Space Shuttle Missions
This is a list in table format of all missions flown by space shuttles launched between 1981 and 2011. It also includes lists of the 1977 manned test flights of the shuttle orbiter and of the shuttle's unflown rescue missions. The information displayed in the tables includes the flight order, mission designation, launch date, length of mission, shuttle used, number of crew members (launched/landed) and landing site. Summary statistics for all shuttle missions are provided in separate tables. Only the United States flew human spaceflight missions in its Space Shuttle program, while the Soviet Union flew one unmanned space flight of the Buran. Several European countries and Japan were also involved in the Shuttle program through the participation of astronauts from those countries, sponsorship of scientific experiments, and the funding, building, and organizational and scientific control of the Spacelab module.
Read more about Space Shuttle Missions: Flight Numbering, Flight Statistics, Cancelled and Shortened Missions, Contingency Missions, Buran, See Also
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