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These codes were assigned when the launches were initially scheduled and were not changed as missions were delayed or rescheduled. [6] The codes were adopted from STS-41-B through STS-51-L (although the highest code used was actually STS-61-C), and the sequential numbers were used internally at NASA on all processing paperwork.
The first landing at Vandenberg was planned for mission STS-62-A, which was scheduled for launch in July 1986, but cancelled in the wake of the STS-51-L accident. [33] No space shuttle operations or landings ever occurred at the site.
Launch date, time Launch site Orbit Satellites Outcome Remarks Altitude Inclination Deployed [4] w/DtC Working [4] – Simulators v3 2025-F01 16 January 2025 22:37:00 [137] Starbase, OLP-A: 146 km (91 mi) 26.4° [20] 10 0 0 Failure SpaceX planned to test the deployment system for a new version of their Starlink satellites.
As of the launch of SpaceX Crew-9 on 28 September 2024, there have been 391 human spaceflight launches. Two missions did not cross either the Kármán line or the U.S. definition of space and therefore do not qualify as spaceflights. These were the fatal STS-51-L (Challenger disaster), and the non-fatal aborted Soyuz mission T-10a. Two aborted ...
The rescue mission for STS-114 was a modified version of the STS-121 mission, which would have involved the launch date being brought forward. If needed, it would have launched no earlier than August 11, 2005.
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2025, including launches planned for 2025 without a specific launch date. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2025 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2025, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2025.
STS-61-B was the 23rd NASA Space Shuttle mission, and its second using Space Shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle was launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on November 26, 1985. During STS-61-B, the shuttle crew deployed three communications satellites , and tested techniques of constructing structures in orbit .
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) lifted off from Pad 39B, Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 8, 1989. The launch took place at 8:37:00 a.m. EDT. During STS-28, Columbia deployed two satellites: USA-40 [3] and USA-41. [4] Early reports speculated that STS-28's primary payload was an Advanced KH-11 photo-reconnaissance ...