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| [[File:ECN-8611.jpg|150px|center]]
| [[File:ECN-8611.jpg|150px|center]]
| OV-101<br/>[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|''Enterprise'']]
| OV-101<br/>[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|''Enterprise'']]
| 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>
| Named for the fictional [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|starship]] from the television show [[Star Trek|''Star Trek'']] as a result of a large write-in campaign.<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
| colspan="2" | No flights made
| colspan="2" | No flights made
| On display at the US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
| 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>
| A full-sized replica used for various ground-handling proceedures.<ref>[http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/pathfinder.html Pathfinder]</ref>
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| [[File:Columbia sts1 big.jpg|150px|center]]
| [[File:Columbia sts1 big.jpg|150px|center]]
| OV-102<br/>[[Space Shuttle Columbia|''Columbia'']]
| 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
| Named for an American sloop involved in the discovery of the Columbia River in what is now the western United States, 1792
| April 12th, 1981
| April 12th, 1981
| January 16, 2003
| January 16, 2003
| Lost on descent, February 1st, 2003
| Lost on descent; crew killed, February 1st, 2003
| First of the space shuttles to fly into space.
| First of the space shuttles to fly into space.
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| April 4th, 1983
| April 4th, 1983
| January 28th, 1986
| January 28th, 1986
| Lost on ascent
| Lost on ascent; crew killed
| 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]].
| 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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| 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>
| 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 14, 2010
| July 8, 2011
| Operational
| Operational
| Final flight, July 8, 2011
| To be retired following final landing
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| [[File:Iss015e22574.jpg|150px|center]]
| [[File:Iss015e22574.jpg|150px|center]]