Started service on 12

April 1981
launched to repair
Hubble Space Telescope
completed 27 missions
Disintegrated on 28
th

mission (1 February
2003) while re-entering
the atmosphere
A hole had formed on
one of a Columbias
wing when a piece of
insulating foam from the
external fuel tank peeled
off during the launch
Started service on April
4, 1983
Launched and landed
nine times successfully
Exploded after 72
seconds in the 10
th

mission launched due to
a booster failure