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2. Space Shuttle Atlantis - Wikipedia

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   Atlantis is also the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. [2] [3] Its maiden flight was STS-51-J made from October 3 to 7, 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on July 8, 2011.

3. STS-135 - Wikipedia

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   Marking the historic final rollout of a Space Shuttle, Atlantis moves to Launch Pad 39A. On the early morning of May 17, 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis departed OPF-1 and headed to the VAB for mating operations with ET-138. [51] The short trip took longer than normal and allowed the shuttle workers to pose for a photo opportunity with the shuttle.

4. STS-66 - Wikipedia

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   STS-66 was a Space Shuttle program mission that was flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-66 launched on November 3, 1994, at 11:59:43.060 am EDT from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base on November 14, 1994, at 10:33:45 am EST.

5. Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia

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   Enterprise's first test flight was on February 18, 1977, only five years after the Shuttle program was formally initiated; leading to the launch of the first space-worthy shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, on STS-1. The Space Shuttle program finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011, retiring the final Shuttle in ...

6. Today in history: July 8, 2011: Space Shuttle Atlantis is ...

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   According to History.com, on this day in 2011, NASA's space shuttle program completed its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the ...

7. List of Space Shuttle missions - Wikipedia

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   The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. [ 1 ]

8. 10 years since the last space shuttle returned to Earth - AOL

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   A new era of human spaceflight lifted off on April 12, 1981, when Space Shuttle Columbia took to the sky, a new generation of spacecraft that could launch into orbit around the Earth, deliver a ...

9. STS-51-J - Wikipedia

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   The mission was the second shuttle flight totally dedicated to deploying a United States Department of Defense payload, [2] after STS-51-C. Its cargo was classified, but it was reported that two ( USA-11 and USA-12 ) DSCS-III ( Defense Satellite Communications System ) satellites were launched into geostationary orbits by an Inertial Upper ...