Test flightsThe aerodynamic testbed OK-GLI was constructed in 1984 to test the in-flight properties of the Buran design. Unlike the American prototype Enterprise, OK-GLI had four AL-31 turbofan engine ...
Main article: STS-3xxSTS-300 was the designation for the Space Shuttle Launch on Need (LON) missions to be launched on short notice for STS-114 and STS-121, in the event that the shuttle became disabl ...
Main article: Cancelled Space Shuttle missionsOne initial emergency flight abort (RTLS) sub-orbital test mission was canceled due to high risk. Many other planned missions were canceled due to the lat ...
Test flightsThe following list includes Enterprise's free flights, but not other captive-carry flight tests.Order Flight date Mission Shuttle Crew Duration Landing Site Notes Sources1 August 12, 1977 ...
This is a list in table format of all missions flown by space shuttles launched between 1981 and 2011. It also includes lists of the 1977 manned test flights of the shuttle orbiter and of the shuttle' ...
