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Experience the Mission and Crew Briefings of Past Shuttle Missions
 
STS-110 crew walkoutNOTE: Due to the amount of information now available through the NASA Portal, the Launch Guest Briefing Web site has been discontinued. For information about upcoming space shuttle missions, please go to the space shuttle site. For information about past missions, go to the space shuttle mission archives.

Before each space shuttle launch, Kennedy Space Center presented a series of pre-launch mission briefings to a limited number of VIPs, such as domestic and foreign dignitaries and space agency representatives. These briefings were typically given the day before a space shuttle launch and contained a wealth of information about the crew, science and payloads of the upcoming mission. The scripts -- including photos, video and animations -- are provided here.

Image to left: The STS-110 crew members wave as they stride out of the Operations and Checkout Building. Credit: NASA


Mission Overview
STS-114 STS-114 included breathtaking in-orbit maneuvers, tests of new equipment and procedures, and a first-of-its-kind spacewalking repair. It was the first space shuttle mission since the loss of Columbia on Feb. 1, 2003.
STS-107 STS-107 was designated a microgravity research flight with 86 payloads involving 79 investigations traveling on Columbia. The 16-day mission was an Extended Duration Orbiter mission.
STS-113 The primary objective of this 11-day mission was to deliver the Expedition Six crew and the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Segment to the International Space Station and attach it to the port side of the S0 truss.
STS-112 Atlantis carried the first starboard integrated truss segment (S1) to the ISS and the Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart A -- the first of two human-powered carts that will ride along the railway providing mobile work platforms.
STS-111 STS-111 was the 14th Shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station to continue the assembly of the outpost by delivering the Mobile Base System for installation onto the station's Mobile Transporter and deliver the new crew.
STS-110 This mission delivered the framework for Station expansion -- Integrated Truss Structure S0. The S0 is the center segment of the 91-meter (300-foot) Station truss attached to the U.S. Lab.
STS-109 The main purpose of STS-109 mission was to service the Hubble Space Telescope, which included 5 spacewalks after Hubble was retrieved in the orbiter payload bay.
STS-108 Mission STS-108 is the 12th Space Shuttle flight to the International Space Station (ISS). This 11-day mission was the first Utilization Flight (UF1) of the Station program. The main objective of this mission is to transfer hardware into the ISS and perform the third ISS crew exchange.
STS-105 The primary objectives of STS-105 were to transport the Expedition Three crew, and several payloads and scientific experiments, to the International Space Station.
STS-104 The primary objective of STS-104 was to connect the Joint Airlock Module to the starboard side of Node 1 Unity, enabling astronauts to perform spacewalks without the presence of a Space Shuttle.
STS-100 STS-100 will deliver and install the Canadian-contributed International Space Station robotic arm, called Canadarm2. Endeavour will also carry Raffaello, the second of three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules to the Station and back to Earth.
STS-102 STS-102 will be a mission of firsts: the first flight of the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and the first "changing of the guard."
STS-98 STS-98 payload is the U.S. Destiny Laboratory. Destiny is the centerpiece of the International Space Station, where unprecedented science will be performed in space.
STS-97 STS-97 is set to install the most powerful solar arrays ever to orbit Earth. They will capture the sun's elusive energy and begin the process of converting it into power for the Station.
STS-92 STS-92 was a Space Station assembly flight that brought the Z-1 Truss (mounted on a Spacelab pallet), Control Moment Gyros, Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) and two DDCU (heat pipes) to the International Space Station.
STS-106 STS-106, during its 11-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), completed all assigned mission objectives to prepare the Station for the first crew scheduled to launch in October.
STS-101 The primary mission of STS-101 was to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, perform a spacewalk and then reboost the Station from 230 statute miles to 250 statute miles.
STS-99 The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission mast was deployed successfully to its full length, and the antenna was turned to its operational position.
STS-103 STS-103 restored the Hubble Space Telescope to working order and upgraded some of its systems, allowing the decade-old observatory to get ready to begin its second scheduled decade of astronomical observations.
 
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