Space Shuttle Atlantis. [Photo: NASA] Many are calling it “the end of an era”. The Space Shuttle Program is about to close its doors as NASA and the space industry goes in other directions. As the ...
HOUSTON — If anything should happen to the Space Shuttle Atlantis once it reaches the international space station, or if the orbiter is deemed unsafe to return to Earth, NASA has developed an ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four astronauts for the final space shuttle mission, STS-135, will answer reporters’ questions at 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 31, as shuttle Atlantis is moved to its ...
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MISSION: STS-135 International Space Station Utilization/Logistics Flight 7 (ULF 7), the 135th and final launch of the space shuttle program and the 37th to the ISS. ORBITER: Atlantis (OV-104), making ...
HOUSTON — NASA’s four STS-135 astronauts marched through their last suited ascent simulations on June 16, lifting off four times in an integrated training session with their Johnson Space Center ...