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NASA's Orbiter Fleet




                                                            NASAfacts
           Discovery




                                                Endeavour




                                                 Atlantis
Original Fleet                                                                   Discovery
                                                                                      Discovery, the third inNASA’s fleet of reusable,
O       riginally, NASA's fleet of working orbiters com-
        prised five ships: Challenger, OV-099; Colum-
bia, OV-102; Discovery, OV-103; Atlantis, OV-104;
                                                                                 winged spaceships, arrived at KSC in November 1983.
                                                                                 It was launched on its first mission, flight 41-D, on
                                                                                 Aug. 30, 1984, and carried three communications satel-
and Endeavour, OV-105.                                                           lites aloft for deployment by its astronaut crew.
     Challenger was lost during launch in January 1986.                               Other Discovery milestones include the deploy-
Columbia, the flagship of the fleet, was lost during ap-                         ment of the Hubble Space Telescope on mission STS-
proach to landing in February 2003.                                              31 in April 1990, as well as the second Hubble servic-
     The first of NASA’s orbiter fleet, Columbia was                             ing mission STS-82 in February 1997; the launching of
delivered to Kennedy Space Center in March 1979.                                 the Ulysses spacecraft to explore the Sun’s polar regions
Columbia initiated the space shuttle flight program                              on mission STS-41 in October 1990; the deployment
April 12, 1981, when it lifted off Pad A in the Launch                           of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite in Sep-
Complex 39 Area at KSC.                                                          tember 1991; and the second flight to the International
     It proved the operational concept of a winged,                              Space Station on mission STS-96 in May 1999.
reusable spaceship by completing the Orbital Flight                                   Discovery is named for two famous sailing ships:
Test Program, missions STS-1 to STS-4. STS refers to                             one sailed by Henry Hudson in 1610 and 1611 to
Space Transportation System.                                                     explore Hudson Bay in Canada, as well as search for
     Columbia was named after a Boston-based sloop                               a northwest passage between the Atlantic and Pacific
that operated out of Boston in 1792 and explored the                             Oceans; and the other by James Cook in the 1770s on
mouth of the Columbia River on the West Coast of                                 voyages in the South Pacific, during which he discov-
North America. The same ship was the first American                              ered the Hawaiian Islands.
vessel to circumnavigate the globe.                                                   The British Royal Geographical Society used two
     Also sharing the name is the first U.S. Navy ship                           ships named Discovery: one to explore the North Pole
to circle the globe and the command module for the                               in 1875 and one to explore the Antarctic in 1904.
Apollo 11 lunar mission.



         The orbiter Discovery touches down Aug. 22, 2001, at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to conclude the
         12-day STS-105 mission to the International Space Station. The mission was Discovery's 30th flight.




NASA's Orbiter Fleet                                                         2                                                    NASA Facts
Atlantis
     The fourth orbiter, Atlantis,
was delivered to Kennedy Space
Center in April 1985. It lifted
off on its maiden voyage on Oct.
3, 1985, on mission 51-J, the
second dedicated Department
of Defense flight. Later mis-
sions included the launch of the
Galileo interplanetary probe to
Jupiter on STS-34 in October
1989, and launch of the Gamma
Ray Observatory on STS-37 in
April 1991.                                      The shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, and its piggyback passenger Atlantis taxi down the runway after
     Others were STS-71 and                      landing at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California
                                                 on June 22 to end mission STS-117. It returned to Kennedy on July 3.
STS-74, the first and second
MIR dockings; six SPACEHAB
                                                                              missions from March 1996 through September 1997;
                                                                              and six flights to the International Space Station from
                                                                              May 2000 to October 2002.
                                                                                  Atlantis is named after a two-masted, 460-ton
                                                                              ketch that was operated for the Woods Hole Oceano-
                                                                              graphic Institute from 1930 to 1966. The ketch was
                                                                              the first U.S. vessel to be used for oceanographic
                                                                              research.

                                                                              Endeavour
                                                                                   Authorization to construct the fifth space shuttle
                                                                              was granted by Congress on Aug. 1, 1987. Endeavour
                                                                              first arrived at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility May 7,
                                                                              1991, atop NASA’s new shuttle carrier aircraft (NASA
                                                                              911).
                                                                                   The space agency’s newest orbiter began flight
                                                                              operations in 1992. Significant missions included the
                                                                              first SPACEHAB mission, STS-57, in June 1993; the
                                                                              first manned flight to the International Space Station,
                                                                              STS-88, in December 1998, carrying the Unity con-
                                                                              necting module; and the Shuttle Radar Topography
                                                                              Mission, STS-99, in February 2000.
                                                                                   Endeavour is named after the first ship command-
                                                                              ed by 18th century British explorer James Cook. On
                                                                              its maiden voyage in 1788, Cook sailed into the South
                                                                              Pacific and around Tahiti to observe the passage of

 Endeavour is settled into place behind the external tank and solid rocket boosters on the mobile launcher platform in high bay 3 of the Vehicle
 Assembly Building. Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-118 on Aug. 8, 2007, carrying the S5 truss segment to the International Space
 Station.



NASA's Orbiter Fleet                                                      3                                                                    NASA Facts
Columbia sits on Launch Pad 39A before its maiden flight on STS-1, April 12, 1981.


Venus between the Earth and the Sun. During another                                ment of its Thermal Protection System.
leg of the journey, Cook discovered New Zealand, sur-                                  The orbiter returned to KSC Feb. 9, 1992, to begin
veyed Australia and navigated the Great Barrier Reef.                              processing for mission STS-50 in June of that year.
A national competition in public schools produced the                              Columbia was sent to Palmdale in 1999 for a second
name of this fifth orbiter.                                                        round of upgrades, returning to KSC in 2001.
                                                                                       The orbiters’ EDO changes allowed them to sup-
Orbiter Upgrades,                                                                  port missions up to 16 days long. The upgrades that
                                                                                   made a longer stay in space possible included the EDO
Modifications                                                                      pallet, which holds a set of liquid hydrogen and liquid
                                                                                   oxygen tanks to provide additional fuel for the orbiter’s
    Columbia was the first online orbiter to undergo                               electrical power generation system. In addition are a
the first scheduled inspection and retrofit program.                               regenerating system for removing carbon dioxide from
The ship was transported Aug. 10, 1991, after its                                  the crew cabin atmosphere; two additional nitrogen
completion of mission STS-40, to shuttle contractor                                tanks for cabin air; an improved waste collection sys-
Rockwell International’s Palmdale, Calif., assembly                                tem; and additional middeck lockers for storage.
plant, where the work was performed.                                                   Orbiter major modification, or OMM, periods are
    Columbia underwent approximately 50 modifica-                                  scheduled at regular intervals to enhance safety and
tions, including the addition of carbon brakes and a                               performance, infuse new technology and allow for
drag chute, improved nose wheel steering, removal of                               thorough inspections of the airframe and wiring of the
development flight instrumentation and an enhance-                                 vehicles. Many modifications have been made to the

NASA's Orbiter Fleet                                                           4                                                    NASA Facts
orbiter fleet since the vehicles were first built, including                    Two more recent upgrades on the orbiters are
improvements to the main engines, thermal protection                       installation of the “glass cockpit” and improved space
system and propellant supply systems, and installation                     shuttle main engines.
of a new crew escape system.                                                    Both Discovery and Atlantis have received the new
     In 2002, OMMs were moved from Palmdale to                             full-color, flat, 11-panel multifunction electronic dis-
KSC. Discovery was the first orbiter to go through                         play subsystem. The new system improves crew/orbiter
OMM at KSC.                                                                interaction with easy-to-read, graphic portrayals of key
     Main engine modifications included changes to the                     flight indicators like attitude, altitude and speed.
high-pressure turbo machinery, hydraulic actuators and                          Another improvement to the space shuttle’s
main combustion chamber.                                                   propulsion system is the Block II main engine configu-
     Some of the tiles that make up the orbiter thermal                    ration that includes a new Pratt & Whitney high-
protection system were replaced to make the system                         pressure fuel turbopump. The new turbopump made
lighter, stronger and more durable. Also, a Reinforced                     its debut flight on Atlantis in July 2001 on mission
Carbon-Carbon panel was added to the orbiter chin                          STS-104. The Block II configuration results in a more
between the nose cap and the nose wheel-well door to                       reliable and safer engine due to increased pump robust-
provide improved insulation against the searing heat                       ness.
experienced during reentry into the Earth’s atmo-                               The primary modifications to the engine are the
sphere.                                                                    elimination of welds by implementing a casting process
     Improvements to the orbiter propellant supply                         for the housing, an integral shaft/disk with thin wall
system included a redesigned, 17-inch quick-discon-                        blades and ceramic bearings. The unique casting makes
nect valve between the orbiter and the external tank.                      the pump stronger and will increase the number of
Additional modifications were made to the propellant                       flights between major overhauls.
systems of the orbiter reaction control system, orbital                         Other significant improvements in the shuttle’s
maneuvering system and the auxiliary power units.                          main engines are the high-pressure liquid oxygen
     A new crew escape system was added that allows                        turbopump, the two-duct power-head, the large throat
the space shuttle crew to bail out if the orbiter has to                   main combustion chamber and the single-coil heat
make an emergency return descent and a safe runway                         exchanger.
cannot be reached. This system consists of an escape                            In response to the Columbia accident and recom-
pole that can be extended from the opened crew hatch.                      mendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation
The crew would then fasten a lanyard hook assembly                         Board, there were 41 modifications for return to flight
that is a part of the pole to their parachute harnesses.                   in 2005. Eight of these were significant.
Once attached to this hook, the crew would slide down
the deployed pole, away from the orbiter. Once free of
the pole, they would parachute to safety.




The "glass cockpit" provides easy-to-read, graphic portrayals of key
flight indicators like attitude, altitude and speed.                           A United Space Alliance technician installs BRI-18 tile.


NASA's Orbiter Fleet                                                   5                                                                  NASA Facts
When built, Endeavour featured new hardware                     Seventy-two Boeing replacement insulation, or
designed to improve and expand orbiter capabilities.           BRI-18, tiles were installed in critical locations. The
Most of this equipment was later incorporated into the         BRI tiles, more rigid than previous tile materials,
other three orbiters during out-of-service major inspec-       are gradually replacing tile around main landing gear
tion and modification programs. The upgrades include:          doors, external tank doors and nose landing gear doors.
    • a 40-foot-diameter drag chute that reduces the           Replacing the existing tiles with the BRI-18 tiles in
orbiter’s rollout distance by 1,000 to 2,000 feet.             strategic areas is one of the Columbia Accident Inves-
    • plumbing and electrical connections needed for           tigation Board's recommendations to strengthen the
Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) modifications to               orbiters.
allow up to 28-day missions.                                        Two of the more extensive modifications included
    • updated avionics systems that include advanced           the addition of the multi-functional electronic display
general purpose computers, improved inertial mea-              system, or "glass cockpit," and the three-string global
surement units and tactical air navigation systems,            positioning system that improves the shuttle's landing
enhanced master events controllers and multiplexer-            capability.
demultiplexers, a solid-state star tracker and improved             The new cockpit electronics provide better displays,
nose wheel steering mechanisms.                                increased capabilities, decreased weight and power con-
    • an improved version of the auxiliary power               sumption, and improved crew situational awareness.
units that provide power to operate the shuttle’s hy-               The three-string global positioning system will
draulic systems.                                               allow Endeavour to make an emergency landing at any
    In 2003, Endeavour was taken out of the launch             runway, provided it is long enough to accept a space
processing flow to go into a major modification period.        shuttle. The previous system, TACAN, or Tactical
This was the second of these modification periods per-         Air Navigation System, only allowed for a landing at a
formed entirely at Kennedy Space Center. Endeavour's           military base.
previous modification was completed in March 1997.                  Another major modification is the station-to-
    For the latest period, engineers and technicians           shuttle power transfer system. This allows the Inter-
spent 900,000 hours performing 194 modifications to            national Space Station to transfer power from its solar
the vehicle, including more than 13,000 operations             arrays to the orbiter while it is docked, thus allowing
and maintenance tasks. These included all recommend-           the mission to be extended up to four days if needed.
ed return-to-flight safety modifications, bonding 2,045        The power transfer preserves the orbiter's liquid hydro-
thermal protection system tiles and inspecting more            gen and oxygen supplies that are used by the three fuel
than 150 miles of wiring throughout Endeavour.                 cells to produce electricity.
    Rudder speed brake actuators were replaced as part              Endeavour returned to service Aug. 8, 2007, with
of the life-cycle maintenance procedures. The forward          the launch of mission STS-118 to continue assembly of
reaction control system and orbital maneuvering sys-           the International Space Station.
tem pods were removed and refurbished.




             To read more about NASA's Space Shuttle Program
                         and other topics, go to
      http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/facts/nasa_
                            facts_toc.html.


NASA's Orbiter Fleet                                       6                                                     NASA Facts
Atlantis launches Oct. 7, 2002,
                           on mission STS-112.




NASA's Orbiter Fleet   7                                     NASA Facts
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-118 on Aug. 8, 2007, after a nearly three-year hiatus for
                     modifications. The shuttle carried the S5 truss for installation on the International Space Station.


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Space Shuttle Fleet

  • 1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA's Orbiter Fleet NASAfacts Discovery Endeavour Atlantis
  • 2. Original Fleet Discovery Discovery, the third inNASA’s fleet of reusable, O riginally, NASA's fleet of working orbiters com- prised five ships: Challenger, OV-099; Colum- bia, OV-102; Discovery, OV-103; Atlantis, OV-104; winged spaceships, arrived at KSC in November 1983. It was launched on its first mission, flight 41-D, on Aug. 30, 1984, and carried three communications satel- and Endeavour, OV-105. lites aloft for deployment by its astronaut crew. Challenger was lost during launch in January 1986. Other Discovery milestones include the deploy- Columbia, the flagship of the fleet, was lost during ap- ment of the Hubble Space Telescope on mission STS- proach to landing in February 2003. 31 in April 1990, as well as the second Hubble servic- The first of NASA’s orbiter fleet, Columbia was ing mission STS-82 in February 1997; the launching of delivered to Kennedy Space Center in March 1979. the Ulysses spacecraft to explore the Sun’s polar regions Columbia initiated the space shuttle flight program on mission STS-41 in October 1990; the deployment April 12, 1981, when it lifted off Pad A in the Launch of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite in Sep- Complex 39 Area at KSC. tember 1991; and the second flight to the International It proved the operational concept of a winged, Space Station on mission STS-96 in May 1999. reusable spaceship by completing the Orbital Flight Discovery is named for two famous sailing ships: Test Program, missions STS-1 to STS-4. STS refers to one sailed by Henry Hudson in 1610 and 1611 to Space Transportation System. explore Hudson Bay in Canada, as well as search for Columbia was named after a Boston-based sloop a northwest passage between the Atlantic and Pacific that operated out of Boston in 1792 and explored the Oceans; and the other by James Cook in the 1770s on mouth of the Columbia River on the West Coast of voyages in the South Pacific, during which he discov- North America. The same ship was the first American ered the Hawaiian Islands. vessel to circumnavigate the globe. The British Royal Geographical Society used two Also sharing the name is the first U.S. Navy ship ships named Discovery: one to explore the North Pole to circle the globe and the command module for the in 1875 and one to explore the Antarctic in 1904. Apollo 11 lunar mission. The orbiter Discovery touches down Aug. 22, 2001, at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to conclude the 12-day STS-105 mission to the International Space Station. The mission was Discovery's 30th flight. NASA's Orbiter Fleet 2 NASA Facts
  • 3. Atlantis The fourth orbiter, Atlantis, was delivered to Kennedy Space Center in April 1985. It lifted off on its maiden voyage on Oct. 3, 1985, on mission 51-J, the second dedicated Department of Defense flight. Later mis- sions included the launch of the Galileo interplanetary probe to Jupiter on STS-34 in October 1989, and launch of the Gamma Ray Observatory on STS-37 in April 1991. The shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, and its piggyback passenger Atlantis taxi down the runway after Others were STS-71 and landing at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on June 22 to end mission STS-117. It returned to Kennedy on July 3. STS-74, the first and second MIR dockings; six SPACEHAB missions from March 1996 through September 1997; and six flights to the International Space Station from May 2000 to October 2002. Atlantis is named after a two-masted, 460-ton ketch that was operated for the Woods Hole Oceano- graphic Institute from 1930 to 1966. The ketch was the first U.S. vessel to be used for oceanographic research. Endeavour Authorization to construct the fifth space shuttle was granted by Congress on Aug. 1, 1987. Endeavour first arrived at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility May 7, 1991, atop NASA’s new shuttle carrier aircraft (NASA 911). The space agency’s newest orbiter began flight operations in 1992. Significant missions included the first SPACEHAB mission, STS-57, in June 1993; the first manned flight to the International Space Station, STS-88, in December 1998, carrying the Unity con- necting module; and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, STS-99, in February 2000. Endeavour is named after the first ship command- ed by 18th century British explorer James Cook. On its maiden voyage in 1788, Cook sailed into the South Pacific and around Tahiti to observe the passage of Endeavour is settled into place behind the external tank and solid rocket boosters on the mobile launcher platform in high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-118 on Aug. 8, 2007, carrying the S5 truss segment to the International Space Station. NASA's Orbiter Fleet 3 NASA Facts
  • 4. Columbia sits on Launch Pad 39A before its maiden flight on STS-1, April 12, 1981. Venus between the Earth and the Sun. During another ment of its Thermal Protection System. leg of the journey, Cook discovered New Zealand, sur- The orbiter returned to KSC Feb. 9, 1992, to begin veyed Australia and navigated the Great Barrier Reef. processing for mission STS-50 in June of that year. A national competition in public schools produced the Columbia was sent to Palmdale in 1999 for a second name of this fifth orbiter. round of upgrades, returning to KSC in 2001. The orbiters’ EDO changes allowed them to sup- Orbiter Upgrades, port missions up to 16 days long. The upgrades that made a longer stay in space possible included the EDO Modifications pallet, which holds a set of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks to provide additional fuel for the orbiter’s Columbia was the first online orbiter to undergo electrical power generation system. In addition are a the first scheduled inspection and retrofit program. regenerating system for removing carbon dioxide from The ship was transported Aug. 10, 1991, after its the crew cabin atmosphere; two additional nitrogen completion of mission STS-40, to shuttle contractor tanks for cabin air; an improved waste collection sys- Rockwell International’s Palmdale, Calif., assembly tem; and additional middeck lockers for storage. plant, where the work was performed. Orbiter major modification, or OMM, periods are Columbia underwent approximately 50 modifica- scheduled at regular intervals to enhance safety and tions, including the addition of carbon brakes and a performance, infuse new technology and allow for drag chute, improved nose wheel steering, removal of thorough inspections of the airframe and wiring of the development flight instrumentation and an enhance- vehicles. Many modifications have been made to the NASA's Orbiter Fleet 4 NASA Facts
  • 5. orbiter fleet since the vehicles were first built, including Two more recent upgrades on the orbiters are improvements to the main engines, thermal protection installation of the “glass cockpit” and improved space system and propellant supply systems, and installation shuttle main engines. of a new crew escape system. Both Discovery and Atlantis have received the new In 2002, OMMs were moved from Palmdale to full-color, flat, 11-panel multifunction electronic dis- KSC. Discovery was the first orbiter to go through play subsystem. The new system improves crew/orbiter OMM at KSC. interaction with easy-to-read, graphic portrayals of key Main engine modifications included changes to the flight indicators like attitude, altitude and speed. high-pressure turbo machinery, hydraulic actuators and Another improvement to the space shuttle’s main combustion chamber. propulsion system is the Block II main engine configu- Some of the tiles that make up the orbiter thermal ration that includes a new Pratt & Whitney high- protection system were replaced to make the system pressure fuel turbopump. The new turbopump made lighter, stronger and more durable. Also, a Reinforced its debut flight on Atlantis in July 2001 on mission Carbon-Carbon panel was added to the orbiter chin STS-104. The Block II configuration results in a more between the nose cap and the nose wheel-well door to reliable and safer engine due to increased pump robust- provide improved insulation against the searing heat ness. experienced during reentry into the Earth’s atmo- The primary modifications to the engine are the sphere. elimination of welds by implementing a casting process Improvements to the orbiter propellant supply for the housing, an integral shaft/disk with thin wall system included a redesigned, 17-inch quick-discon- blades and ceramic bearings. The unique casting makes nect valve between the orbiter and the external tank. the pump stronger and will increase the number of Additional modifications were made to the propellant flights between major overhauls. systems of the orbiter reaction control system, orbital Other significant improvements in the shuttle’s maneuvering system and the auxiliary power units. main engines are the high-pressure liquid oxygen A new crew escape system was added that allows turbopump, the two-duct power-head, the large throat the space shuttle crew to bail out if the orbiter has to main combustion chamber and the single-coil heat make an emergency return descent and a safe runway exchanger. cannot be reached. This system consists of an escape In response to the Columbia accident and recom- pole that can be extended from the opened crew hatch. mendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation The crew would then fasten a lanyard hook assembly Board, there were 41 modifications for return to flight that is a part of the pole to their parachute harnesses. in 2005. Eight of these were significant. Once attached to this hook, the crew would slide down the deployed pole, away from the orbiter. Once free of the pole, they would parachute to safety. The "glass cockpit" provides easy-to-read, graphic portrayals of key flight indicators like attitude, altitude and speed. A United Space Alliance technician installs BRI-18 tile. NASA's Orbiter Fleet 5 NASA Facts
  • 6. When built, Endeavour featured new hardware Seventy-two Boeing replacement insulation, or designed to improve and expand orbiter capabilities. BRI-18, tiles were installed in critical locations. The Most of this equipment was later incorporated into the BRI tiles, more rigid than previous tile materials, other three orbiters during out-of-service major inspec- are gradually replacing tile around main landing gear tion and modification programs. The upgrades include: doors, external tank doors and nose landing gear doors. • a 40-foot-diameter drag chute that reduces the Replacing the existing tiles with the BRI-18 tiles in orbiter’s rollout distance by 1,000 to 2,000 feet. strategic areas is one of the Columbia Accident Inves- • plumbing and electrical connections needed for tigation Board's recommendations to strengthen the Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) modifications to orbiters. allow up to 28-day missions. Two of the more extensive modifications included • updated avionics systems that include advanced the addition of the multi-functional electronic display general purpose computers, improved inertial mea- system, or "glass cockpit," and the three-string global surement units and tactical air navigation systems, positioning system that improves the shuttle's landing enhanced master events controllers and multiplexer- capability. demultiplexers, a solid-state star tracker and improved The new cockpit electronics provide better displays, nose wheel steering mechanisms. increased capabilities, decreased weight and power con- • an improved version of the auxiliary power sumption, and improved crew situational awareness. units that provide power to operate the shuttle’s hy- The three-string global positioning system will draulic systems. allow Endeavour to make an emergency landing at any In 2003, Endeavour was taken out of the launch runway, provided it is long enough to accept a space processing flow to go into a major modification period. shuttle. The previous system, TACAN, or Tactical This was the second of these modification periods per- Air Navigation System, only allowed for a landing at a formed entirely at Kennedy Space Center. Endeavour's military base. previous modification was completed in March 1997. Another major modification is the station-to- For the latest period, engineers and technicians shuttle power transfer system. This allows the Inter- spent 900,000 hours performing 194 modifications to national Space Station to transfer power from its solar the vehicle, including more than 13,000 operations arrays to the orbiter while it is docked, thus allowing and maintenance tasks. These included all recommend- the mission to be extended up to four days if needed. ed return-to-flight safety modifications, bonding 2,045 The power transfer preserves the orbiter's liquid hydro- thermal protection system tiles and inspecting more gen and oxygen supplies that are used by the three fuel than 150 miles of wiring throughout Endeavour. cells to produce electricity. Rudder speed brake actuators were replaced as part Endeavour returned to service Aug. 8, 2007, with of the life-cycle maintenance procedures. The forward the launch of mission STS-118 to continue assembly of reaction control system and orbital maneuvering sys- the International Space Station. tem pods were removed and refurbished. To read more about NASA's Space Shuttle Program and other topics, go to http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/facts/nasa_ facts_toc.html. NASA's Orbiter Fleet 6 NASA Facts
  • 7. Atlantis launches Oct. 7, 2002, on mission STS-112. NASA's Orbiter Fleet 7 NASA Facts
  • 8. Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-118 on Aug. 8, 2007, after a nearly three-year hiatus for modifications. The shuttle carried the S5 truss for installation on the International Space Station. National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 www.nasa.gov FS-2007-07-025-KSC 8 Fact Sheets