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The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one minute 13 seconds when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart during launch. The cold morning shrunk an O-Ring on the right Solid Rocket Booster causing the external fuel tank to explode.
The final journey for the last space shuttle ever built is complete. Set against the black backdrop of the night sky, a crane hoisted a white shrink-wrapped Endeavour 200 feet overhead before ...
STS-135 Space Shuttle launch video The launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis. The launch day was threatened by unfavorable weather leaving only a 30% chance of a launch occurring; [69] this changed an hour before launch to 60% chance of launch. [70] Launch director Mike Leinbach conducted the final series of GO/NO GO polls to verify the launch ...
ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the P5 truss segment); Last flight to launch on pad 39-B; First night launch since Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. 12 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes, 16 seconds 34 October 23, 2007: STS-120: ISS crew rotation and assembly (carries and assembles the Harmony module). 15 days, 02 hours, 23 minutes ...
STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6) [9] was the penultimate mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the 25th and last spaceflight of Space Shuttle Endeavour. [10] This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. [11] Mark Kelly served as the mission commander.
It was the final Space Shuttle crew with any "rookie" astronauts; all of the remaining missions would have all-veteran crews. [9] The launch was the last shuttle mission to take place at night. STS-131 was the third and last mission in the Space Shuttle program with three female astronauts. STS-40 and STS-96 were the first two. [10]
Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on its maiden voyage STS-51-J on October 3, 1985. This was the second shuttle mission that was a dedicated Department of Defense mission. [8] It flew one other mission, STS-61-B (the second shuttle night launch) before the Challenger disaster temporarily grounded the shuttle
The Space Shuttle will be in a 20-story-tall display mounted on with the ET-94 tank, and solid rocket boosters, as it looks like its were about to make one more flight. Once finished, it will be the only Space Shuttle mounted vertically in launch position. Originally slated to open in 2015, construction on the new building started on June 1, 2022.