Flights listing

Flights listing
# Date Designation Notes
1 1984 August 30 STS-41-D First Discovery mission: Launched two communications satellites, including LEASAT F2.
2 1984 November 8 STS-51-A Launched two and rescued two communications satellites including LEASAT F1.
3 1985 January 24 STS-51-C Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite.
4 1985 April 12 STS-51-D Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F3.
5 1985 June 17 STS-51-G Launched two communications satellites, Sultan Salman al-Saud becomes first Saudi Arabian in space.
6 1985 August 27 STS-51-I Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F4. Recovered LEASAT F3.
7 1988 September 29 STS-26 Return to flight since Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, launched TDRS.
8 1989 March 13 STS-29 Launched TDRS.
9 1989 November 22 STS-33 Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite.
10 1990 April 24 STS-31 Launch of Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
11 1990 October 6 STS-41 Launch of Ulysses.
12 1991 April 28 STS-39 Launched DOD Air Force Program-675 (AFP675) satellite.
13 1991 September 12 STS-48 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS).
14 1992 January 22 STS-42 International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1).
15 1992 December 2 STS-53 Department of Defense payload.
16 1993 April 8 STS-56 Atmospheric Laboratory (ATLAS-2).
17 1993 September 12 STS-51 Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS).
18 1994 February 3 STS-60 Wake Shield Facility (WSF).
19 1994 September 9 STS-64 LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE).
20 1995 February 3 STS-63 Rendezvous with Mir space station.
21 1995 July 13 STS-70 7th Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS).
22 1997 February 11 STS-82 Servicing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) (HSM-2).
23 1997 August 7 STS-85 Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes.
24 1998 June 2 STS-91 Final Shuttle/Mir Docking Mission.
25 1998 October 29 STS-95 SPACEHAB, second flight of John Glenn, Pedro Duque becomes first Spaniard in space.
26 1999 May 27 STS-96 Resupply mission for the International Space Station.
27 1999 December 19 STS-103 Servicing Hubble Space Telescope (HST) (HSM-3A).
28 2000 October 11 STS-92 International Space Station Assembly Flight (carried and assembled the Z1 truss); 100th Shuttle mission.
29 2001 March 8 STS-102 International Space Station crew rotation flight (Expedition 1 and Expedition 2)
30 2001 August 10 STS-105 International Space Station crew and supplies delivery (Expedition 2 and Expedition 3)
31 2005 July 26 STS-114 Return to flight since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; International Space Station supplies delivery, new safety procedures testing and evaluation.
32 2006 July 4 STS-121 International Space Station crew and supplies delivery.
33 2006 December 9 STS-116 International Space Station crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the P5 truss segment).


Decommissioning of Space Shuttle Discovery
According to NASA, Space Shuttle Discovery will be decommissioned in 2010. If the Contingency Logistic Flight STS-133 by Endeavour will not be flown, Discovery will be the last Space Shuttle to fly on mission STS-132. NASA expects to launch the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle on the new Ares I rocket by 2014.