Space Shuttle Atlantis launched into space for the last time on the STS-135 mission. STS-135 was the 33rd flight of Atlantis, as well as the 135th and final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, ...

On July 8, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final mission. Atlantis was the last of NASA's space shuttles to ...

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NASA's Space Shuttle programme officially ended in 2011, after 30 years of service. The final mission, STS-135, was flown by ...

There are about three Space Shuttle orbiters currently in operation - Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour, which are all ...

The five space shuttle fleet—Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour — launched satellites, were instrumental in various missions including the Hubble Space Telescope, and played a ...

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My big worry was to make sure the landing looked pretty so the space shuttle program could go out on a really good note," Ferguson later said.Together Columbia, Challenger, Discovery Atlantis and ...

Space Shuttle Launch Pad 39A can be seen in the background. A NASA security helicopter hovers September 9, 2006 as the astronauts leave the Operations and Checkout Building September 9, 2006 to board ...

On June 29, Florida’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex debuted its new flagship, Space Shuttle Atlantis, a highly interactive $100 million, 90,000-square-foot attraction devoted to the three ...

Atlantis lands safely, completing its final shuttle mission and marking the end of the 30-year U.S. space shuttle program ...