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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-32
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: SYNCOM IV-F5; LDEF Retrieval
Crew: Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein - Pilot James D. Wetherbee - Mission Specialists Bonnie J. Dunbar, G. David Low and Marsha S. Ivins
Launch: January 9, 1990, 7:35:00 a.m. EST
Landing: January 20, 1990, 1:35:36 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-36
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: Department of Defense
Crew: Commander John O. Creighton - Pilot John H. Casper - Mission Specialists Richard M. Mullane, David C. Hilmers and Pierre J. Thuot
Launch: February 28, 1990, 2:50:22 a.m. EST
Landing: March 4, 1990, 10:08:44 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-31
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: Hubble Space Telescope Deploy
Crew: Commander Loren J. Shriver - Pilot Charles F. Bolden, Jr. - Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley, Bruce McCandless II and Kathryn D. Sullivan
Launch: April 24, 1990, 8:33:51 a.m. EDT
Landing: April 29, 1990, 6:49:57 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-41
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: Ulysses; SSBUV; ISAC
Crew: Commander Richard N. Richards - Pilot Robert D. Cabana - Mission Specialists William M. Shepherd, Bruce E. Melnick and Thomas D. Akers
Launch: Oct. 6, 1990, 7:47:15 a.m. EDT
Landing: Oct. 10, 1990, 6:57:19 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-38
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: Department of Defense
Crew: Commander Richard O. Covey - Pilot Frank L. Culbertson Jr. - Mission Specialists Robert C. Springer, Carl J. Meade and Charles D. Gemar
Launch: November 15, 1990, 6:48:15 p.m. EST
Landing: November 20, 1990, 4:42:46 p.m. EST
Landing Site: Shuttle Landing Facility, Kennedy Space Center

STS-35
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: ASTRO-1
Crew: Commander Vance D. Brand - Pilot Guy S. Gardner - Mission Specialists Jeffrey A. Hoffman, John M. Lounge, Robert A. Parker - Payload Specialists Samuel T. Durrance and Ronald A. Parise
Launch: December 2, 1990, 1:49:01 a.m. EST
Landing: December 10, 1990, 9:54:09 p.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-37
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: Gamma Ray Observatory
Crew: Commander Steven R. Nagel - Pilot Kenneth D. Cameron - Mission Specialists Jerry L. Ross, Jay Apt and Linda M. Godwin
Launch: April 5, 1991, 9:22:44 a.m. EST
Landing: April 11, 1991, 6:55:29 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-39
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: Department of Defense, AFP-675; IBSS; SPAS-II
Crew: Commander Michael L. Coats - Pilot L. Blaine Hammond - Mission Specialists Guion S. Bluford Jr., Gregory J. Harbaugh, Richard J. Hieb, Donald R. McMonagle and Charles L. Veach
Launch: April 28, 1991, 7:33:14 a.m. EDT
Landing: May 6, 1991, 2:55:37 p.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-40
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: Spacelab Life Sciences-1
Crew: Commander Bryan D. O'Connor - Pilot Sidney M. Gutierrez - Mission Specialists James P. Bagian, Tamara E. Jernigan, M. Rhea Seddon, F. Drew Gaffney and Millie Hughes-Fulford
Launch: June 5, 1991, 9:24:51 a.m. EDT
Landing: June 14, 1991, 8:39:11 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-43
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: TDRS-E; SSBUV-03; SHARE-II
Crew: Commander John E. Blaha - Pilot Michael E. Baker - Mission Specialists Shannon W. Lucid, James C. Adamson and G. David Low
Launch: August 2, 1991, 11:01:59 a.m. EDT
Landing: August 11, 1991, 8:23:25 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-48
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: UARS
Crew: Commander John O. Creighton - Pilot Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. - Mission Specialists Mark N. Brown, Charles D. Gemar and James F. Buchli
Launch: September 12, 1991, 7:11:04 p.m. EDT
Landing: September 18, 1991, 12:38:42 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-44
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: DOD; DSP
Crew: Commander Frederick D. Gregory - Pilot Terence T. Henricks - Mission Specialists Mario Runco, Jr., James S. Voss, F. Story Musgrave and Thomas J. Hennen
Launch: November 24, 1991, 6:44:00 p.m. EST
Landing: December 1, 1991, 2:34:44 p.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-42
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: IML-1
Crew: Commander Ronald J. Grabe - Pilot Stephen S. Oswald - Mission Specialists Norman E. Thagard, David C. Hilmers, William F. Readdy - Payload Specialists Roberta L. Bondar and Ulf D. Merbold
Launch: January 22, 1992, 9:52:33 a.m. EST
Landing: January 30, 1992, 8:07:17 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-45
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: ATLAS-1
Crew: Commander Charles F. Bolden Jr. - Pilot Brian Duffy - Mission Specialists Kathryn D. Sullivan, David C. Leestma, C. Michael Foale - Payload Specialists Byron K. Lichtenberg and Dirk D. Frimout
Launch: March 24, 1992, 8:13 a.m. EST
Landing: April 2, 1992, 6:23 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-49
Space Shuttle: Endeavour
Mission: Intelsat VI Repair
Crew: Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein - Pilot Kevin P. Chilton - Mission Specialists Pierre J. Thuot, Kathryn C. Thornton, Richard J. Hieb, Thomas D. Akers and Bruce E. Melnick
Launch: May 7, 1992, 7:40 p.m. EDT
Landing: May 16, 1992, 1:57:38 p.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-50
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: USML-1
Crew: Commander Richard N. Richards - Pilot Kenneth D. Bowersox - Mission Specialists Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ellen S. Baker, Carl J. Meade - Payload Specialists Lawrence J. DeLucas and Eugene H. Trinh
Launch: June 25, 1992, 12:12:23 p.m. EDT
Landing: July 9, 1992, 7:42:27 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-46
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: TSS-1; EURECA Deploy
Crew: Commander Loren J. Shriver - Pilot Andrew M. Allen - Mission Specialists Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Claude Nicollier, Marsha S. Ivins - Payload Specialist Franco Malerba
Launch: July 31, 1992, 9:56:48 a.m. EDT
Landing: August 8, 1992, 9:11:51 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-47
Space Shuttle: Endeavour
Mission: Spacelab-J
Crew: Commander Robert L. Gibson - Pilot Curtis L. Brown Jr. - Mission Specialists Mark C. Lee, N. Jan Davis, Jay Apt, Mae C. Jemison - Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri
Launch: September 12, 1992, 10:23:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: September 20, 1992, 8:53:23 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-52
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: USMP-1; LAGEOS II
Crew: Commander James D. Wetherbee - Pilot Michael A. Baker - Mission Specialists Charles L. Veach, William M. Shepherd, Tamara E. Jernigan - Payload Specialist Steven A. MacLean
Launch: October 22, 1992, 1:09:39:33 p.m. EDT
Landing: November 1, 1992, 9:05:52 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-53
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: DOD; ODERACS
Crew: Commander David M. Walker - Pilot Robert D. Cabana - Mission Specialists Guion S. Bluford, Jr., James S. Voss and Michael R. Clifford
Launch: December 2, 1992, 8:24 a.m. EST
Landing: December 9, 1992, 12:43:47 p.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-54
Space Shuttle: Endeavour
Mission: TDRS-F; DXS
Crew: Commander John H. Casper - Pilot Donald R. McMonagle - Mission Specialists Mario Runco, Jr., Gregory J. Harbaugh and Susan J. Helms
Launch: January 13, 1993, 8:59:30 a.m. EST
Landing: January 19, 1993, 8:37:49 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-56
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: ATLAS-2; SPARTAN-201
Crew: Commander Kenneth D. Cameron - Pilot Stephen S. Oswald - Mission Specialists C. Michael Foale, Kenneth D. Cockrell and Ellen Ochoa
Launch: April 8, 1993, 1:29:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: April 17, 1993, 7:37:24 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-55
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: D-2 Spacelab Mission
Crew: Commander Steven R. Nagel - Pilot Terence T. Henricks - Mission Specialists Jerry L. Ross, Charles J. Precourt, Bernard A. Harris Jr. - Payload Specialists Ulrich Walter and Hans Schlegel
Launch: April 26, 1993, 10:50 a.m. EDT
Landing: May 6, 1993, 7:29:59 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-57
Space Shuttle: Endeavour
Mission: SPACEHAB-1; EURECA Retrieval
Crew: Commander Ronald J. Grabe - Pilot Brian Duffy - Payload Commander G. David Low - Mission Specialists Nancy J. Sherlock, Peter J. Wisoff and Janice E. Voss
Launch: June 21, 1993, 9:07 a.m. EDT
Landing: July 1, 1993, 8:52 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-51
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: ACTS/TOS; ORFEUS-SPAS
Crew: Commander Frank L. Culbertson Jr. - Pilot William F. Readdy - Mission Specialists James H. Newman, Daniel W. Bursch and Carl E. Walz
Launch: September 12, 1993, 7:45 a.m. EDT
Landing: September 22, 1993, 3:56 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-58
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: SLS-2
Crew: Commander John E. Blaha - Pilot Richard A. Searfoss - Mission Specialists M. Rhea Seddon, William S. McArthur, Jr., David A. Wolf, Shannon W. Lucid - Payload Specialist Martin Fettman
Launch: October 18, 1993 10:53 a.m. EDT
Landing: November 1, 1993. 07:05:42 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-61
Space Shuttle: Endeavour
Mission: First Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission
Crew: Commander Richard O. Covey - Pilot Kenneth D. Bowersox - Payload Commander F. Story Musgrave - Mission Specialists Kathryn C. Thornton, Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey A. Hoffman and Tom Akers
Launch: December 2, 1993 4:27:00 a.m. EST
Landing: December 13, 1993, 12:25:37 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-60
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: WSF-1; SPACEHAB-2
Crew: Commander Charles F. Bolden Jr. - Pilot Kenneth F. Reightler Jr. - Mission Specialists N. Jan Davis, Ronald M. Sega, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz and Sergei K. Krikalev
Launch: February 3, 1994, 7:10:00 a.m. EST
Landing: February 11, 1994, 2:19:22 p.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-62
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: USMP-2; OAST-2
Crew: Commander John H. Casper - Pilot Andrew M. Allen - Mission Specialists Pierre J. Thuot, Charles D. Gemar and Marsha S. Ivins
Launch: March 4, 1994; 8:53:00 a.m. EST
Landing: March 18, 1994 at 8:09:41 a.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-59
Space Shuttle: Endeavour
Mission: Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-1)
Crew: Commander Sidney M. Gutierrez - Pilot Kevin P. Chilton - Payload Commander Linda M. Godwin - Mission Specialists Jay Apt, Michael R. Clifford and Thomas D. Jones
Launch: April 9, 1994 at 7:05 a.m. EDT
Landing: April 20, 1994, 9:54:30 a.m. PDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-65
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Mission: International Microgravity Library (IML-2)
Crew: Commander Robert D. Cabana - Pilot James D. Halsell Jr. - Payload Commander Richard J. Hieb - Mission Specialists Carl E. Walz, Leroy Chiao and Donald A. Thomas - Payload SpecialistsChiaki Naito-Mukai 
Launch: July 8, 1994 at 12:43:00.069 p.m. EDT
Landing: July 23, 1994 at 6:38:00 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida

STS-64
Space Shuttle: Discovery
Mission: LITE; SPARTAN-201
Crew: Commander Richard N. Richards - Pilot L. Blaine Hammond Jr. - Mission Specialists Jerry M. Linenger, Susan J. Helms, Carl J. Meade and Mark C. Lee
Launch: September 9, 1994, 6:22:55 p.m. EDT
Landing: September 20, 1994, 5:12:52 p.m. EDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-68
Space Shuttle: Endeavour
Mission: Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-2)
Crew: Commander Michael A. Baker - Pilot Terrence W. Wilcutt - Payload Commander Thomas D. Jones - Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, Daniel W. Bursch and Peter J. K. Wisoff
Launch: September 30, 1994, 7:16:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: October 11, 1994, 10:02:08 a.m. PDT 
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

STS-66
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Mission: ATLAS-3; CRISTA-SPAS
Crew: Commander Donald R. McMonagle - Pilot Curtis L. Brown Jr. - Payload Commander Ellen Ochoa - Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Joseph R. Tanner and Jean-Francois Clervoy
Launch: November 3, 1994, 11:59:43 a.m. EST
Landing: November 14, 1994, 7:33:45 a.m. PST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

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