SPACE  SHUTTLE

COLUMBIA
(OV-102)

MISSION
LAUNCH-LANDING
(mm/dd/yy)
FLIGHT NUMBER

P A T C H E S

C R E W

LENGTH
MISSION
(days)

ORBITS
(number)

MAIN
PAYLOAD

STS-94
07/01/97 - 07/17/97
85"

James D. Halsell, CDR
Susan L. Still, PLT
Janice E. Voss, PC
Donald A. Thomas, MS
Michael L. Gernhardt, MS
Roger Crouch, PS
Greg Linteris, PS

Microgravity
Science Lab
MSL-1

STS-83
04/04/97 - 04/08/97
83"

James D. Halsell, CDR
Susan L. Still, PLT
Janice E. Voss, PC
Donald A. Thomas, MS
Michael L. Gernhardt, MS
Roger Crouch, PS
Greg Linteris, PS

  3.98

  63

Microgravity
Science Lab
MSL-1
Returned 12 days
early (fuel cell problem)
Reflight as STS-94

STS-80
11/19/96 - 12/7/96
80"

17.66

278

ORFEUS-SPAS,
WSF-3

STS-78
6/20/96 - 7/7/96
78"

Terence T. Henricks, CDR
Kevin R. Kregel, PLT
Susan J. Helms, FE
Richard M. Linnehan, MS
Charles E. Brady, Jr, MS
Jean-Jacques Favier, PS
Robert Brent Thirsk, PS

ALTERNATE  PS
Pedro Duque
Luca Urbani

16.91

271

Life/Microgravity
Spacelab (LMS),
SAREX-II

STS-75
2/22/96 - 3/9/96
75"

Andrew M. Allen, CDR
Scott J. Horowitz, PLT
Franklin Chang-Diaz, PC
Maurizio Cheli, MS
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, MS
Claude Nicollier, MS
Umberto Guidoni, PS

15.74

250

Tether Satellite
TSS-1R,
USMP-3,
OARE

STS-73
10/20/95 - 11/5/95
72"

Kenneth D. Bowersox,CDR
Kent V. Rominger, PLT
Kathryn C. Thornton, PC
Catherine G. Coleman, MS
Michael Lopez-Alegria, MS
Fred W. Leslie, PS
Albert Sacco, Jr, PS

ALTERNATE PS
David H. Matthiesen
R. Glynn Holt

15.91

255

USML-2,
Educational
experiments

STS-65
7/8/94 - 7/23/94
63"

Robert D. Cabana, CDR
James D. Halsell, PLT
Richard J. Hieb, PC
Carl E. Walz, MS
Leroy Chiao, MS
Donald A. Thomas, MS
Chiaki Naito-Mukai, PS

ALTERNATE PS
Jean-Jacques Favier

14.75

235

International
Microgravity
Laboratory IML-2,
etc.

STS-62
3/4/94 - 3/18/94
61"

John H. Casper, CDR
Andrew M. Allen, PLT
Pierre J. Thuot, MS
Charles D. Gemar, MS
Marsha S. Ivins, MS

13.97

223

Microgravity
USMP-2,
OAST-2,
SSBUV/A,
DEE

STS-58
10/18/93 - 11/1/93
58"

John E. Blaha, CDR
Richard A. Searfoss, PLT
M. Rhea Seddon, MS
William S. McArthur, Jr, MS
David A. Wolf, MS
Shannon W. Lucid, MS
Martin Fettman, PS

14

224

2nd Spacelab for
Life Sciences (SLS-2)

STS-55
4/26/93 - 5/6/93
55"

Steven R. Nagel, CDR
Terence T. Henricks, PLT
Jerry L. Ross, MS
Charles J. Precourt, MS
Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr, MS
Dr. Ulrich Walter, PS
Hans Schlegel, PS

9.99

158

2nd German Spacelab
mission (D2)

STS-52
10/22/92 - 11/1/92
51"

James B. Wetherbee, CDR
Michael A. Baker, PLT
Charles L. Veach, MS
William M. Shepard, MS
Tamara E. Jernigan, MS
Steven G. MacLean, PS

9.87

157

LAGEOS-Satellite,
Materials
Experiments,
USMP,
etc.

STS-50
6/25/92 - 7/9/92
48"

Richard N. Richards, CDR
Kenneth D. Bowersox, PLT
Bonnie J. Dunbar, PC
Ellen S. Baker, MS
Carl J. Meade, MS
Lawrence J. DeLucas, PS
Eugene H. Trinh, PS

13.81

220

US Microgravity
Laboratory USML-1

STS-40
6/5/91 - 6/14/91
41"

Bryan D. O'Connor, CDR
Sidney M Gutierrez, PLT
M. Rhea Seddon, PC
James P. Bagian, MS
Tamara E. Jernigan, MS
F. Drew Gaffney, PS
Millie-Hughes Fulford, PS

9.09

145

1st Spacelab for
Life Sciences
(SLS-1)

STS-35
12/2/90 - 12/11/90
38"

Vance D. Brand, CDR
Guy S. Gardner, PLT
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, MS
John M. Lounge, MS
Robert A. Parker, MS
Samuel T. Durrance, PS
Ronald A. Parise, PS

8.96

143

UV Astronomy
Spacelab ASTRO

STS-32
1/9/90 - 1/20/90
33"

Daniel C. Brandenstein, CDR
James D. Wetherbee, PLT
Bonnie J. Dunbar, MS
G. David Low, MS
Marsha S. Ivins, MS

10.86

171

1 COMSAT,
Retrieval & return of
LDEF facility

STS-28
8/8/89 - 8/13/89
30"

Brewster H. Shaw, Jr, CDR
Richard N. Richards, PLT
James C. Adamson, MS
David C. Leestma, MS
Mark N. Brown, MS

5.04

80

Fourth DOD mission

61-C
1/12/86 - 1/18/86
24"

Robert L. Gibson, CDR
Charles F. Bolden, Jr, PLT
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, MS
Steven A. Hawley, MS
George D. Nelson, MS
Robert J. Cenker, PS
Congressman Bill Nelson, PS

6.08

97

1 COMSAT,
Material & astronomy
experiments

STS-9
11/28/83 - 12/8/83
9"

John W. Young, CDR
Brewster H. Shaw, Jr, PLT
Owen K. Garriott, MS
Dr. Robert A. Parker, MS
Dr. Byron Lichtenberg, PS
Dr. Ulf Merbold, PS

10.33

166

First Spacelab Mission
(SL-1)

STS-5
11/11/82 - 11/16/82
5"

Vance D. Brand, CDR
Robert F. Overmyer, PLT
Joseph P. Allen, MS
William B. Lenoir, MS

5.10

81

2 communications
satellites (COMSATs)

STS-4
6/27/82 - 7/4/82
4"

Thomas K. Mattingly, CDR
Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr, PLT

7.04

112

Last orbital test
flight,
beginning of operations

STS-3
3/22/82 - 3/30/82
3"

Jack R. Lousma, CDR
C. Gordon Fullerton, PLT

8

129

3rd orbital test flight,
first experiments

STS-2
11/12/81 - 11/14/81
2"

Joseph H. Engle, CDR
Richard H. Truly, PLT

2.25

36

Test of Canadian
robot arm (RMS)

STS-1
4/12/81 - 4/14/81
1"

John W. Young, CDR
Robert L. Crippen, PLT

2.25

36

First orbital
test flight