The 142 million mile story

First flight: 30 August 1984Missions flown to date: 38Accumulated time in space: 351 days, 18 hoursMiles flown: 142.9 million

Astronauts carried: 180

Notable missions:

• September 1988 - First manned flight since Challenger disaster of 1986

• April 1990 - Transported and launched Hubble space telescope

• February 1995 - First docking with Mir space station

• October 1998 - Took John Glenn, 77, back into space

• October 2000 - 100th shuttle flight

• July 2005 - First manned flight since February 2003 Columbia disaster

• November 2010 - Final flight and first Nasa shuttle to be decommissioned