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Mission objectives:  Demonstrate safe launch into orbit and safe return of the orbiter and crew. Verify the combined performance of the entire shuttle vehicle - orbiter, solid rocket boosters and external tank.

STS-1 (1)
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: First Shuttle Mission/Shuttle Systems Test Flight
Crew: Commander John W. Young - Pilot Robert L. Crippen
Launch: April 12, 1981, 7:00:03 a.m, EST.
Landing: April 14, 1981, 10:20:57 a.m. PST,
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-2 (2)
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: Second Shuttle Mission/Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-1 (OSTA-1)
Crew: Commander Joe H. Engle - Pilot Richard H. Truly
Launch: November 12, 1981, 10:09:59 a.m. EST
Landing: November 14, 1981, 1:23:11 p.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-3 (3)
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: Third Shuttle Mission/Office of Space Science-1(OSS-1) 
Crew: Commander Jack R. Lousma - Pilot C. Gordon Fullerton
Launch: March 22, 1982, 11:00:00 a.m. EST
Landing: March 30, 1982,9:04:46 a.m. MST
Landing Site: White Sands, New Mexico

STS-4 (4)
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: Department of Defence/Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES)
Crew: Commander Thomas K. Mattingly II - Pilot Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr.
Launch: June 27, 1982 at 11:00:00 a.m. EDT
Landing:  July 4, 1982 at 9:09:31 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-5 (5)
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: Commercial Communications Satellites (ANIK C-3)/Satellite Business Systems (SBS-C)
Crew: Commander Vance D. Brand - Pilot Robert F. Overmyer - Mission Specialists Joseph P. Allen and                  William B. Lenoir
Launch: Nov. 11, 1982 at 7:19:00 a.m. EST
Landing: Nov. 16, 1982 at 6:33:26 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-6 (6)
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-1 (TDRS-1)/First Shuttle Space Walk
Crew: Commander Paul J. Weitz - Pilot Karol J. Bobko - Mission Specialists Donald H. Peterson and F. Story Musgrave
Launch: April 4, 1983 at 1:30:00 p.m. EST
Landing: April 9, 1983 at 10:53:42 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-7 (7)
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: Communications Satellite Launch/First U.S. Woman in Space
Crew: Commander Robert L. Crippen - Pilot Frederick H. Hauck - Mission Specialists John M. Fabian, Sally K. Ride and Norman E. Thagard
Launch: June 18, 1983 at 7:33:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: June 24, 1983 at 6:56:59 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-8 (8)
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: Multipurpose Satellite/First Night Launch and Landing
Crew: Commander Richard H. Truly - Pilot Daniel C. Brandenstein - Mission Specialists Dale A. Gardner, Guion S. Bluford, Jr. and William E. Thornton
Launch: Aug. 30, 1983 at 2:32:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: Sept. 5, 1983 at 12:40:43 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-9 (9)
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: Orbital Laboratory and Observations Platform/First Spacelab Mission/First Rollback/First 6 Crew Member Flight
Crew: Commander John W. Young - Pilot Brewster H. Shaw Jr. - Mission Specialists Owen K. Garriott, Robert A. R. Parker - Payload Specialists Byron K. Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold of the European Space Agency
Launch: November 28, 1983 at 11:00:00 a.m. EST
Landing: December 8, 1983 at 3:47:24 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-41B
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: WESTAR-VI, Manned Maneuvering Unit, PALAPA-B2, First KSC Landing
Crew: Commander Vance D. Brand -Pilot Robert L. Gibson - Mission Specialists Bruce McCandless II, Ronald E. McNair and Robert L. Stewart
Launch: February 3, 1984 at 8:00:00 a.m. EST
Landing: February 11, 1984 at 7:15:55 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-41C
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: Long Duration Exposure Facility deploy, first on-orbit spacecraft repair
Crew:   Commander Robert L. Crippen - Pilot Francis R. Scobee - Mission
Specialists Geroge D. Nelson, James D. A. Van Hoften and Terry J. Hart
Launch: April 6, 1984 at 8:58:00 a.m. EST
Landing: April 13, 1984 at 5:38:07 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-41D
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: SBS-D; Satellite Business System SYNCOM IV-2; Solar Wing TELSTAR
Crew: Commander Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. - Pilot Michael L. Coats - Mission Specialists Judith A. Resnick, Steven A. Hawley, Richard M. Mullane - Payload Specialist Charles D. Walker
Launch: August 30, 1984 at 8:41:50 a.m. EDT
Landing: September 5, 1984 at 6:37:54 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-41G
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-3
Crew: Commander Robert L. Crippen - Pilot Jon A. McBride - Mission Specialists Kathryn D. Sullivan, Sally K. Ride, David C. Leestma - Payload Specialists Marc Garneau and Paul D. Scully-Power  
Launch: October 5, 1984 at 7:03:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: October 13, 1984 at 12:26:38 p.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-51A
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: TELESAT-H, Canadian communications satellite, SYNCOM IV-1 defense communications satellite
Crew: Commander Frederick H. Hauck - Pilot David M. Walker - Mission Specialists Anna L. Fisher, Dale A. Gardner and Joseph P. Allen
Launch: November 8, 1984 at 7:15:00 a.m. EST
Landing: November 16, 1984 at 6:59:56 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-51C
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: Department of Defense
Crew: Commander Thomas K. Mattingly, II - Pilot Loren J. Shriver - Mission Specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, James F. Buchli - Payload Specialist Gary E. Payton
Launch: January 24, 1985 at 2:50:00 p.m. EST
Landing: January 27, 1985 at 4:23:23 p.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-51D
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: TELSAT-I, Communications Satellite SYNCOM IV-3
Crew: Commander Karol J. Bobko - Pilot Donald E. Williams - Mission Specialists M. Rhea Seddon, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, S. David Griggs - Payload Specialists Charles D. Walker and Sen. E. Jake Garn
Launch: April 12, 1985 at 8:59:05 a.m. EST
Landing: April 19, 1985 at 8:54:28 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-51B
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: Spacelab-3
Crew: Commander Robert F. Overmyer - Pilot Frederick D. Gregory - Mission Specialists Don L. Lind, Norman E. Thagard, William E. Thornton - Payload Specialists Lodewijk van den Berg andTaylor G. Wang
Launch: April 29, 1985 at 12:02:18 p.m. EDT
Landing: May 6, 1985 at 9:11:04 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-51G
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: MORELOS-A, ARABSAT-A and TELSTAR-3D Communications Satellites
Crew: Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein - Pilot John O. Creighton - Mission Specialists Shannon W. Lucid, John M. Fabian, Steven R. Nagel - Payload Specialists Patrick Baudry and Sultan Salman Al-Saud
Launch: June 17, 1985 at 7:33:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: June 24, 1985 at 6:11:52 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-51F
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: Spacelab-2
Crew: Commander Gordon Fullerton - Pilot Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - Mission Specialists F. Story Musgrave, Anthony W. England, Karl G. Henize - Payload Specialists Loren W. Acton and John-David F. Bartoe
Launch: July 29, 1985 at 5:00:00 p.m. EDT
Landing: August 6, 1985 at 12:45:26 p.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-51I
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: ASC-1/American Satellite Company, AUSSAT-1/Australian Communications Satellite, SYNCOM IV-4
Crew: Commander Joe H. Engle - Pilot Richard O. Covey - Mission Specialists James D. A. van Hoften, John M. Lounge and William F. Fisher
Launch: Aug. 27, 1985 at 6:58:01 a.m. EDT
Landing: Sept. 3, 1985 at 6:15:43 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-51J
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: Department of Defense
Crew: Commander Karol J. Bobko - Pilot Ronald J. Grabe - Mission Specialists David C. Hilmers, Robert L. Stewart and William A. Pailes
Launch: Oct. 3, 1985 at 11:15:30 a.m. EDT
Landing: Oct. 7, 1985 at 10:00:08 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-61A
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: D-1 Spacelab Mission (First German Dedicated Spacelab)
Crew: Commander Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. - Pilot Steven R. Nagel - Mission Specialists James F. Buchli, Guion S. Bluford, Bonnie J. Dunbar - Payload Specialists Reinhard Furrer, Ernst Messerschmid and Wubbo J. Ockels
Launch: October 30, 1985, 12:00:00 p.m. EST
Landing: November 6, 1985, 9:44:53 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-61B
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: MORELOS-B; AUSSAT-2; SATCOM KU-2
Crew: Commander Brewster H. Shaw, Jr. - Pilot Bryan D. O'Connor - Mission Specialists Mary L. Cleave, Sherwood C. Spring, Jerry L. Ross - Payload Specialists Rodolfo Neri Vela and Charles D. Walker
Launch: November 26, 1985, 7:29:00 p.m. EST
Landing: December 3, 1985, 1:33:49 p.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.


STS-61C
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: SATCOM KU-1
Crew: Commander Robert L. Gibson - Pilot Charles F. Bolden, Jr. - Mission Specialists Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Steven A. Hawley, George D. Nelson - Payload Specialists Robert J. Cenker and Congressman Bill Nelson
Launch: January 12, 1986, 6:55:00 a.m. EST
Landing: January 18, 1986, 5:58:51 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-51L
Space Shuttle: Challenger
Mission: TDRS-2; SPARTAN-203 Satellites
Crew: Commander Francis R. Scobee - Pilot Michael J. Smith - Mission Specialists Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka, Ronald E. McNair - Payload Specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and Sharon Christa McAuliffe
Launch: Jan. 28, 1986, 11:38:00 a.m. EST
Revolution: 0
Mission Duration: 1 minute, 13 seconds
Miles Traveled: 18 miles

STS-26
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: TDRS-C
Crew: Commander Frederick H. Hauck - Pilot Richard O. Covey - Mission Specialists John M. Lounge, George D. Nelson and David C. Hilmers
Launch: Sept. 29, 1988, 11:37:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: October 3, 1988, 9:37:11 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-27
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: Department of Defense
Crew: Commander Robert L. Gibson - Pilot Guy S. Gardner - Mission Specialists Richard Mullane, Jerry L. Ross and William M. Shepherd
Launch: Dec. 2, 1988, 9:30:34 a.m. EST
Landing: Dec. 6, 1988, 3:36:11 p.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-29
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-4 (TDRS-4)
Crew: Commander Michael L. Coats - Pilot John E. Blaha - Mission Specialists James P. Bagian, James F. Buchli and Robert C. Springer
Launch: March 13, 1989, 9:57:00 a.m. EST
Landing: March 18, 1989, 6:35:50 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-30
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: Magellan
Crew: Commander David M. Walker - Pilot Ronald J. Grabe - Mission Specialists Norman E. Thagard, Mary L. Cleave and Mark C. Lee
Launch: May 4, 1989, 2:46:59 p.m. EDT
Landing: May 8, 1989, 12:43:26 p.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-28
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: Department of Defense
Crew: Commander Brewster H. Shaw Jr. - Pilot Richard N. Richards - Mission Specialists James C. Adamson, David C. Leestma and Mark N. Brown
Launch: August 8, 1989, 8:37:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: August 13, 1989, 6:37:08 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-34
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: Galileo; Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment
Crew: Commander Donald E. Williams - Pilot Michael J. McCulley - Mission Specialists Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Shannon W. Lucid and Ellen S. Baker
Launch: October 18, 1989, 12:53:40 p.m. EDT
Landing: October 23, 1989, 9:33:01 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-33
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: Department of Defense
Crew: Commander Frederick D. Gregory - Pilot John E. Blaha - Mission Specialists F. Story Musgrave, Manley L. Carter, Jr. and Kathryn C. Thornton
Launch: November 22, 1989, 7:23:30 p.m. EST
Landing: November 27, 1989, 4:30:18 p.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

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