Orbiter

Endeavour

Built from spares to strengthen the fleet

Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-123 with station hardware in view
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (NASA)
First flight
May 7, 1992
Last flight
June 1, 2011
Missions
25

OV-105 replaced Challenger using structural spare components. It supported ISS construction, carried the first Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to station, and completed ambitious servicing and assembly flights.

Highlights

  • ·First Hubble servicing mission after deployment issues (STS-61)
  • ·Delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the ISS (STS-134)

Status

Retired on display at the California Science Center, Los Angeles, USA.