List of launches from Launch Complex 39

This page lists all launches from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 .

Saturn v

With the exception of Apollo 10, all LC-39A launches took place.

mission	begin	comment
Apollo 4	November 9, 1967	First start of the Saturn V , test flight of the Apollo command module unmanned
Apollo 6	4th April 1968	Second start of the Saturn V, test flight unmanned
Apollo 8	December 21, 1968	First manned start of Saturn V , orbit around the moon Frank Borman , James A. Lovell , William Anders
Apollo 9	March 3, 1969	Tests of the landing module in Earth orbit James McDivitt , David R. Scott , Russell L. Schweickart
Apollo 10	May 18, 1969	Test of the landing module in lunar orbit, approaches the lunar surface within 14 km Tom Stafford , John W. Young , Eugene Cernan
Apollo 11	July 16, 1969	First moon landing Neil Armstrong , Edwin Aldrin , Michael Collins Landing site: Mare Tranquillitatis
Apollo 12	November 14, 1969	Landing at the Surveyor 3 probe, which landed in 1967, Charles Conrad , Richard Gordon , Alan L. Bean Landing site: Oceanus Procellarum
Apollo 13	April 11, 1970	Explosion on board, no moon landing James A. Lovell , John L. Swigert , Fred Haise
Apollo 14	January 31, 1971	Landing at the landing site planned for Apollo 13 Alan Shepard , Stuart Roosa , Edgar D. Mitchell Landing site: Fra Mauro
Apollo 15	July 26, 1971	First mission with the Lunar Roving Vehicle (moon car) David R. Scott , James Irwin , Alfred M. Worden Landing site: Hadley-Rille
Apollo 16	April 16, 1972	First investigation of a plateau, use of UV camera, moon car John W. Young , Thomas K. Mattingly , Charles M. Duke Landing site: Descartes
Apollo 17	7th December 1972	Last moon landing, moon car, " Orange Soil " found Eugene Cernan , Ronald E. Evans , Harrison H. Schmitt Landing site: Taurus-Littrow
Skylab 1	May 14, 1973	Start of the Skylab station, damage to the solar cell boom unmanned

Saturn IB

All Saturn IB launches from the LC-39 originated from Appendix B.

mission	begin	comment
Skylab 2	May 25, 1973	First crew Skylab, repairs of solar cells and heat shield Charles Conrad , Paul Weitz , Joseph Kerwin
Skylab 3	July 28, 1973	Second crew Skylab, repairing heat shield Alan Bean , Owen Garriott , Jack Lousma
Skylab 4	November 16, 1973	Third crew Skylab Gerald Carr , Edward Gibson , William Pogue
Apollo Soyuz Test Project	15th July 1975	Coupling with Soyuz 19 ( Alexei Leonow , Valeri Kubassow ) Crew: Tom Stafford , Vance Brand , Deke Slayton

Space shuttle

Both launch systems were used for space shuttle launches.

No.	Start date ( UTC )	designation	space shuttle	Starting place	Landing site	annotation
01	April 12, 1981	STS-1	Columbia	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	First space flight of a reusable spacecraft
02	November 12, 1981	STS-2	Columbia	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Shuttle test mission, Canadarm successfully tested
03	March 22, 1982	STS-3	Columbia	LC-39A	White Sands	Shuttle test mission, only shuttle landing at White Sands
04th	June 27, 1982	STS-4	Columbia	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Shuttle test mission, DoD's secret payload
05	November 11, 1982	STS-5	Columbia	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Several communications satellites ANIK C-3 and SBS-C exposed
06th	April 4th 1983	STS-6	Challenger	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	TDRS-1 exposed, first spacecraft mission on a shuttle mission through Story Musgrave
07th	June 18, 1983	STS-7	Challenger	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Communications satellites ANIK C-2 and PALABA B-1 exposed, Sally Ride is the first American woman in space
08th	August 30, 1983	STS-8	Challenger	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Communications satellite INSAT-1B suspended
09	November 28, 1983	STS-9	Columbia	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	First Spacelab mission, six astronauts on the shuttle for the first time, a non-American on board a space shuttle for the first time
10	3rd February 1984	STS-41-B	Challenger	LC-39A	KSC	Communications satellites WESTAR-VI and PALABA-B2 suspended, successful MMU test
11	April 6, 1984	STS-41-C	Challenger	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	LDEF suspended, recovery from Solar Maximum Mission
12	August 30, 1984	STS-41-D	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Communications satellites SBS-D, TELSTAR-3C and IVSYNCOM IV-2 exposed
13	5th October 1984	STS-41-G	Challenger	LC-39A	KSC	Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Suspended
14th	November 8, 1984	STS-51-A	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Communication satellites TELESAT-H and SYNCOM IV-1 suspended, retrieval of PALABA-B2 and WESTAR-IV
15th	January 25, 1985	STS-51-C	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Magnum exposed
16	April 12, 1985	STS-51-D	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Communication satellite TELESAT-1 suspended, SYNCOM-IV3 fails to start due to faulty ignition switch
17th	April 29, 1985	STS-51-B	Challenger	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Spacelab mission, GLOMR not suspended
18th	June 17, 1985	STS-51-G	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Communications satellites ARABSAT-A , MORELOS-A and TELSTAR-3D exposed
19th	July 29, 1985	STS-51-F	Challenger	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Spacelab mission. The only abort-to-orbit with only two engines and the only abort after take-off. The mission could still be carried out.
20th	August 27, 1985	STS-51-I	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Communications satellites ASC-1, AUSSAT-1 and SYNCOM-IV4 suspended
21st	3rd October 1985	STS-51-J	Atlantis	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Two DSCS satellites exposed
22nd	October 30, 1985	STS-61-A	Challenger	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	D-1 Spacelab mission, GLOMR suspended
23	November 27, 1985	STS-61-B	Atlantis	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Communications satellites MORELOS-B, AUSSAT-2 and SATCOM KU-2 suspended
24	January 12, 1986	STS-61-C	Columbia	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	SATCOM KU-1 communications satellite suspended
25th	January 28, 1986	STS-51-L	Challenger	LC-39B	-	Start of 2nd TDRS planned, too low temperature destroys sealing ring of one of the SRBs , ET explodes, crew is killed and shuttle is lost
26th	September 29, 1988	STS-26	Discovery	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	TDRS-3 exposed
27	2nd December 1988	STS-27	Atlantis	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Lacrosse 1 spy satellite exposed
28	March 13, 1989	STS-29	Discovery	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Exposed to TDRS-4, experiments with chicken embryos
29	May 4th 1989	STS-30	Atlantis	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Venus probe Magellan exposed
30th	August 8, 1989	STS-28	Columbia	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	SDS-2 exposed
31	October 18, 1989	STS-34	Atlantis	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Jupiter's probe Galileo exposed, first photos of lightning bolts leaving the storm clouds upwards
32	November 23, 1989	STS-33	Discovery	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Magnum satellite exposed
33	January 9, 1990	STS-32	Columbia	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	SYNCOM IV-5 suspended,
34	February 28, 1990	STS-36	Atlantis	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	KH-11 Kennan exposed
35	April 24, 1990	STS-31	Discovery	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Hubble Space Telescope exposed
36	October 6, 1990	STS-41	Discovery	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Ulysses solar probe exposed
37	November 15, 1990	STS-38	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	Magnum satellite exposed
38	2nd December 1990	STS-35	Columbia	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	ASTRO-1 observatory used
39	April 5, 1991	STS-37	Atlantis	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Compton Gamma Ray Observatory exposed
40	April 28, 1991	STS-39	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	Mission for the Department of Defense (DoD)
41	June 5, 1991	STS-40	Columbia	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Spacelab mission
42	2nd August 1991	STS-43	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	TDRS exposed
43	September 12, 1991	STS-48	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite suspended
44	November 24, 1991	STS-44	Atlantis	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Defense Support Program satellite suspended
45	January 22, 1992	STS-42	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1)
46	March 24, 1992	STS-45	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1)
47	May 7, 1992	STS-49	Endeavor	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Repair of Intelsat VI
48	June 25, 1992	STS-50	Columbia	LC-39A	KSC	United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1)
49	July 31, 1992	STS-46	Atlantis	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Tethered Satellite System-1 (TSS-1); European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA)
50	September 12, 1992	STS-47	Endeavor	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Spacelab-J
51	October 22, 1992	STS-52	Columbia	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	US Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1); Laser Geodynamic Satellite-II (LAGEOS-II)
52	2nd December 1992	STS-53	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Secret Mission for the Department of Defense (DoD)
53	January 13, 1993	STS-54	Endeavor	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	TDRS exposed
54	April 8, 1993	STS-56	Discovery	LC-39B	KSC	Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2)
55	April 26, 1993	STS-55	Columbia	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	D-2 Spacelab mission
56	June 21, 1993	STS-57	Endeavor	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Spacehab -1; European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) recovered
57	September 12, 1993	STS-51	Discovery	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS)
58	October 18, 1993	STS-58	Columbia	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Spacelab SLS-2
59	2nd December 1993	STS-61	Endeavor	LC-39B	KSC	Maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope
60	3rd February 1994	STS-60	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	Wake Shield Facility, Spacehab
61	March 4, 1994	STS-62	Columbia	LC-39B	KSC	United States Microgravity Payload-2
62	April 9, 1994	STS-59	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	Space Radar Laboratory-1
63	July 8, 1994	STS-65	Columbia	LC-39A	KSC	International Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2)
64	September 9, 1994	STS-64	Discovery	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE)
65	September 30, 1994	STS-68	Endeavor	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Space Radar Laboratory-2
66	November 3, 1994	STS-66	Atlantis	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Sciences-3 (ATLAS-03)
67	3rd February 1995	STS-63	Discovery	LC-39B	KSC	Me rendezvous, Spacehab
68	March 2, 1995	STS-67	Endeavor	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	ASTRO-2
69	June 27, 1995	STS-71	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	1. Shuttle-Mir Docking
70	July 13, 1995	STS-70	Discovery	LC-39B	KSC	Tracking Data and Relay Satellite-G
71	September 7, 1995	STS-69	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	SPARTAN 201-03 ; Wake Shield Facility-2
72	October 20, 1995	STS-73	Columbia	LC-39B	KSC	United States Microgravity Laboratory-2 (USML-2)
73	November 12, 1995	STS-74	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	2. Shuttle-Mir docking
74	January 11, 1996	STS-72	Endeavor	LC-39B	KSC	Space Flyer Unit
75	February 22, 1996	STS-75	Columbia	LC-39B	KSC	Tethered Satellite System Reflight (TSS-1R)
76	March 22, 1996	STS-76	Atlantis	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	3. Shuttle-Mir Docking, Spacehab
77	May 19, 1996	STS-77	Endeavor	LC-39B	KSC	SPARTAN , Spacehab
78	June 20, 1996	STS-78	Columbia	LC-39B	KSC	Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS)
79	September 16, 1996	STS-79	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	4. Shuttle-Mir Docking, Spacehab
80	November 19, 1996	STS-80	Columbia	LC-39B	KSC	ORFEUS SPAS II
81	January 12, 1997	STS-81	Atlantis	LC-39B	KSC	5. Shuttle-Mir Docking, Spacehab
82	February 11, 1997	STS-82	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	Maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope
83	April 4, 1997	STS-83	Columbia	LC-39A	KSC	Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1)
84	May 15, 1997	STS-84	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	6. Shuttle-Mir Docking, Spacehab
85	July 1, 1997	STS-94	Columbia	LC-39A	KSC	Microgravity Science Laboratory-1
86	August 7, 1997	STS-85	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	CRISTA-SPAS-2
87	September 26, 1997	STS-86	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	7. Shuttle-Mir Docking, Spacehab
88	November 19, 1997	STS-87	Columbia	LC-39B	KSC	United States Microgravity Payload-4
89	January 23, 1998	STS-89	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	8. Shuttle-Mir Docking, Spacehab
90	April 17, 1998	STS-90	Columbia	LC-39B	KSC	Spacelab
91	June 2, 1998	STS-91	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	9. Shuttle-Mir Docking, Spacehab
92	October 29, 1998	STS-95	Discovery	LC-39B	KSC	Spacehab
93	4th December 1998	STS-88	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	1st ISS mission ( Unity node )
94	May 27, 1999	STS-96	Discovery	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission, Spacehab
95	July 23, 1999	STS-93	Columbia	LC-39B	KSC	Chandra X-ray Telescope
96	December 20, 1999	STS-103	Discovery	LC-39B	KSC	Maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope
97	February 11, 2000	STS-99	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
98	May 19, 2000	STS-101	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission, Spacehab
99	September 8, 2000	STS-106	Atlantis	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission, Spacehab
100	October 11, 2000	STS-92	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	ISS mission (Z1 support structure , docking nozzle )
101	December 1, 2000	STS-97	Endeavor	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission (P6 support structure with solar cell system)
102	February 7, 2001	STS-98	Atlantis	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	ISS mission (US laboratory Destiny )
103	March 8, 2001	STS-102	Discovery	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission: logistics module Leonardo , Spacehab
104	April 19, 2001	STS-100	Endeavor	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	ISS mission: Raffaello logistics module , robot arm
105	July 12, 2001	STS-104	Atlantis	LC-39B	KSC	ISS Mission (Airlock Quest )
106	August 10, 2001	STS-105	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission: logistics module Leonardo, Spacehab
107	December 5, 2001	STS-108	Endeavor	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission: Raffaello logistics module
108	March 1, 2002	STS-109	Columbia	LC-39A	KSC	Maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope
109	April 8, 2002	STS-110	Atlantis	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission (S0 carrier structure)
110	June 5, 2002	STS-111	Endeavor	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	ISS mission: logistics module Leonardo
111	October 7, 2002	STS-112	Atlantis	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission (S1 carrier structure)
112	November 24, 2002	STS-113	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission (P1 carrier structure)
113	January 16, 2003	STS-107	Columbia	LC-39A	-	FREESTAR, Spacehab, Shuttle destroyed and partially burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere
114	July 26, 2005	STS-114	Discovery	LC-39B	Edwards AFB	ISS mission: Raffaello logistics module, Spacehab
115	4th July 2006	STS-121	Discovery	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission ULF1.1: logistics module Leonardo, Spacehab
116	September 9, 2006	STS-115	Atlantis	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission 12A: P3 / P4 support structure with solar cell system, Spacehab
117	December 10, 2006	STS-116	Discovery	LC-39B	KSC	ISS mission 12A.1: P5 support structure and Spacehab-SM
118	June 8, 2007	STS-117	Atlantis	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	ISS mission 13A: S3 / S4 carrier structure with solar cell system
119	August 8, 2007	STS-118	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission 13A.1: S5 support structure, Spacehab-SM and ESP3
120	October 23, 2007	STS-120	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	ISS Mission 10A: Harmony
121	February 7, 2008	STS-122	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission 1E: ESA Columbus module
122	March 11, 2008	STS-123	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission 1J / A: JAXA experiment logistics module
123	May 31, 2008	STS-124	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission 1J: JAXA module Kibo and Japanese robotic arm
124	November 15, 2008	STS-126	Endeavor	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	ISS mission ULF2: Logistics module Leonardo
125	March 15, 2009	STS-119	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission 15A: S6 support structure with the last solar cell system
126	May 11, 2009	STS-125	Atlantis	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	Last maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope
127	July 15, 2009	STS-127	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	ISS Mission 2J / A: Jap. Experiment and logistics platform , DRAGONSat , ANDE-2
128	August 29, 2009	STS-128	Discovery	LC-39A	Edwards AFB	ISS Mission 17A: Logistics Module Leonardo
129	November 16, 2009	STS-129	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission ULF3: EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 and 2
130	February 8, 2010	STS-130	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	ISS Mission 20A: Tranquility and Cupola (viewing dome)
131	April 5, 2010	STS-131	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	ISS Mission 19A: Logistics Module Leonardo
132	May 14, 2010	STS-132	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission ULF4: logistics flight, ICC-VLD, Rasswet
133	February 24, 2011	STS-133	Discovery	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission ULF5: Permanent Multi-Purpose Module Leonardo , EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4
134	May 16, 2011	STS-134	Endeavor	LC-39A	KSC	ISS mission ULF6: Alpha-Magnet-Spectrometer , EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 3
135	July 8, 2011	STS-135	Atlantis	LC-39A	KSC	ISS Mission (Payload: MPLM with LMC )

Ares I

The Ares I should start regularly manned exclusively from the launch pad LC 2:39 unmanned test flights. The project was discontinued in 2010.

number	date	mission	Duration	Crew size	comment
1	October 28, 2009	Ares IX	6:30 min.	0	Test of the first stage of the Ares I launcher with four active SRM segments and an inactive fifth segment and a dummy of the upper stage

Ares V

The Ares V should only take off from the LC-39A and only unmanned. The project was discontinued in 2010.

Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy

The Falcon 9 has been starting from the LC39-A since 2017 and the Falcon Heavy since 2018 . The first manned launch took place on May 31, 2020 with SpX-DM2 .

List updated: July 6, 2020

No.	Time (UTC)	rocket	version	mission	comment
F9-30	February 19, 2017 2:38 pm	Falcon 9	Block 3	CRS -10 ( Dragon spaceship)	First launch of the Falcon 9 from the LC-39. First unmanned take-off from this ramp since Skylab 1973
F9-31	March 16, 2017 6:00 am	Falcon 9	Block 3	EchoStar 23 ( communications satellite )
F9-32	March 30, 2017 10:27 PM	Falcon 9		SES-10 (communications satellite)	Reuse of a first stage for the first time
F9-33	May 1, 2017 11:15 am	Falcon 9	Block 3	NROL -76 ( spy satellite )
F9-34	May 15, 2017 11:21 PM	Falcon 9	Block 3	Inmarsat 5-F4 (communications satellite)	First Falcon 9 payload over 6 t
F9-35	June 3, 2017 9:07 PM	Falcon 9	Block 3	CRS -11 (Dragon spaceship)	Partial reuse of a Dragon capsule for the first time
F9-36	June 23, 2017 7:10 PM	Falcon 9	Block 3	BulgariaSat-1 (communications satellite)
F9-38	July 5, 2017 11:38 PM	Falcon 9	Block 3	Intelsat 35e (communications satellite)	Largest Falcon 9 GTO payload of around 6.8 t to date
F9-39	August 14, 2017 4:31 PM	Falcon 9	Block 4	CRS -12 (Dragon spaceship)	First flight of the rocket version Block 4
F9-41	September 7, 2017 14:00	Falcon 9	Block 4	US Air Force X-37B OTV-5
F9-43	October 11, 2017 10:53 PM	Falcon 9	Block 3	SES-11 / EchoStar 105 ( communications satellite )
F9-44	October 30, 2017 7:34 PM	Falcon 9	Block 4	Koreasat 5A (communication satellite)
FH-1	February 6, 2018 8:45 PM	Falcon Heavy	Block 3-4-3	Falcon Heavy Demo (electric car)	Demonstration flight; First flight of the Falcon Heavy and landing of the two boosters
F9-54	May 11, 2018 8:14 PM	Falcon 9	Block 5	Bangabandhu 1 (communications satellite)	First flight of the rocket version Block 5
F9-63	November 15, 2018 8:46 PM	Falcon 9	Block 5	Es'hail-2 (communications satellite)
F9-69	March 2, 2019 7:49 am	Falcon 9	Block 5	SpX-DM1 ( Dragon V2 )
FH-2	April 11, 2019 10:35 PM	Falcon Heavy	Block 5–5–5	Arabsat 6A (communications satellite)	First flight of the Falcon Heavy version, Block 5
FH-3	June 25, 2019 6:30 AM	Falcon Heavy	Block 5–5–5	STP-2 (24 test and research satellites)
	March 18, 2020 12:16 PM	Falcon 9	Block 5	Starlink 5 (v1.0) (60 communication satellites)
	April 22, 2020 7:30 p.m.	Falcon 9	Block 5	Starlink 6 (v1.0) (60 communication satellites)
	May 30, 2020 7:22 PM	Falcon 9	Block 5	SpX-DM2 (manned Crew Dragon )	Crew: Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley First manned NASA space flight since STS-135

More missiles

The Space Launch System and the Omega are scheduled to launch from LC-39B from 2021, and the Starship and Super Heavy rockets from LC-39A from 2021.