5 - number of space planes (Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour)

135 - number of launches

$90bn - planned cost

$196bn - Actual cost so far

355 - number of astronauts who have flown in the shuttle

14 - deaths (7 in Columbia in 2003; 7 in Challenger in 1986)

3 years, 221 days 19 hours 24 mins 43 secs - cumulative time in space

12 days - length of final mission

20,958 - Orbits of the earth

543 million miles - total distance travelled (Atlantis mission will add 5 million)