.html

• STS-114: Discovery
  Jul 26, 2005

  Crew: Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot James Kelly, Mission Specialists Charles Camarda, Wendy Lawrence, Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson and Andrew Thomas Mission Duration: 13 days, 21 hours, 32 minutes and 48 seconds Miles Traveled: 5.8 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-114.html

• STS-107: Columbia, Crash on reentry
  Jan 16, 2003

  Crew: Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Payload Commander Michael Anderson, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark and Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon Landing was scheduled for Feb. 1 after a 16-day mission, but Columbia and crew were lost during reentry over East Texas at about 9 a.m. EST, 16 minutes prior to the scheduled touchdown.
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-107.html

• STS-113: Endeavour
  Nov 23, 2002

  Crew: Commander Jim Wetherbee, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington Mission Duration: 13 days, 18 hours, 48 minutes and 38 seconds Miles Traveled: 5.7 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-113.html

• STS-112: Atlantis
  Oct 7, 2002

  Crew: Commander Jeffrey Ashby, Pilot Pamela Melroy, Mission Specialists David Wolf, Piers Sellers, Sandra Magnus and Fyodor Yurchikhin Mission Duration: 10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes and 44 seconds Miles Traveled: 4.5 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-112.html

• STS-111: Endeavour
  Jun 5, 2002

  Crew: Commander Kenneth Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin Mission Duration: 13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes and 56 seconds Miles Traveled: 5.8 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-111.html

• STS-110: Atlantis
  Apr 8, 2002

  Crew: Commander Michael J. Bloomfield, Pilot Stephen N. Frick, Mission Specialists Jerry L. Ross, Steven L. Smith, Ellen Ochoa, Lee M. E. Morin and Rex J. Walheim Mission Duration: 10 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes and 44 seconds Miles Traveled: 4.5 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-110.html

• STS-109: Columbia
  Mar 1, 2002

  Crew: Commander Scott D. Altman, Pilot Duane G. Carey, Payload Commander John M. Grunsfeld, Mission Specialists Nancy J. Currie, James H. Newman, Richard M. Linnehan and Michael J. Massimino Mission Duration: 10 days, 22 hours, 11 minutes and 9 seconds Miles Traveled: 3.9 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-109.html

• STS-108: Endeavour
  Dec 5, 2001

  Crew: Commander Dominic L. Gorie, Pilot Mark E. Kelly, Mission Specialists Linda M. Godwin, Daniel M. Tani and three Russian cosmonauts; Yuri Onufrienko, Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov Mission Duration: 11 days, 19 hours, 55 minutes Miles Traveled: 4.8 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-108.html

• STS-105: Discovery
  Aug 10, 2001

  Crew: Commander Scott Horowitz, Pilot Rick Sturckow, Mission Specialists Daniel Barry and Patrick Forrester. Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov - astronaut James S. Voss, cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev and astronaut Susan J. Helms Mission Duration: 11 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes Miles Traveled: 4.3 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-105.html

• STS-104: Atlantis
  Jul 12, 2001

  Crew: Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Charles Hobaugh, Mission Specialists Michael Gernhardt, James Reilly and Janet Kavandi Mission Duration: 12 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes Miles Traveled: 5.3 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-104.html

• STS-100: Endeavour
  Apr 19, 2001

  Crew: Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey Ashby, Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield, Scott Parazynski, John Phillips, Umberto Guidoni and Yuri Lonchakov Mission Duration: 11 days, 12 hours, 54 minutes Miles Traveled: 4.9 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-100.html

• STS-102: Discovery
  Mar 8, 2001

  Crew: Commander James Wetherbee, Pilot James Kelly, Mission Specialists Andrew S. W. Thomas and Paul Richards. Also pictured are left: Expedition One crew, Sergei K. Krikalev, William M. Shepherd and Yuri P. Gidzenko and right: Expedition Two crew, James S. Voss, Yury V. Usachev and Susan J. Helms Mission Duration: 12 days, 19 hours, 49 minutes and 0 seconds Miles Traveled: 5.3 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-102.html

• STS-98: Atlantis
  Feb 7, 2001

  Crew: Commander Kenneth Cockrell, Pilot Mark Polansky, Mission Specialists Robert Curbeam, Thomas Jones and Marsha Ivins Mission Duration: 12 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes and 4 seconds Miles Traveled: 5.3 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-98.html

• STS-97: Endeavour
  Nov 30, 2000

  Crew: Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Michael Bloomfield, Mission Specialists Joseph Tanner, Marc Garneau and Carlos Noriega Mission Duration: 10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes Miles Traveled: 4.5 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-97.html

• STS-92: Discovery
  Oct 11, 2000

  Crew: Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Pamela A. Melroy, Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata, Leroy Chiao, Peter J. K. Wisoff, Michael Lopez-Alegria and William S. McArthur Mission Duration: 12 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes and 25 seconds Miles Traveled: 4.9 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-92.html

• STS-106: Atlantis
  Sep 8, 2000

  Crew: Commander Terrence W. Wilcutt, Pilot Scott D. Altman, Mission Specialists Daniel C. Burbank, Edward T. Lu, Richard A. Mastracchio, Yuri I. Malenchenko and Boris V. Morokov Mission Duration: 11 days, 19 hours, 12 minutes and 15 seconds Orbit Altitude: 173 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 51.6 degrees Miles Traveled: 4.9 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-106.html

• STS-101: Atlantis
  May 19, 2000

  Crew: Commander James D. Halsell Jr., Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz, Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, Jeffrey N. Williams, James S. Voss, Susan J. Helms and Yury Vladimirovich Usachev Mission Duration: 9 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes and 9 seconds Orbit Altitude: 173 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 51.6 degrees Miles Traveled: 4.1 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-101.html

• STS-99: Endeavour
  Feb 11, 2000

  Crew: Commander Kevin R. Kregel, Pilot Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, Mission Specialists Janet L. Kavandi, Janice E. Voss, Mamoru Mohri and Gerhard P. J. Thiele Mission Duration: 11 days, 5 hours, 38 minutes 41 seconds Orbit Altitude: 126 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 57 degrees Miles Traveled: 4.1 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-99.html

• STS-103: Discovery
  Dec 19, 1999

  Crew: Commander Curtis L. Brown, Pilot Scott J. Kelly, Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, C. Michael Foale, John M. Grunsfield, Claude Nicollier and Jean-Francois Clervoy Mission Duration: 7 days, 23 hours, 10 minutes, 47 seconds Orbit Altitude: 317 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 28.45 degrees Miles Traveled: 3.2 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-103.html

• STS-93: Columbia
  Jul 23, 1999

  Crew: Commander Eileen M. Collins, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby, Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley, Catherine G. Coleman and Michel Tognini Mission Duration: 4 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes, 37 seconds Orbit Altitude: 153 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 28.4 degrees Miles Traveled: 1.8 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-93.html

• STS-96: Discovery
  May 27, 1999

  Crew: Commander Kent V. Rominger, Pilot Rick D. Husband, Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa, Tamara E. Jernigan, Daniel T. Barry, Julie Payette and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev Mission Duration: 9 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes, 57 seconds Orbit Altitude: 173 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 51.6 degrees Miles Traveled: 3.8 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-96.html

• STS-88: Endeavour, First International Space Station Flight
  Dec 4, 1998

  Crew: Commander Robert D. Cabana, Pilot Frederick W. Sturckow, Mission Specialists Nancy J. Currie, Jerry L. Ross, James H. Newman and Sergei K. Krikalev Mission Duration: 11 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes Orbit Altitude: 173 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 51.6 degrees Miles Traveled: 4.7 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-88.html

• STS-95: Discovery
  Oct 29, 1998

  Crew: Commander Curtis L. Brown, Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinson, Pedro Duque, Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai and John H. Glenn Mission Duration: 9 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes, 2 seconds Orbit Altitude: 310 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 28.45 degrees Miles Traveled: 3.6 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-95.html

• STS-91: Discovery
  Jun 2, 1998

  Crew: Commander Charles J. Precourt, Pilot Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, Mission Specialists Wendy B. Lawrence, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Janet L. Kavandi and Valery Victorovitch Ryumin Mission Duration: 9 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes, 2 seconds Orbit Inclination: 51.6 degrees Miles Traveled: 3.8 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-91.html

• STS-90: Columbia
  Apr 17, 1998

  Crew: Commander Richard A. Searfoss, Pilot Scott D. Altman, Mission Specialists Richard M. Linnehan, Dafydd Rhys Williams, Kathryn P. Hire, Payload Specialists Dr. Jay C. Buckey, Jr. and Dr. James A. Pawelczyk Mission Duration: 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes, 58 seconds Orbit Altitude: 150 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 39 degrees Miles Traveled: 6.5 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-90.html

• STS-89: Endeavour
  Jan 22, 1998

  Crew: Commander Terrence W. Wilcutt, Pilot Joe F. Edwards, Jr., Payload Commander Bonnie J. Dunbar, Mission Specialists Michael P. Anderson, James F. Reilly, Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov and Andrew S. W. Thomas Mission Duration: 8 days, 19 hours, 46 minutes, 54 seconds
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-89.html

• STS-87: Columbia
  Nov 19, 1997

  Crew: Commander Kevin R. Kregel, Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialists Winston E. Scott, Kalpana Chawla, Takao Doi and Leonid K. Kadenyuk Mission Duration: 15 days, 16 hours, 34 minutes, 4 seconds Orbit Altitude: 150 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 28.45 degrees Miles Traveled: 6.5 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-87.html

• STS-86: Atlantis
  Sep 25, 1997

  Crew: Commander James D. Wetherbee, Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield, Mission Specialists Vladimar G. Titov, Scott E. Parazynski, Jean-Loup J. M. Chretien, Wendy B. Lawrence and David A. Wolf Mission Duration: 10 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes, 50 seconds Orbit Altitude: 184 statute miles Orbit Inclination: 51.6 degrees
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-86.html

• STS-85: Discovery
  Aug 7, 1997

  Crew: Commander Curtis L. Brown, Pilot Kent V. Rominger, Mission Specialists N. Jan Davis, Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., Stephen K. Robinson, and Payload Specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason Mission Duration: 11 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes, 47 seconds Orbit Altitude: 173 statute miles Orbit Inclination: 51.6 degrees Miles Traveled: 4.7 million
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-85.html