STS-61, Endeavour (December 2, 1993)

On December 2, 1993, the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off from Launch Complex 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the first servicing mission on the Hubble Space Telescope, which was placed into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery in April, 1990.
The seven-person crew on board Endeavour completed a then-record five spacewalks, as they restored Hubble's infamously impaired sight.
STS-61 launched in the dark, and landed in the dark eleven days later, on December 13. This launch was captured over the air on NASA TV, with the footage starting approximately one minute before liftoff and ending shortly after SRB separation.

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[KF6LIL]

Entetprise was just a test shuttle it never got to space it alway's flew piggyback on a modified boeing it may got near space on that boeing but it never was in space 

[cag1970]

@KF6LIL , Enterprise almost replaced Challenger when it was lost...But you're right, it never actually flew into space. It was used as a glide-test and launch facilities checkout article in the stead of the operational orbiters. And it will have a new home at the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum in New York. I got to see Enterprise last spring at Udvar-Hazy, and she is a beautiful craft.

[ancestron]

hey now, Challenger was a good ship too. As was Columbia.

[Neptuneaus]

@nickyp28 See my response to Cag 1970 above ;)

[nickyp28]

@Neptuneaus The ones that have flown in space: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour.

Thats five.

[penfat1]

no. 5 did. columbia,challenger,discovery,­atlantis,and endeavour

[cag1970]

No problem, Neptuneaus. Enterprise was also used for launch facilities checkout at both KSC and SLC-6 at Vandenburg AFB in California. They also used pieces of Enterprise to determine what happened to Columbia back in 2003.

[Neptuneaus]

Cag...I was sleep deprived when I wrote that only 4 vehicle have flown. I've seen every launch since STS 1. You are right that 5 orbiters have flown. Enterprise never flew in space, but was used for glide/landing testing. Enjoy the launch of STS 127 today...fingers crossed for the weather!

[cag1970]

Not so, Neptuneaus...There have been five operational orbiters--Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery and Endeavour. Enterprise makes six.

[Neptuneaus]

Only 4 shuttles have flown in space. Enterprise never flew.