How Many Space Shuttles Were There

People representing 16 different countries have flown on shuttle flights.
How many space shuttles were there. 306 men and 49 women have flown aboard shuttles. Conducted science experiments in orbit. Destroyed during reentry killing all seven astronauts on board. Only two space shuttles the challenger and the columbia have crashed.
6 space shuttles were built although only 5 of them spaceworthy. There have been 848 total shuttle fliers 852 including sts 135 crew. Disintegrated after launch killing all seven astronauts on board. Two of the shuttles columbia and challenger were lost in accidents and the rest have been retired to museums.
Challenger enterprise columbia discovery atlantis endeavour. And participated in construction and servicing of the international space station iss. Five complete space shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011 launched from the kennedy space center ksc in florida. Nasa added the prefix of sts space transportation system to each shuttle mission.
During that time period the fleet logged 1 322 days 19 hours 21 minutes and 23 seconds of flight time. Sally ride became the first american woman in space when she flew aboard challenger on sts 7 in 1983. On display at the intrepid sea air space museum. Nasa has operated six space shuttles beginning with the prototype orbiter which was flown in earth s atmosphere during landing and flight tests.
The shuttles on public display include nasa s three space flown orbiters atlantis discovery and endeavour as well as the prototype shuttle enterprise which never flew in space but was used. There have however been other deaths related to the space shuttle program. From 1981 to 2011 a total of 135 missions were flown all launched from kennedy space center ksc in florida.