Space Shuttle Orbiters
The orbiters of NASA's Space Shuttle program, including the test vehicle Enterprise, with each vehicle's designation, first mission, number of missions and fate. Enterprise flew only atmospheric approach and landing tests.
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| ID | Name | Designation | First mission | Total missions | Fate |
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| 1 | Columbia | OV-102 | STS-1 | 28 | Destroyed. Broke up on reentry due to foam strike on wing causing damage during launch on February 1, 2003. Remains of orbiter stored at Vehicle Assembly Building. |
| 2 | Challenger | OV-099 | STS-6 | 10 | Destroyed. Disintegrated due to shrunken o-ring due to the cold on January 28, 1986. Debris buried at Cape Canaveral LC-31. |
| 3 | Discovery | OV-103 | STS-41-D | 39 | Retired. Displayed at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. |
| 4 | Atlantis | OV-104 | STS-51-J | 33 | Retired. Displayed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. |
| 5 | Endeavour | OV-105 | STS-49 | 25 | Retired. Displayed at California Science Center in Los Angeles, California. |
| 6 | Enterprise | OV-101 | ALT-12 | 5 | Used for approach and landing tests, not suitable for spaceflight. |
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