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Commander Mark Kelly was the last astronaut off Endeavour after the landing, and the crew stayed on the landing strip to sign autographs and pose for pictures. [ 25 ] STS-134 was the penultimate Space Shuttle mission; STS-135 was added to the schedule in January 2011, and in July Atlantis flew for the final time.
STS-113 came to a close when Endeavour glided in to a landing at Kennedy Space Center on 7 December. It was the 19th flight of Endeavour, the 112th shuttle mission, and the 16th shuttle mission to the station. The landing was the first (and only) time a mission ended on the fourth day of landing attempts.
On flight day 16, the members of Space Shuttle Endeavour ' s STS-134 crew continued preparations for the shuttle's landing on flight day 17. Commander Mark Kelly , pilot Greg Johnson and mission specialist and flight engineer Roberto Vittori performed a checkout of Endeavour ' s Flight Control Systems (FCS).
The positioning had to be precise. The shuttle's nose was raised 200 feet into the night sky so that the rudder could clear 80 feet of space. Endeavour was then turned 17 degrees clockwise to ...
The crew of STS-130 began preparing the Space Shuttle Endeavour for landing. [36] During the day commander George Zamka and pilot Terry Virts, with help from mission specialist and flight engineer Stephen Robinson checked out the Flight Control System (FCS) and did a hot fire test of the Reaction Control System (RCS).
To get ready for Endeavour's grand move, crews will begin installation of the base of the shuttle's full stack on July 20 at the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.
This was the last landing at Edwards for Endeavour. Endeavour was returned to Florida on top of one of NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, arriving back at the Kennedy Space Center on 12 December 2008 after a three-day cross-country trip.
Shuttle Challenger was lost and its crew of seven died in a launch accident Jan. 28, 1986. Columbia broke apart during reentry on Feb. 1, 2003, killing all seven on board.