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Introduction
The space shuttle may seem ungainly – what do you expect from a craft that traces its lineage back to a prototype nicknamed \"the flying bathtub\"? But since 1981 the shuttle has been the workhorse of the American space program.
Click on the chapter headings at left for a look at the shuttle’s history, and details on each mission.";
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A flood of firsts
Columbia’s flight in April 1981 kicks off a testing period that notches one milestone after another.
STS-1 - Columbia: April 12-14, 1981. First shuttle flight. Crew: Young, Crippen.
STS-2 - Columbia: Nov. 12-14, 1981. First tests of robot arm. Crew: Engle, Truly.
STS-3 - Columbia: March 22-30, 1982. Only landing in New Mexico. Crew: Lousma, Fullerton.
STS-4 - Columbia: June 27-July 4, 1982. First classified payload. Crew: Mattingly, Hartsfield.
STS-5 - Columbia: Nov. 11-16, 1982. First commercial satellite deployment. Crew: Brand, Overmyer, Allen, Lenoir.
STS-6 - Challenger: April 4-9, 1983. First shuttle spacewalk. Crew: Weitz, Bobko, Peterson, Musgrave.
STS-7 - Challenger: June 18-24, 1983. First U.S. woman astronaut (Ride). Crew: Crippen, Hauck, Ride, Fabian, Thagard.
STS-8 - Challenger: Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1983. First night launch and landing, first black astronaut (Bluford). Crew: Truly, Brandenstein, Bluford, Gardner, Thornton.
STS-9 - Columbia: Nov. 28-Dec. 8, 1983. First Spacelab research mission, first European Space Agency astronaut (Merbold). Crew: Young, Shaw, Parker, Garriott, Lichtenberg, Merbold.
41-B - Challenger: Feb. 3-11, 1984. First untethered spacewalk, first Florida landing. Crew: Brand, Gibson, McCandless, Steward, McNair.
41-C (STS-13) - Challenger: April 6-13, 1984. First in-orbit satellite repair. Crew: Crippen, Scobee, Hart, van Hoften, Nelson.
41-D (STS-14) - Discovery: Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1984. Three satellites deployed. Crew: Hartsfield, Coats, Mullane, Hawley, Resnik, Walker.
41-G (STS-17) - Challenger: Oct. 5-13, 1984. First U.S. woman to walk in space (Sullivan). Crew: Crippen, McBride, Leestma, Ride, Sullivan, Scully-Power, Garneau.
51-A - Discovery: Nov. 8-16, 1984. First retrieval of two satellites for return to Earth. Crew: Hauck, Walker, Allen, Fisher, Gardner.";
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Path to tragedy
Shuttle flights become routine until the shock of the Challenger explosion in January 1986.
51-C – Discovery: Jan. 24-27, 1985. Pentagon mission. Crew: Mattingly, Shriver, Onizuka, Buchli, Payton.
51-D – Discovery: April 12-19, 1985. First sitting senator to fly in space (Garn). Crew: Bobko, Williams, Hoffman, Griggs, Seddon, Walker, Garn.
51-B – Challenger: April 29-May 6, 1985. Spacelab research mission. Crew: Overmyer, Gregory, Lind, Thagard, Thornton, Wang, van den Berg.
51-G – Discovery: June 17-24, 1985. Three communications satellites deployed. Crew: Brandenstein, Creighton, Fabian, Nagel, Lucid, Baudry, Al-Sa’ud.
51-F – Challenger: July 29-Aug. 6, 1985. Premature shutdown of one engine required change in orbit. Crew: Fullerton, Bridges, Musgrave, England, Henize, Acton, Bartoe.
51-I – Discovery: Aug. 27-Sept. 3, 1985. Satellite retrieved, repaired and redeployed in orbit. Crew: Engle, Covey, van Hoften, Fisher, Lounge.
51-J - Atlantis: Oct. 3-7, 1985. Classified Pentagon mission. Crew: Bobko, Grabe, Hilmers, Stewart, Pailes.
61-A - Challenger: Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 1985. Spacelab research mission. Crew: Hartsfield, Nagel, Buchli, Bluford, Dunbar, Furrer, Ockels, Messerschmid.
61-B - Atlantis: Nov. 26-Dec. 3, 1985. Three satellites deployed, space construction techniques tested. Crew: Shaw, O’Conner, Spring, Cleave, Ross, Walker, Neri Vela.
61-C - Columbia: Jan. 12-18, 1986. First U.S. House member in space (Nelson). Crew: Gibson, Bolden, Nelson, Hawley, Chang-Diaz, Cenker, Nelson.
51-L - Challenger: Jan. 28, 1986. Shuttle explodes during ascent, killing all aboard, including schoolteacher McAuliffe. Crew: Scobee, Smith, Onizuka, Resnik, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe.";
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Back in orbit
Two years after Challenger, the shuttles return to work, deploying the Hubble Space Telescope and other probes.
STS-26 - Discovery: Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 1988. Tracking satellite deployed. Crew: Hauck, Covey, Lounge, Nelson, Hilmers.
STS-27 - Atlantis: Dec. 2-6, 1988. Classified Pentagon mission. Crew: Gibson, Gardner, Mullane, Ross, Shepherd.
STS-29 - Discovery: March 13-18, 1989. Tracking satellite deployed. Crew: Coats, Blaha, Buchli, Springer, Bagian.
STS-30 - Atlantis: May 4-8, 1989. Magellan probe to Venus. Crew: Walker, Grabe, Thagard, Cleave, Lee.
STS-28 - Columbia: Aug. 8-13, 1989. Classified Pentagon mission. Crew: Shaw, Richards, Leestma, Adamson, Brown.
STS-34 - Atlantis: Oct. 18-23, 1989. Galileo probe to Jupiter. Crew: Williams, McCulley, Lucid, Baker, Chang-Diaz.
STS-33 - Discovery: Nov. 22-27, 1989. Classified Pentagon mission. Crew: Gregory, Blaha, Musgrave, Thornton, Carter.
STS-32 - Columbia: Jan. 9-20, 1990. One satellite deployed, another retrieved. Crew: Brandenstein, Wetherbee, Dunbar, Low, Ivins.
STS-36 - Atlantis: Feb. 28-March 4, 1990. Classifed Pentagon mission. Crew: Creighton, Casper, Hilmers, Mullane, Thuot.
STS-31 - Discovery: April 24-29, 1990. Hubble Space Telescope deployed. Crew: Shriver, Bolden, Hawley, McCandless, Sullivan.
STS-41 - Discovery: Oct. 6-10, 1990. Ulysses probe to study sun. Crew: Richards, Cabana, Melnick, Shepherd, Akers.
STS-38 - Atlantis: Nov. 15-20, 1990. Classified Pentagon mission. Crew: Covey, Culbertson, Springer, Meade, Gemar.
STS-35 - Columbia: Dec. 2-10, 1990. Ultraviolet and X-ray observations from cargo bay. Crew: Brand, Gardner, Hoffman, Lounge, Parker, Durrance, Parise.";
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Science in space
Amid a period of intense research activity, three spacewalkers team up in 1992 to capture a satellite.
STS-37 - Atlantis: April 5-11, 1991. Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory deployed. Crew: Nagel, Cameron, Ross, Apt, Godwin.
STS-39 - Discovery: April 28-May 6, 1991. Pentagon experiments conducted. Crew: Coats, Hammond, Harbaugh, McMonagle, Bluford, Veach, Hieb.
STS-40 - Columbia: June 5-14, 1991. Spacelab life sciences research.
Crew: O’Conner, Gutierrez, Seddon, Bagian, Jernigan, Gaffney, Hughes-Fulford.
STS-43 - Atlantis: Aug. 2-11, 1991. Tracking satellite deployed. Crew: Blaha, Baker, Lucid, Low, Adamson.
STS-48 - Discovery: Sept. 12-18, 1991. Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployed. Crew: Creighton, Reightler, Buchli, Brown, Gemar.
STS-44 - Atlantis: Nov. 24-Dec. 1, 1991. Pentagon experiments conducted. Crew: Gregory, Henricks, Musgrave, Runco, Voss, Hennen.
STS-42 - Discovery: Jan. 22-30, 1992. Microgravity research. Crew: Grabe, Oswald, Hilmers, Thagard, Readdy, Merbold, Bondar.
STS-45 - Atlantis: March 24-April 2, 1992. Atmospheric research. Crew: Bolden, Duffy, Sullivan, Leestma, Foale, Frimout, Lichtenberg.
STS-49 - Endeavour: May 7-16, 1992. First three-person spacewalk to capture stranded satellite. Crew: Brandenstein, Chilton, Thuot, Thornton, Hieb, Akers, Melnick.
STS-50 - Columbia: June 25-July 9, 1992. First extended-duration mission. Crew: Richards, Bowersox, Dunbar, Baker, Meade, DeLucas, Trinh.
STS-46 - Atlantis: July 31-Aug. 8, 1992. Tethered satellite deployed. Crew: Shriver, Allen, Hoffman, Chang-Diaz, Nicollier, Ivins, Malerbo.
STS-47 - Endeavour: Sept. 12-20, 1992. First black woman astronaut (Jemison), first married couple in space (Lee and Davis). Crew: Gibson, Brown, Lee, Apt, Davis, Jemison, Mohri.
STS-52 - Columbia: Oct. 22-Nov. 1, 1992. Research flight, including deployment of Laser Geodynamic Satellite 2. Crew: Wetherbee, Baker, Shepherd, Jernigan, Veach, MacLean.
STS-53 - Discovery: Dec. 2-9, 1992. Pentagon experiments conducted. Crew: Walker, Cabana, Bluford, Voss, Clifford.";
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Tools of the trade
Astronauts hone new methods for tasks such as repairing the Hubble Space Telescope's vision in 1993.
STS-54 - Endeavour: Jan. 13-19, 1993. Tracking satellite. Crew: Casper, McMonagle, Runco, Harbaugh, Helms.
STS-56 - Discovery: April 8-17, 1993. Atmospheric research. Crew: Cameron, Oswald, Foale, Cockrell, Ochoa.
STS-55 - Columbia: April 26-May 6, 1993. Spacelab research. Crew: Nagel, Henricks, Ross, Precourt, Harris, Walter, Schlegel.
STS-57 - Endeavour: June 21-July 1, 1993. First Spacehab research mission. Crew: Grabe, Duffy, Low, Sherlock, Wisoff, Voss.
STS-51 - Discovery: Sept. 12-22, 1993. First night landing in Florida. Crew: Culbertson, Readdy, Newman, Bursch, Walz.
STS-58 - Columbia: Oct. 18-Nov. 1, 1993. Spacelab life sciences research. Crew: Blaha, Searfoss, Seddon, Lucid, Wolf, McArthur, Fettman.
STS-61 - Endeavour: Dec. 2-13, 1993. First Hubble servicing mission, with five spacewalks. Crew: Covey, Bowersox, Musgrave, Akers, Hoffman, Thornton, Nicollier.
STS-60 - Discovery: Feb. 3-11, 1994. First Russian cosmonaut on shuttle (Krikalev). Crew: Bolden, Reightler, Chang-Diaz, Davis, Sega, Krikalev.
STS-62 - Columbia: March 4-18, 1994. Microgravity research. Crew: Casper, Allen, Thuot, Gemar, Ivins.
STS-59 - Endeavour: April 9-20, 1994. Space Radar Laboratory. Crew: Gutierrez, Chilton, Godwin, Apt, Clifford, Jones.
STS-65 - Columbia: July 8-23, 1994. Microgravity research. Crew: Cabana, Halsell, Hieb, Walz, Chiao, Thomas, Mukai.
STS-64 - Discovery: Sept. 9-20, 1994. New spacewalk backpack tested. Crew: Richards, Hammond, Meade, Lee, Helms, Linenger.
STS-68 - Endeavour: Sept. 30-Oct. 11, 1994. Space Radar Laboratory. Crew: Baker, Wilcutt, Jones, Smith, Wisoff, Bursch.
STS-66 - Atlantis: Nov. 3-14, 1994. Atmospheric research. Crew: McMonagle, Brown, Ochoa, Parazynski, Tanner, Clervoy.";
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A new partnership
Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir in 1995, opening a new chapter in space cooperation.
STS-63 - Discovery: Feb. 3-11, 1995. First woman pilot (Collins), first approach to Mir. Crew: Wetherbee, Collins, Foale, Voss, Harris, Titov.
STS-67 - Endeavour: March 2-18, 1995. Ultraviolet astronomical observations. Crew: Oswald, Gregory, Jernigan, Grunsfeld, Lawrence, Parise, Durrance.
STS-71 - Atlantis: June 27-July 5, 1995. First docking with Mir. Crew: Gibson, Precourt, Baker, Harbaugh, Dunbar; Solovyov, Budarin (up only); Dezhurov, Strekalov, Thagard (down only).
STS-70 - Discovery: July 13-22, 1995. Tracking satellite deployed. Crew: Henricks, Kregel, Currie, Thomas, Weber.
STS-69 - Endeavour: Sept. 7-18, 1995. Testing techniques and tools for new space station. Crew: Walker, Cockrell, Voss, Newman, Gernhardt.
STS-73 - Columbia: Oct. 20-Nov. 5, 1995. Microgravity research. Crew: Bowersox, Rominger, Thornton, Coleman, Lopez-Alegria, Leslie, Sacco.
STS-74 - Atlantis: Nov. 12-20, 1995. Delivery to Mir. Crew: Cameron, Halsell, Hadfield, Ross, McArthur.
STS-72 - Endeavour: Jan. 11-20, 1996. Retrieval of satellite, test of space station tools. Crew: Duffy, Jett, Chiao, Scott, Wakata, Barry.
STS-75 - Columbia: Feb. 22-March 9, 1996. Tethered satellite lost during flight. Crew: Allen, Horowitz, Chang-Diaz, Hoffman, Cheli, Nicollier, Guidoni.
STS-76 - Atlantis: March 22-31, 1996. First U.S. woman sent to Mir (Lucid). Crew: Chilton, Searfoss, Godwin, Clifford, Sega, Lucid (up only).
STS-77 - Endeavour: May 19-29, 1996. Spacehab research, inflatable antenna tested. Crew: Casper, Brown, Bursch, Thomas, Garneau, Runco.
STS-78 - Columbia: June 20-July 7, 1996. Microgravity research. Crew: Henricks, Kregel, Helms, Linnehan, Brady, Favier, Thirsk.
STS-79 - Atlantis: Sept. 16-26, 1996. Lucid's 188-day Mir stay sets U.S. record. Crew: Readdy, Wilcutt, Akers, Apt, Walz, Blaha (up only), Lucid (down only).
STS-80 - Columbia: Nov. 19-Dec. 7, 1996. First 17-day-plus shuttle mission, airlock problems force cancellation of spacewalk. Crew: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave.";
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Back to the future
As NASA looks to the future with the international space station, John Glenn returns to orbit at age 77.
STS-81 - Atlantis: Jan. 12-22, 1997. Mir crew exchange. Crew: Baker, Jett, Grunsfeld, Ivins, Wisoff, Linenger (up only), Blaha (down only).
STS-82 - Discovery: Feb. 11-21, 1997. Second Hubble servicing mission. Crew: Bowersox, Horowitz, Lee, Harbaugh, Smith, Tanner, Hawley.
STS-83 - Columbia: April 4-8, 1997. Research mission cut short due to fuel cell problem. Crew: Halsell, Still, Voss, Thomas, Gernhardt, Crouch, Linteris.
STS-84 - Atlantis: May 15-24, 1997. Mir crew exchange after station’s onboard fire. Crew: Precourt, Collins, Kondakova, Noriega, Lu, Clervoy, Linenger (down only), Foale (up only).
STS-94 - Columbia: July 1-17, 1997. Microgravity research, making up for STS-83 problems. Crew: Halsell, Still, Thomas, Voss, Gernhardt, Linteris, Crouch.
STS-85 - Discovery: Aug. 7-19, 1997. Infrared observations and other research. Crew: Brown, Rominger, Davis, Curbeam, Robinson, Tryggvason.
STS-86 - Atlantis: Sept. 25-Oct. 6, 1997. Mir crew exchange after station’s collision. Crew: Wetherbee, Bloomfield, Parazynski, Titov, Chretien, Lawrence, Wolf (up only), Foale (down only).
STS-87 - Columbia: Nov. 19-Dec. 5, 1997. Spartan satellite rescue, space station tests. Crew: Kregel, Lindsey, Scott, Chawla, Doi, Kadenyuk.
STS-89 - Endeavour: Jan. 22-31, 1998. Mir crew exchange. Crew: Wilcutt, Edwards, Dunbar, Anderson, Reilly, Sharipov, Thomas (up only), Wolf (down only).
STS-90 - Columbia: April 17-May 3, 1998. Final Spacelab mission, focusing on nervous system. Crew: Searfoss, Altman, Hire, Linnehan, Williams, Buckey, Pawelczyk.
STS-91 - Discovery: June 2-June 12, 1998. Final shuttle-Mir docking.
Crew: Precourt, Gorie, Chang-Diaz, Lawrence, Kavandi, Ryumin, Thomas (down only).
STS-95 - Discovery: Oct. 29-Nov. 7, 1998. John Glenn rides again. Crew: Brown, Lindsey, Parazynski, Robinson, Duque, Mukai, Glenn.
STS-88 - Endeavour: Dec. 4-15, 1998. First space station assembly mission. Crew: Cabana, Sturckow, Currie, Ross, Newman, Krikalev.";
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Building a home
After a slow start and several delays, spacewalkers and moving crews add to the international space station.
STS-96 - Discovery: May 27-June 6, 1999. First shuttle docking with space station. Crew: Rominger, Husband, Jernigan, Ochoa, Barry, Payette, Tokarev.
STS-93 - Columbia: July 22-27, 1999. First female commander (Collins), X-ray telescope deployed. Crew: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Tognini, Coleman.
STS-103 - Discovery: Dec. 19-27, 1999. Third Hubble servicing mission. Crew: Brown, Kelly, Smith, Foale, Grunsfeld, Nicollier, Clervoy.
STS-99 - Endeavour: Feb. 11-22, 2000. Radar mapping of Earth's surface. Crew: Kregel, Gorie, Thiele, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri.
STS-101 - Atlantis: May 19-29, 2000. Space station maintenance. Crew: Halsell, Horowitz, Helms, Usachev, Voss, Weber, Williams.
STS-106 - Atlantis: Sept. 8-20, 2000. Space station’s living quarters prepared. Crew: Wilcutt, Altman, Burbank, Lu, Malenchenko, Mastracchio, Morukov.
STS-92 - Discovery: Oct. 11-24, 2000. Installation of truss structure, docking port. Crew: Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur.
STS-97 - Endeavour: Nov. 30-Dec. 11, 2000. Installation of solar arrays; first shuttle crew to visit space station residents. Crew: Jett, Bloomfield, Noriega, Tanner, Garneau.
STS-98 - Atlantis: Feb. 7-20, 2001. Installation of station's U.S.-built Destiny laboratory. Crew: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins.
STS-102 - Discovery: March 8-21, 2001. Station's first crew exchange. Crew: Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards. Arrival: Usachev, Voss, Helms. Departure: Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev.
STS-100 - Endeavour: April 19-May 1, 2001. Station gets robot arm; most internationally diverse crew. Crew: Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield (Canada), Phillips, Parazynski, Guidoni (Italy), Lonchakov (Russia).
STS-104 - Atlantis: July 12-24, 2001. Quest air lock installed on station. Crew: Lindsey, Hobaugh, Gernhardt, Kavandi, Reilly.
STS-105 - Discovery: Aug. 10-22, 2001. Station crew exchange. Crew: Horowitz, Sturckow, Barry, Forrester. Arrival: Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin. Departure: Usachev, Voss, Helms.
STS-108 - Endeavour: Dec. 5-17, 2001. Station crew exchange. Crew: Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani. Arrival: Onufrienko, Walz, Bursch. Departure: Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin.";
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Triumph and tragedy
Hubble and the space station are upgraded, but Columbia and its crew are lost.
STS-109 - Columbia: March 1-12, 2002. New camera and other upgrades installed on Hubble Space Telescope. Crew: Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino.
STS-110 - Atlantis: April 8-19, 2002. At space station, astronauts work on 43-foot-long truss and space railroad. Crew: Bloomfield, Frick, Walheim, Ochoa, Morin, Ross, Smith.
STS-111 - Endeavour: June 5-19, 2002. Station crew exchange. Crew: Cockrell, Lockhart, Chang-Diaz, Perrin. Arrival: Korzun, Whitson, Treschev. Departure: Onufrienko, Walz, Bursch.
STS-112 - Atlantis: Oct. 7-16, 2002. First shuttle-cam launch; truss installation at station. Crew: Ashby, Melroy, Magnus, Sellers, Wolf, Yurchikhin.
STS-113 - Endeavour: Nov. 23-Dec. 7, 2002. Station crew exchange, truss delivery. Crew: Wetherbee, Lockhart, Lopez-Alegria, Herrington. Arrival: Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit. Departure: Korzun, Whitson, Treschev.
STS-107 - Columbia: Jan. 16-Feb. 1, 2003. Shuttle breaks up at end of science mission with first Israeli astronaut (Ramon). Crew: Husband, McCool, Chawla, Brown, Anderson, Clark, Ramon.";
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Return to flight
More than two years after Columbia, the shuttle fleet goes back into service – but NASA decides that the shuttle fleet's days are numbered.
STS-114 - Discovery: July 26-Aug. 9, 2005. Station repair, resupply and safety check. Crew: Collins, James Kelly, Robinson, Noguchi, Lawrence, Thomas, Camarda.
STS-121 - Discovery: July 4-17, 2006. Addition to space station crew, plus repair, resupply and safety check. Thomas Reiter is first European space station resident. Crew: Lindsey, Mark Kelly, Fossum, Sellers, Nowak, Wilson. Arrival: Reiter (Germany).
STS-115 - Atlantis: Sept. 9-21, 2006. Space station resupply and installation of power-generating truss. Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Tanner, Burbank, Stefanyshyn-Piper, MacLean.
STS-116 - Discovery: Dec. 9-21, 2006. Truss installation, power hookup and crew change at space station. Crew: Polanski, Oefelein, Higginbotham, Curbeam, Patrick, Fuglesang (Sweden), Williams (arrival), Reiter (departure).
STS-117 - Atlantis: June 8-22, 2007. Truss and solar arrays delivered; crew change at space station. Crew: Sturckow, Archambault, Reilly, Forrester, Swanson, Olivas, Anderson (arrival), Williams (departure).
STS-118 - Endeavour: Aug. 8-21, 2007. First Endeavour flight since 2002. Teacher (Morgan) flies in space; truss segment delivery; space station resupply. Crew: Kelly, Hobaugh, Mastracchio, Williams, Morgan, Caldwell, Drew.
STS-120 - Discovery: Oct. 23-Nov. 7, 2007. Harmony module added to space station. First shuttle-station linkup with two female commanders. Crew: Melroy, Zamka, Parazynski, Wilson, Wheelock, Nespoli, Tani (up), Anderson (down).
STS-122 - Atlantis: Feb. 7-20, 2008. Europe's Columbus lab added to space station. Crew: Frick, Poindexter, Schlegel (Germany), Love, Walheim, Melvin, Eyharts (up, France), Tani (down).
STS-123 - Endeavour: March 11-26, 2008. Canadian-built Dextre robotic hand and first element of Japanese Kibo laboratory delivered to space station. Crew: Gorie, Johnson, Linnehan, Behnken, Foreman, Doi (Japan), Reisman (up), Eyharts (down).
STS-124 - Discovery: May 31-June 14, 2008. Mission delivers main section of space station's largest lab, Japan's Kibo module. Crew: Kelly, Ham, Nyberg, Garan, Fossum, Hoshide (Japan), Chamitoff (up), Reisman (down).
STS-126 - Endeavour: Nov. 14-30, 2008. Mission delivers components for expanding space station crew capacity to six. Crew: Ferguson, Boe, Bowen, Pettit, Kimbrough, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Magnus (up), Chamitoff (down).";
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Finishing up
The shuttle fleet reaches its home stretch, putting the finishing touches on the international space station and the Hubble Space Telescope.
STS-119 - Discovery: March 15-28, 2009. Installation of solar arrays on space station, plus crew exchange. Crew: Archambault, Antonelli, Acaba, Swanson, Arnold, Phillips, Wakata (Japan, going up), Magnus (down).
STS-125 - Atlantis: May 11-24, 2009. Final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Crew: Altman, Johnson, Grunsfeld, Massimino, McArthur, Good, Feustel.
STS-127 - Endeavour: July 15-31, 2009. Completion of Japan's Kibo module on space station, plus crew exchange. Crew: Polansky, Hurley, Wolf, Cassidy, Payette (Canada), Marshburn, Kopra (going up to station), Wakata (Japan, returning to Earth).
STS-128 - Discovery: Aug. 28-Sept. 10, 2009. Space station resupply, crew exchange, delivery of lab equipment and COLBERT treadmill. Crew: Sturckow, Ford, Forrester, Fuglesang (Sweden), Hernandez, Olivas, Stott (going up to station), Kopra (returning to Earth).
STS-129 - Atlantis: Launch set for Nov. 16, 2009. Delivery of spare parts for space station. Crew: Hobaugh, Wilmore, Melvin, Bresnik, Foreman, Satcher, plus Stott (returning to Earth).";
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