Space Shuttle missions were initially given sequential numbers – STS-1, STS-2, …

Subsequent to the Apollo 13 mishap, NASA decided to avoid the forthcoming STS-13 and changed the numbering system. STS-13 became STS-41-G

After the Challenger disaster, NASA reverted this change pic.twitter.com/sEMMhxMIHz

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