1992    STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.

1992    NASA launches Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.

1993    Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.

1996    Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of ''Endeavour''.