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A fifth operational orbiter, Endeavour, was built in 1991 to replace Challenger. The Space Shuttle was retired from service upon the conclusion of STS-135 by Atlantis on 21 July 2011. [6]
After its first flight in April 1983, Challenger quickly became the workhorse of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet, flying six of nine Space Shuttle missions in 1983 and 1984. Even when the orbiters Discovery and Atlantis joined the fleet, Challenger flew three missions a year from 1983 to 1985.
Jan 28, 2011 · Launch of Challenger on STS-8 marked the first night time launch of the Space Shuttle, the 20th overall mission to launch from pad 39A, and the first flight of an African-American into space.
Jul 1, 2011 · Along with NASA's two other shuttles, the Challenger and Columbia vehicles lost in tragic accidents, the shuttle program has flown an amazing 135 flights to low-Earth orbit and played a pivotal...
Feb 1, 2022 · First Flight: April 4-9, 1983. Last Flight: January 28, 1986. Number of Missions: 10. Time in Space: 1,496 Hours. The shuttle, then known as STA-099, went through 11 months of vibration...
Jan 28, 2021 · The year 1986 was shaping up to be the most ambitious one yet for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The agency’s plans called for up to 15 missions, including the first flight from the West Coast launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Oct 7, 2024 · The 13 th flight of the space shuttle program and the sixth of Challenger, STS-41G holds many distinctions. As the first mission focused almost entirely on studying the Earth, it deployed a satellite, employed multiple instruments, cameras, and crew observations to accomplish those goals.
