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===Flights listing=== <!-- Note: missions are ordered by the launch date rather than the mission number, please do not change this order --> {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" |- ! scope="col" style="width:15px; background:#efefef;"| # ! scope="col" style="width:16%; background:#efefef;"| Date ! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Designation ! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Notes ! scope="col" style="width:18%; background:#efefef;"| Length of journey |- | 1 | {{dts|1984-08-30}} | [[STS-41-D]] | First ''Discovery'' mission: [[Judith Resnik]] became second American woman in Space. Three [[communications satellite]]s were put into orbit, including [[Syncom|LEASAT F2]]. | 6 days, 00 hours,<br /> 56 minutes, 04 seconds |- | 2 | {{dts|1984-11-08}} | [[STS-51-A]] | Launched two and rescued two communications satellites including LEASAT F1. | 7 days, 23 hours,<br /> 44 minutes, 56 seconds |- | 3 | {{dts|1985-01-24}} | [[STS-51-C]] | Launched [[United States Department of Defense|DOD]] [[Magnum (satellite)|Magnum]] [[ELINT]] satellite. | 3 days, 01 hours,<br /> 33 minutes, 23 seconds- |- | 4 | {{dts|1985-04-12}} | [[STS-51-D]] | Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F3. Carried first incumbent United States [[congressperson|member of Congress]] into space, [[United States Senator|Senator]] [[Jake Garn]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]–[[Utah]]) | 6 days, 23 hours,<br /> 55 minutes, 23 seconds |- | 5 | {{dts|1985-06-17}} | [[STS-51-G]] | Launched two communications satellites, [[Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Sultan Salman al-Saud]] becomes first Saudi Arabian in space. | 7 days, 01 hours,<br /> 38 minutes, 52 seconds |- | 6 | {{dts|1985-08-27}} | [[STS-51-I]] | Launched two communications satellites including LEASAT F4. Recovered, repaired, and redeployed LEASAT F3. | 7 days, 02 hours,<br /> 17 minutes, 42 seconds |- | 7 | {{dts|1988-09-29}} | [[STS-26]] | Return to flight after [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster]], launched [[TDRS-3]]. | 4 days, 01 hours,<br /> 00 minutes, 11 seconds |- | 8 | {{dts|1989-03-13}} | [[STS-29]] | Launched [[TDRS-4]]. | 4 days, 23 hours,<br /> 38 minutes, 52 seconds |- | 9 | {{dts|1989-11-22}} | [[STS-33]] | Launched DOD Magnum ELINT satellite. | 5 days, 00 hours,<br /> 06 minutes, 49 seconds |- | 10 | {{dts|1990-04-24}} | [[STS-31]] | Launch of [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST). | 5 days, 01 hours,<br /> 16 minutes, 06 seconds |- | 11 | {{dts|1990-10-06}} | [[STS-41]] | Launch of ''[[Ulysses (spacecraft)|Ulysses]]''. | 4 days, 02 hours,<br /> 10 minutes, 04 seconds |- | 12 | {{dts|1991-04-28}} | [[STS-39]] | Launched DOD Air Force Program-675 ([[AFP-675]]) satellite. | 8 days, 07 hours,<br /> 22 minutes, 23 seconds |- | 13 | {{dts|1991-09-12}} | [[STS-48]] | [[Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite]] (UARS). | 5 days, 08 hours,<br /> 27 minutes, 38 seconds |- | 14 | {{dts|1992-01-22}} | [[STS-42]] | International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1). | 8 days, 01 hours,<br /> 14 minutes, 44 seconds |- | 15 | {{dts|1992-12-02}} | [[STS-53]] | Department of Defense payload. | 7 days, 07 hours,<br /> 19 minutes, 47 seconds |- | 16 | {{dts|1993-04-08}} | [[STS-56]] | Atmospheric Laboratory (ATLAS-2). | 9 days, 06 hours,<br /> 08 minutes, 24 seconds |- | 17 | {{dts|1993-09-12}} | [[STS-51]] | [[Advanced Communications Technology Satellite]] (ACTS). | 9 days, 20 hours,<br /> 11 minutes, 11 seconds |- | 18 | {{dts|1994-02-03}} | [[STS-60]] | First Shuttle-Mir mission; Wake Shield Facility (WSF). First Russian launched in an American spacecraft ([[Sergei Krikalev]]). | 8 days, 07 hours,<br /> 09 minutes, 22 seconds |- | 19 | {{dts|1994-09-09}} | [[STS-64]] | LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE). | 10 days, 22 hours,<br /> 49 minutes, 57 seconds |- | 20 | {{dts|1995-02-03}} | [[STS-63]] | Rendezvous with [[Mir]] space station. First female shuttle pilot [[Eileen Collins]].<ref name="FT facts" /> | 8 days, 06 hours,<br /> 29 minutes, 36 seconds |- | 21 | {{dts|1995-07-13}} | [[STS-70]] | Launched [[TDRS-7]]. | 8 days, 22 hours,<br /> 20 minutes, 05 seconds |- | 22 | {{dts|1997-02-11}} | [[STS-82]] | Servicing [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) (HSM-2). | 9 days, 23 hours,<br /> 38 minutes, 09 seconds |- | 23 | {{dts|1997-08-07}} | [[STS-85]] | Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes (CRISTA). | 11 days, 20 hours,<br /> 28 minutes, 07 seconds |- | 24 | {{dts|1998-06-02}} | [[STS-91]] | Final Shuttle/Mir Docking Mission. | 9 days, 19 hours,<br /> 55 minutes, 01 seconds |- | 25 | {{dts|1998-10-29}} | [[STS-95]] | [[SPACEHAB]], second flight of [[John Glenn]], who was 77 years of age at that time, the oldest man in space and third incumbent member of Congress to enter space. [[Pedro Duque]] became the first [[Spaniard]] in space. | 8 days, 21 hours,<br /> 44 minutes, 56 seconds |- | 26 | {{dts|1999-05-27}} | [[STS-96]] | First Space Shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station<ref name="FT facts" /> | 9 days, 19 hours,<br /> 13 minutes, 57 seconds |- | 27 | {{dts|1999-12-19}} | [[STS-103]] | Servicing [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) (HSM-3A). | 7 days, 23 hours,<br /> 11 minutes, 34 seconds |- | 28 | {{dts|2000-10-11}} | [[STS-92]] | International Space Station Assembly Flight (carried and assembled the [[ISS Truss|Z1 truss]]); 100th Shuttle mission. | 12 days, 21 hours,<br /> 43 minutes, 47 seconds |- | 29 | {{dts|2001-03-08}} | [[STS-102]] | International Space Station crew rotation flight ([[Expedition 1]] and [[Expedition 2]]) | 12 days, 19 hours,<br /> 51 minutes, 57 seconds |- | 30 | {{dts|2001-08-10}} | [[STS-105]] | International Space Station crew and supplies delivery ([[Expedition 2]] and [[Expedition 3]]) | 11 days 21 hours,<br /> 13 minutes, 52 seconds |- | 31 | {{dts|2005-07-26}} | [[STS-114]] | First "Return To Flight" mission since [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]]; [[International Space Station]] (ISS) supplies delivery, new safety procedures testing and evaluation, [[Multi-Purpose Logistics Module]] (MPLM) ''Raffaello''. | 13 days, 21 hours,<br /> 33 minutes, 00 seconds |- | 32 | {{dts|2006-07-04}} | [[STS-121]] | Second "Return To Flight" mission since the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]], owing to concerns surrounding foam debris from the external tank during STS-114; [[International Space Station]] (ISS) supplies delivery, test new safety and repair techniques. | 12 days, 18 hours,<br /> 37 minutes, 54 seconds |- | 33 | {{dts|2006-12-09}} | [[STS-116]] | ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the [[ISS Truss|P5 truss]] segment); Last flight to launch on pad [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|39-B]];<br />First night launch since Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster. | 12 days, 20 hours,<br /> 44 minutes, 16 seconds |- | 34 | {{dts|2007-10-23}} | [[STS-120]] | ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the [[Node 2|Harmony]] module). | 15 days, 02 hours,<br /> 23 minutes, 55 seconds |- | 35 | {{dts|2008-05-31}} | [[STS-124]] | ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the [[Kibō (ISS module)|Kibō]] JEM PM module). | 13 days, 18 hours,<br /> 13 minutes, 07 seconds |- | 36 | {{dts|2009-03-15}} | [[STS-119]] | International Space Station crew rotation and assembly of a fourth<br /> starboard truss segment (ITS S6) and a fourth set of [[solar array]]s and batteries. Also replaced a failed unit for a system that converts urine to drinking water. | 12 days, 19 hours,<br /> 29 minutes, 33 seconds |- | 37 | {{dts|2009-08-28}} | [[STS-128]] | International Space Station crew rotation and ISS resupply using the [[Leonardo MPLM|Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module]]. Also carried the [[Treadmill with Vibration Isolation System|C.O.L.B.E.R.T]] treadmill named after [[Stephen Colbert]] | 13 days 20 hours, 54 minutes, 40 seconds |- |38 | {{dts|2010-04-05}} |[[STS-131]] |ISS resupply using the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. The mission also marked the first time that four women were in space and the first time that two Japanese astronauts were together on a space station.<ref>[http://aapress.com/ethnicity/japanese/four-women-two-japanese-in-space-at-same-time/ Four Women, Two Japanese in Space at Same Time] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725042721/http://aapress.com/ethnicity/japanese/four-women-two-japanese-in-space-at-same-time/ |date=July 25, 2011 }} ''Asian American Press'', April 8, 2010</ref> Longest mission for this Orbiter. | 15 days 2 hours, 47 minutes 11 seconds‡ |- |39 | {{dts|2011-02-24}} |[[STS-133]] | The mission launched at 4:53 pm EST on February 24, was carrying the [[Permanent Multipurpose Module]] (PMM) Leonardo, the [[STS-133#ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 4|ELC-4]] and [[Robonaut 2]] to the ISS.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shuttle Discovery takes off on its final flight|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/24/nasa.shuttle/index.html?npt=NP1|publisher=CNN|access-date=March 10, 2011|date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110041847/http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/24/nasa.shuttle/index.html?npt=NP1|url-status=live}}</ref> Final flight of ''Discovery''. | 12 days 19 hours,<br> 4 minutes, 50 seconds |} <small>‡ Longest shuttle mission for ''Discovery''</small><br /> <small> – shortest shuttle mission for ''Discovery''</small>
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