Author Description

This document was originally produced as an informal Mission Operations book and has been updated since Space Shuttle Flight STS-1 and throughout the program. This version is a formally released NASA document. It is a handy reference guide for flight data for all Space Shuttle missions. "As-flown" data is provided as compiled from many flight support sources for ascent, on-orbit events, and descent mission phases. In addition, the specific shuttle vehicle configuration, payload, flight crew, and flight directors are identified for each flight. In the development of this book, the data for the early flights are contained on a single page per flight. For later flights, more pages per flight have been added, primarily for growth in mission complexity as noted in the "Mission Highlights" data column. This particularly applies to missions involved in the assembly of the International Space Station. Pertinent photos for each mission are also included on each mission summary page