Ahem...
The first orbital shuttle launch was the logically-named STS-1 in 1981.
The confusingly-named STS-88 was the 93rd orbital launch of a space shuttle. It occurred in 1998 (12 years after the Challenger disaster, 5 years before the Columbia disaster), and was the first Shuttle mission to take part in constructing the ISS.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 13 Feb 2024, 19:49,
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