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! Shuttle Name

! Image

! Orbiter Designation

! Designation / Name

! Current Status

! Namesake

! First Flight

! First Flight

! Last Flight

! Last Flight

! Remarks

! Remarks

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| Enterprise

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| OV-101

| OV-101<br/>[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|''Enterprise'']]

| On display at the [[Smithsonian Institution]].

| The fictional starship [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']] from the television show [[Star Trek|''Star Trek'']]<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/everydaylife/nasm_enterprise.html Shuttle Enterprise at Center of Museum's Space Hangar]</ref>

| February 15th, 1977

| February 15th, 1977

| October 26th, 1977

| October 26th, 1977

| Used for atmospheric test flights.  Never flew in space. Named after the ship in [[Star Trek (original series)|Star Trek]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/everydaylife/nasm_enterprise.html Shuttle Enterprise at Center of Museum's Space Hangar]</ref>

| Used for atmospheric test flights and landings; did not fly into space.

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| Pathfinder

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| OV-098

| OV-098<br/>''Pathfinder''

| On display at the US Space & Rocket Center.

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| colspan="2" | No flights made.

| colspan="2" | No flights made

| Not an operational shuttle, but a full-sized mock-up used for various tests.<ref>[http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/pathfinder.html Pathfinder]</ref>

| On display at the US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama

| A full-sized replica used for various handling proceedures.<ref>[http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/pathfinder.html Pathfinder]</ref>

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| [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]

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| OV-102

| OV-102<br/>[[Space Shuttle Columbia|''Columbia'']]

| American sloop ''Columbia'', involved in the discovery of the river of the same name in the western United States, 1792

| April 12th, 1981

| April 12th, 1981

| February 1st, 2003

| January 16, 2003

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| Lost on descent, February 1st, 2003

| First of the space shuttles to fly into space.

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| [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]

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| OV-099

| OV-099<br/>[[Space Shuttle Challenger|''Challenger'']]

| Destroyed.  

| Named for HMS ''Challenger'', a British research vessel during the 1870's<ref>http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/challenger.html</ref>

| April 4th, 1983

| April 4th, 1983

| January 28th, 1986

| January 28th, 1986

| Originally built for Earth-bound tests, but later converted for space flight.<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/challenger-info.html Space Shuttle Overview: Challenger (OV-099)]</ref>

| Originally built for Earth-bound tests, but later converted for space flight<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/challenger-info.html Space Shuttle Overview: Challenger (OV-099)]</ref>.  Last flight carried [[Christa McAuliffe]], a New Hampshire high school teacher selected to be the first such individual under President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[Teacher in Space Project]].

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| [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]  

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| OV-103

| OV-103<br/>[[Space Shuttle Discovery|''Discovery'']]

| Operational.

| Named for the ship which carried [[Henry Hudson]] on his search for the [[Northwest Passage]], as well as the second ship commanded by British explorer Captain [[James Cook]] in 1770's <ref>http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/discovery.html</ref>

| August 30th, 1984

| August 30th, 1984

| March 28th, 2009

| February 24, 2011

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| Retired

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| [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]

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| OV-104

| OV-104<br/>[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|''Atlantis'']]

| Operational.

| Named for the primary research vessel operated 1930-1966 by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts<ref>http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/atlantis.html</ref>

| October 3rd, 1985

| October 3rd, 1985

| May 24th, 2009

| May 14, 2010

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| Operational

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| [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]

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| OV-105

| OV-105<br/>[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|''Endeavour'']]

| Operational.

| Named for the first ship commanded by British explorer Captain [[James Cook]] in 1768 <ref>http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/endeavour.html</ref>

| May 7th, 1992

| May 7th, 1992

| November 30th, 2008

| May 16, 2011

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| Retired

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