As of November 2008 there have been 124 Space Shuttle flights. (Visit link for a list)
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One - Challenger.
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5 different space shuttles have been launched on 129 missions.
Two out of five Space Shuttles: Challager and Columbia, were the only 2 shuttles to be lost, challager exploded 72 seconds after takeoff while Columbia burned up in the atmosphere.
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No shuttles have blown up in space. The Challenger disintegrated after launch on Jan 28, 1986 and the Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on Feb 1, 2003. Both were in the earth's atmosphere when they disintegrated.
No new space shuttles are being built at this time.
Currently NASA have three space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
there was 2 .. launching to get to the international space station up in space
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