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What shuttles have survived after a space flight?

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Three of the 5 functional Space Shuttle orbiters built survived until retirement, a total of 135 manned missions. They are Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. The shuttle Enterprise was not used in orbital flight.

There were 4 original shuttles built after the testing of Enterprise in 1977:

Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis.

Challenger was destroyed in a launch accident on January 28, 1986. A fifth orbiter, Endeavour, was built from spare parts.

Columbia was destroyed during reentry on February 1, 2003.

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