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Old February 5th 13, 11:02 PM posted to sci.space.shuttle
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OFFICIAL ANSWER

Number, Name: Wikipedia Page Link
- Space Shuttle Type
- First flight position
- Location before Space Shuttle Program ended
- Current location (as of 2013)



OV-99, Challenger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger
- Regular Space Shuttle
- Third to fly
- Broke up during launch in 1986
- NASA's hearts and minds

OV-100, Explorer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Explorer
- Space Shuttle EXACT replica (made by NASA)
- Never Flew
- Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA
- Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA

OV-101, Enterprise: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise
- Space Shuttle Prototype (Test Vehicle)
- First to fly
- Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia, USA (near Washington DC)
- Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, New York, USA

OV-102, Columbia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia
- Regular Space Shuttle
- Second to fly
- Broke up during re-entry in 2003
- NASA's hearts and minds

OV-103, Discovery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery
- Regular Space Shuttle
- Fourth to fly
- Active use
- Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia, USA (near Washington DC)

OV-104, Atlantis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis
- Regular Space Shuttle
- Fifth to fly
- Active use
- Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA

OV-105, Endeavour: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour
- Regular Space Shuttle
- Sixth to fly
- Active use
- California Science Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

ALL* OF THIS INFORMATION I GATHERED AT NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WHEN I VISITED ON THE THIRD OF JANUARY, 2013, SO IT IS 100% CORRECT.

*Not including the information given on the Wikipedia pages which may have some flaws.
 




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