Step into the post-Cold War era of space exploration with our complete 1990-1999 Rocket Launch Schedule. This in-depth guide chronicles every mission from a decade marked by the construction of the International Space Station (ISS), the incredible Hubble Space Telescope’s discoveries, and the continued advancements of the Space Shuttle program. Explore the 1990s and discover the launches that laid the groundwork for modern spaceflight.
STS-56Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Success
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors (ALEXIS)Pegasus
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Success
Air launch to orbit
STS-55Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Success
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Yantar-1KFT 16Soyuz U
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
US-PM 2Tsiklon-2
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Progress M-18Soyuz-U2
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Gorizont 39LProton
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Failure
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
STS-57Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Success
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
