NASA Large Strategic Science Missions
ExplorationNASAIn servicesince 1975
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
NASA's large strategic science missions or large strategic missions, formerly known as Flagship missions or Flagship-class missions, are the costliest and most capable NASA science spacecraft. Flagship missions exist within all four divisions of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD): the astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science divisions.
Flights
5 of 21Record
Rockets: Space Shuttle (4), Titan IIIE (4), Atlas V 401 (3), Atlas V 541 (2), Ariane 5 ECA+ (1), Atlas IIAS (1), Delta II 7320 (1), Delta II 7920-10 (1), Delta II 7920-10L (1), Delta IV Heavy (1), Falcon 9 Block 5 (1), Titan IVB/Centaur (1)
Launch sites: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (11), Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA (5), Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA (4), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana (1)
Crew flown: 19 — Bruce McCandless II, Catherine Coleman, Charles Bolden, Donald E. Williams, Eileen Collins, Ellen S. Baker, Franklin Chang Díaz, Jeffrey Ashby, Jerome Apt, Jerry L. Ross, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Kenneth D. Cameron
News
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Events
No scheduled or recent events for this program.