Endeavour By macivick9 Aug 1, 1987 Congress Authorized constuction to begin May 7, 1991 Delivered to Kennedy Space Station Apr 6, 1992 Flight Readiness Firing Jun 24, 1993 Flew First Servicing Mission STS-61 Jan 11, 1996 Retrieve Japanese Space Flyer Unit May 19, 1996 Spacelab Experiments Jan 1, 1998 Visited The Mir Space Station Dec 4, 1998 Flew Its 13th Mission Aug 6, 2007 Flew Into Space for STS-118 May 16, 2011 Final Space Mission