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It depends on which shuttle is scheduled for a mission. The only spaceworthy shuttles right now are Atlantis, Endeavour and Discovery.

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It depends on which shuttle is scheduled for a mission. The only spaceworthy shuttles right now are Atlantis, Endeavour and Discovery.

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There are technically four, but only three are spaceworthy:

OV-103 aka Discovery

OV-104 aka Atlantis

OV-105 aka Endeavour

OV-101 aka Enterprise exists but is a non-flying shuttle. It was built as a demonstrator but was never built to fly in space although in theory it could have been dismantled and made spaceworthy -- a very expensive proposition.

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Although the space shuttle Enterprise was the first shuttle built and test flown, it never had a space flight. The first shuttle to be launched into space was the Columbia, it was first launched on 12 April 1981. Columbia was the first spaceworthy shuttle in NASA's fleet.

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The space shuttle Columbia was the first spaceworthy shuttle that entered service in April 1981. It completed 27 missions, before being destroyed shortly before completion of the 28th, during re-entry into the earth atmosphere on February 1st 2003.

All seven crew members died;

Commander: Rick D. Husband,

Pilot: William C. McCool

Payload Commander: Michael P. Anderson

Payload Specialist: Ilan Ramon

Mission Specialist: Kalpana Chawla

Mission Specialist: David M. Brown

Mission Specialist: Laurel Clark

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As the first spaceworthy craft of NASA's orbital fleet, Columbia (OV-102) completed 27 missions, and was destoyed near the end of her 28th mission, STS-107. Links to all her missions are to be found in the Related Link listed below:

The crew for the fated STS-107 mission were:

Rick D. Husband; American (Commander)

William C. McCool; American (Pilot)

Michael P. Anderson; American (Payload Commander)

David M. Brown; American (Mission Specialist 1)

Kalpana Chawla; Indian (Mission Specialist 2)

Laurel Blair Salton Clark; American (Mission Specialist 4)

Ilan Ramon; Israeli/Jewish (Payload Specialist 1) He flew in the Israeli Air Force and is the son of a Holocaust survivor.

May they rest in peace.

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