National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle Launches KSC Historical Report No. 1B (KHR-1B) STS-30 D. Walker,2 Grabe2, Thagard3, 05/04/89 Atlantis4 Magellan 39B Cleave2, Lee 05/08/89 22 EAFB Kennedy Space Center STS-28 Shaw3, R. Richards, Leestma2, 08/08/89 Columbia8 DoD 39B 1981 - 2011 Adamson, M. Brown 08/13/89 17 EAFB Total Space Shuttle Program Launches: 135 STS-34 D. E. Williams2, McCulley, E. Baker, 10/18/89 Atlantis5 Galileo 39B 2 2 Space shuttles were launched from NASA facilities at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Chang-Diaz , Lucid 10/23/89 23 EAFB Landings occurred at the two prime end-of-mission landings sites, KSC and Edwards Air Force STS-33 F. Gregory2, Blaha2, Musgrave3, 11/22/89 Discovery9 DoD 39B Base (EAFB) in California. One landing occurred on Northrup Strip at White Sands Space K. Thornton, Carter 11/27/89 4 EAFB Harbor in Las Cruces, N.M. (STS-3), which is the backup landing site. All liftoff and landing STS-32 Brandenstein3, Wetherbee, Dunbar2, 01/09/90 Columbia9 SYNCOM IV-F5, 39A dates below reflect Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight times. Challenger was lost during the Ivins, Low 01/20/90 LDEF Retrieval 22 EAFB STS-51L launch Jan. 28, 1986. Columbia was lost during the re-entry of STS-107 on STS-36 Creighton2, Casper, Hilmers3, 02/28/90 Atlantis6 DoD 39A Feb. 1, 2003. Discovery flew its last planned mission, STS-133, in February and March 2011. Mullane3, Thuot 03/04/90 23 EAFB Endeavour flew its final mission, STS-134, in May and June 2011. Atlantis flew the final space shuttle mission, STS-135, in July 2011. STS-31 Shriver2, Bolden2, Hawley3, 04/24/90 Discovery10 Hubble Space 39B 2 2 For more information on shuttle missions and payloads, go to McCandless , Sullivan 04/29/90 Telescope 22 EAFB www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/list_main.html. For information on STS-41 R. Richards2, Cabana, Shepherd2, 10/06/90 Discovery11 Ulysses 39B NASA missions and payloads that launch on expendable launch vehicles, go to Melnick, Akers 10/10/90 22 EAFB www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/archives/elv_archive-index.html. STS-38 Covey3, Culbertson, Meade, 11/15/90 Atlantis7 DoD 39A Springer2, Gemar 11/20/90 33 KSC Columbia -- OV-102 Discovery -- OV-103 Atlantis -- OV-104 STS-35 Brand3, G. Gardner2, Lounge3, 12/02/90 Columbia10 ASTRO-1 39B Endeavour -- OV-105 Challenger -- OV-099 Hoffman2, Parker2, Parise, 12/10/90 22 EAFB Durrance Note: The numbers next to the shuttle names and crew names below indicate how many space shuttle missions each has STS-37 Nagel3, Cameron, Apt, Godwin, 04/05/91 Atlantis8 Gamma Ray 39B flown, including that mission. No number indicates the first shuttle mission for that crew member. Ross3 04/11/91 Observatory 33 EAFB STS-39 Coats3, Hammond, Harbaugh, 04/28/91 Discovery12 DoD 39A Space Shuttle Missions McMonagle, Bluford3, Hieb, Veach 05/06/91 15 KSC Mission Launch Date/ Primary Launch Pad/ STS-40 O’Connor2, Gutierrez, Jernigan, 06/05/91 Columbia11 Spacelab Life 39B Name Crew Landing Date Shuttle Payload Runway Landing Seddon2, Bagian2, Gaffney, 06/14/91 Sciences-1 22 EAFB Hughes-Fulford Operational Test Flights STS-43 Blaha3, M. Baker, Adamson2, 08/02/91 Atlantis9 TDRS-E 39A Low2, Lucid3 08/11/91 15 KSC STS-1 Young, Crippen 04/12/81 Columbia1 DFI, ACIP 39A 04/14/81 23 EAFB STS-48 Creighton3, Reightler, Buchli4, 09/12/91 Discovery13 Upper Atmosphere 39A M. Brown2, Gemar2 09/18/91 Research Satellite 22 EAFB STS-2 Engle, Truly 11/12/81 Columbia2 OSTA-1 39A 11/14/81 23 EAFB STS-44 F. Gregory3, Henricks, Musgrave4, 11/24/91 Atlantis10 Defense Support 39A Runco, J. S. Voss, Hennen 12/01/91 Program Satellite 5 EAFB STS-3 Lousma, Fullerton 03/22/82 Columbia3 OSS-1 39A 03/30/82 17 White Sands STS-42 Grabe3, Oswald, Readdy, Thagard4, 01/22/92 Discovery14 IML-1 39A Hilmers4, Bondar, Merbold2 01/30/92 22 EAFB STS-4 Mattingly, Hartsfield 06/27/82 Columbia4 DoD 39A 07/04/82 22 EAFB STS-45 Bolden3, Duffy, Sullivan3, Leestma3, 03/24/92 Atlantis11 ATLAS-1 39A Foale, Frimout, Lichtenberg2 04/02/92 33 KSC Operational Flights STS-49 Brandenstein4, Chilton, Melnick2, 05/07/92 Endeavour1 Intelsat VI repair 39B STS-5 Brand, Overmyer, Lenoir, J. Allen 11/11/82 Columbia5 SBS-C, Anik C-3 39A Akers2, K. Thornton2, Hieb2, Thuot2 05/16/92 22 EAFB 11/16/82 22 EAFB STS-50 R. Richards3, Bowersox, Dunbar3, 06/25/92 Columbia12 USML-1 39A STS-6 Weitz, Bobko, Musgrave, Peterson 04/04/83 Challenger1 TDRS-1 39A Meade2, E. Baker2, Trinh, DeLucas 07/09/92 33 KSC 04/09/83 22 EAFB STS-46 Shriver3, A. Allen, Hoffman3, Ivins2, 07/31/92 Atlantis12 TSS-1, 39B STS-7 Crippen2, Hauck, Ride, Fabian, Thagard 06/18/83 Challenger2 Anik C-2, 39A Chang-Diaz3, Nicollier, Malerba 08/08/92 EURECA 33 KSC 06/24/83 PALAPA-B1 15 EAFB STS-47 Gibson4, C. Brown, Lee2, Davis, 09/12/92 Endeavour2 Spacelab-J 39B STS-8 Truly2, Brandenstein, Bluford, D. Gardner, 08/30/83 Challenger3 INSAT-1B 39A Apt2, Jemison, Mohri 09/20/92 33 KSC W. Thornton 09/05/83 22 EAFB STS-52 Wetherbee2, M. Baker2, Shepherd3, 10/22/92 Columbia13 LAGEOS II, 39B STS-9 Young2, Shaw, Parker, Garriott, Merbold, 11/28/83 Columbia6 Spacelab-1 39A Jernigan2, Veach2, MacLean 11/01/92 USMP-1 33 KSC Lichtenberg 12/08/83 17 EAFB STS-53 D. Walker3, Cabana2, Bluford4, 12/02/92 Discovery15 DoD 39A STS-41B Brand2, Gibson, Stewart, McNair, 02/03/84 Challenger4 WESTAR-VI, 39A J. S. Voss2, Clifford 12/09/92 22 EAFB McCandless 02/11/84 PALAPA-B2 15 KSC STS-54 Casper2, McMonagle2, Runco2, 01/13/93 Endeavour3 TDRS-F 39B STS-41C Crippen3, Scobee, van Hoften, G. Nelson, 04/06/84 Challenger5 LDEF 39A Harbaugh2, Helms 01/19/93 33 KSC Hart 04/13/84 17 EAFB STS-56 Cameron2, Oswald2, Cockrell, 04/08/93 Discovery16 ATLAS-2 39B STS-41D Hartsfield2, Coats, Hawley, Resnik, 08/30/84 Discovery1 SBS-D, 39A Foale2, Ochoa 04/17/93 33 KSC Mullane, C. Walker 09/05/84 TELSTAR 17 EAFB STS-55 Nagel4, Henricks2, Ross4, Precourt, 04/26/93 Columbia14 Spacelab D-2 39A STS-41G Crippen4, McBride, Sullivan, Ride2, 10/05/84 Challenger6 ERBS, OSTA-3 39A Harris, Walter, Schlegel 05/06/93 22 EAFB Leestma, Garneau, Scully-Power 10/13/84 33 KSC STS-57 Grabe4, Duffy2 Low3, Sherlock-Currie, 06/21/93 Endeavour4 SPACEHAB-1, 39B STS-51A Hauck2, D. Walker, J. Allen2, A. Fisher, 11/08/84 Discovery2 TELESAT-H, 39A J. E. Voss, Wisoff 07/01/93 EURECA retrieval 33 KSC D. Gardner2 11/16/84 SYNCOM IV-1 15 KSC STS-51 Culbertson2, Readdy2, 09/12/93 Discovery17 ACTS-TOS, 39B STS-51C Mattingly2, Shriver, Buchli, Onizuka, 01/24/85 Discovery3 DoD 39A Newman, Bursch, Walz 09/22/93 ORFEUS-SPAS 15 KSC Payton 01/27/85 15 KSC STS-58 Blaha4, Searfoss, Seddon3, 10/18/93 Columbia15 Spacelab Life 39B STS-51D Bobko2, D. E. Williams, Seddon, Griggs, 04/12/85 Discovery4 TELSAT-I, 39A W. McArthur, Wolf, Lucid4, Fettman 11/01/93 Sciences-2 22 EAFB Hoffman, Garn, C. Walker2 04/19/85 SYNCOM IV-3 33 KSC STS-61 Covey4, Bowersox2, Musgrave5, 12/02/93 Endeavour5 First Hubble 39B STS-51B Overmyer2, F. Gregory, Lind, Thagard2, 04/29/85 Challenger7 Spacelab-3 39A Hoffman4, K. Thornton3, Akers3, 12/13/93 Servicing Mission 33 KSC W. Thornton2, van den Berg, Wang 05/06/85 17 EAFB Nicollier2 STS-51G Brandenstein2, Creighton, Lucid, Nagel, 06/17/85 Discovery5 ARABSAT-A, Telstar-3D, 39A STS-60 Bolden4, Reightler2, Chang-Diaz4, 02/03/94 Discovery18 SPACEHAB-2 39A Fabian2, Baudry, Sultan Al-Saud 06/24/85 MORELOS-A 23 EAFB Davis2, Sega, Krikalev 02/11/94 WSF-1 15 KSC STS-51F Fullerton2, Bridges, Musgrave2, England, 07/29/85 Challenger8 Spacelab-2 39A Henize, Acton, Bartoe 08/06/85 23 EAFB STS-62 Casper3, A. Allen2, Gemar3, Ivins3, 03/04/94 Columbia16 USMP-2, 39B Thuot3 03/18/94 OAST-2 33 KSC STS-51I Engle2, Covey, van Hoften2, Lounge, 08/27/85 Discovery6 AUSSAT-1, ASC-1, 39A W. Fisher 09/03/85 SYNCOM IV-4 23 EAFB STS-59 Gutierrez2, Chilton2, Godwin2, Apt3, 04/09/94 Endeavour6 SRL-1 39A Clifford2, Jones 04/20/94 22 EAFB STS-51J Bobko3, Grabe, Stewart2, Hilmers, Pailes 10/03/85 Atlantis1 DoD 39A 10/07/85 23 EAFB STS-65 Cabana3, Halsell, Hieb3, D. Thomas, 07/08/94 Columbia17 IML-2 39A Walz2, Chiao, Mukai 07/23/94 33 KSC STS-61A Hartsfield3, Nagel2, Buchli2, Bluford2, 10/30/85 Challenger9 Spacelab D-1 39A Dunbar, Furrer, Ockels, Messerschmid 11/06/85 17 EAFB STS-64 R. Richards4, Hammond2, Helms2, 09/09/94 Discovery19 LITE 39B Meade3, Lee3, Linenger 09/20/94 04 EAFB STS-61B Shaw2, O’Connor, Cleave, Spring, 11/26/85 Atlantis2 MORELOS-B, AUSSAT-2, 39A Ross, Neri Vela, C. Walker3 12/03/85 SATCOM KU-2 22 EAFB STS-68 M. Baker3, Wilcutt, Jones2, 09/30/94 Endeavour7 SRL-2 39A Bursch2, Wisoff2, S. Smith 10/11/94 22 EAFB STS-61C Gibson2, Bolden, Chang-Diaz, 01/12/86 Columbia7 SATCOM KU-1 39A Hawley2, G. Nelson2, Cenker, B. Nelson 01/18/86 22 EAFB STS-66 McMonagle3, C. Brown2, Ochoa2, 11/03/94 Atlantis13 ATLAS-3, 39B Tanner, Parazynski, Clervoy 11/14/94 CRISTA-SPAS 22 EAFB STS-51L Scobee2, M.