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STS-134 Space Shuttle launch The Space Shuttle had been scheduled to be retired from service after STS-133 , but controversy over the cancellation of several International Space Station components, most notably the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer , in order to meet deadlines for the retirement of the shuttle, caused the United States Government to ...
English: The crew of STS-134 pose for a picture on the runway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 1, 2011 after Space Shuttle Endeavour's final landing. The STS-134 astronauts from left, European Space Agency's Roberto Vittori, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Greg H. Johnson, pilot; Mark Kelly, commander; Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, and Andrew Feustel, all mission specialists ...
STS-134 by Endeavour was expected to be the final flight before STS-135 was authorized in October 2010. STS-135 took advantage of the processing for the STS-335 Launch on Need mission that would have been necessary if STS-134's crew became stranded in orbit. [ 4 ]
STS-134 did not launch until May 16 at 08:56 EDT. [19] Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 06:34 UTC on June 1, 2011, completing its final mission. [20] It was the 25th night landing of a shuttle. [21] [22] Over its flight career, Endeavour flew 122,883,151 miles (197,761,262 km) and spent 299 days in space. [23]
Gregory Errol Chamitoff (born 6 August 1962) is a Canadian-born American engineer and former NASA astronaut.He has been to space twice, spending 6 months aboard the ISS across Expedition 17 and 18 in 2008, and another 15 days as part of STS-134 in 2011.
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The delay of STS-134's launch ended that possibility. After his wife's shooting, Kelly's status was unclear, but NASA announced on February 4, 2011, that he would remain commander of the mission. The remarkable progress his wife was making in her recovery helped Kelly decide to return to training. [ 34 ]
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