because the spaceship exploded
The Challenger STS 7 mission held multiple experiments as well as two satellites. While not a particular purpose it is notable that this flight also included the first American woman astronaut, Sally Ride.
As of 2009 there are 22 astronauts who have attended Purdue University they include. 1.) Neil Armstrong of Apollo 11 2.) John E Blaha of STS-26, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-78, MIR-22 and STS-81 3.) Mark N. Brown of STS-28 AND STS-48 4.) John Casper of STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77 5.) Eugene Cernan of Gemini 9A, Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 6.) Roger B. Chaffee of Apollo 1 7.) Richard D. Covey of STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61 8.) Andrew J. Feustel of STS-125 9.) Guy Spence Gardner of STS-27 and STS-35 10.) Virgil "Gus" Ivan Grissom of Mercury Redstone 4. Gemini 3 and Apollo 1 11.) Gregory J. Harbaugh of STS-39, STS-54, STS-71, STS-82 12.) Fredrick W. Leslie of STS-73 13.) Michael James McCulley 0f STS-34 14.) Gary Payton of STS-51-C 15.) Mark L. Polansky of STS-98, STS-116 and STS-127 16.) Jerry L. Ross of STS-61-B, STS-27, STS-37, STS-55, STS-74, STS-88 and STS-110 17.) Loren Shriver of STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46 18.) Janice E. Voss of STS-57, STS-63, STS-83, STS-94, and STS-99 19.) Charles D. Walker of STS-41-D, STS-51-D, and STS-61-B 20.) Mary E. Weber of STS-70 and STS-101 21.) Donald Edward Williams of STS-51-D and STS-34 22.) David Wolf of STS-58, STS-86, MIR-24, STS-89, STS-112 and STS-127
The 107 men were sent by investors to look for gold.
Laurel B. Clark only flew one mission--STS-107 (Columbia). Her total time in space was 15 days, 22 hours, and 20 minutes.
Cadillac STS was created in 2005.
Ansaldo STS's population is 2,010.
Ansaldo STS was created in 2006.
The population of Ansaldo STS is 4,220.
135 sts mission
Discovery (STS-96) made its first docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on 29 May, 1999. This was also the first shuttle to actually dock with the ISS. The pilot of this mission was Rick Husband, who would later lose his life on-board the shuttle Columbia (STS-107).
5 Space Shuttle missions were launched in the year 2000 in this order; STS-99 - Endeavour STS-101 - Atlantis STS-106 - Atlantis STS-92 - Discovery STS-97 - Endeavour