Re: numbering

Jorge R. Frank schrieb:
Pascal zur Nieden <zurnieden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:3u3lekFv3uunU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:


The labelling of shuttle missions involves the abbreviation "STS" plus a number. This number does not chronologically increase from flight to flight but varies in a remarkable way.

Could anyone please explain the concept of numbering the missions to me?


Missions are numbered in the order that they are added to the manifest, not in the order they fly. Thus STS-121 is the next flight, because it was added after STS-115 through 120 were already on the manifest.


The first nine missions (chronologically) were STS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,41A.
Does that mean that 32 missions were planned (and scheduled for) after STS-8 but not carried out before STS-41A?
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