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In 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up in the atmosphere while attempting to return to Earth. The subsequent investigation revealed that a piece of foam fell away from the shuttle’s external tank and struck one of the wings, damaging the heat shielding.
Atlantis landed for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center on July 21, 2011. By the end of its final mission, Atlantis had orbited the Earth a total of 4,848 times, traveling nearly 126,000,000 mi (203,000,000 km), which is more than 525 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
NASA's final space shuttle mission, which launched 10 years ago this week, almost didn't happen. The mission on space shuttle Atlantis, called STS-135, launched on July 8, 2011. It was...
Atlantis roars to orbit on the morning of 2 December 1988, 30 years ago today. Photo Credit: NASA. Thirty years ago, at 9:30 a.m. EST on 2 December 1988, Atlantis rocketed into crystal-blue Florida skies to begin the second shuttle mission in the wake of the Challenger tragedy.
Shuttle Atlantis and its four-astronaut crew glided home for the final time, ending a 13-day journey of more than five million miles with a landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Atlantis' four-astronaut crew, led by commander Chris Ferguson, said goodbye to their six space station counterparts in a farewell ceremony before boarding their ship.
Atlantis and its crew of seven made a picture-perfect touchdown on runway 33 at Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 9:44 a.m. EST Nov. 27. A remarkably complex supply mission was completed after traveling more than 4.5 million miles and almost 11 days in space.
The last space shuttle flight rolled to a stop just before 6 a.m. on Thursday, closing an era in the nation’s space program. “Mission complete, Houston,” said Capt. Christopher J. Ferguson of...
Space Shuttle Atlantis and her four-member crew landed just before sunrise this morning, marking the historic final landing of the space shuttle program and closing out the shuttle era’s 30...
Image Article. Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, beginning STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.