STS-135
Launch: July 8, 2011, 11:29 am EDT
Landing: July 21, 2011, 5:57 am EDT, Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Crew: Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Rex Walheim, and Sandy Magnus
During STS-135, space shuttle Atlantis carried the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. The mission also flew a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and returned a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. This was the final flight for space shuttle Atlantis and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Mission.
"Although we got to take the ride," said Commander Chris Ferguson on behalf of his crew as they stood on the runway, "we sure hope that everybody who has ever worked on, or touched, or looked at, or envied or admired a space shuttle was able to take just a little part of the journey with us."
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts135-s-001
Date: January 25, 2011
STS-135
Launch: July 8, 2011, 11:29 am EDT
Landing: July 21, 2011, 5:57 am EDT, Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Crew: Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Rex Walheim, and Sandy Magnus
During STS-135, space shuttle Atlantis carried the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. The mission also flew a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and returned a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. This was the final flight for space shuttle Atlantis and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Mission.
"Although we got to take the ride," said Commander Chris Ferguson on behalf of his crew as they stood on the runway, "we sure hope that everybody who has ever worked on, or touched, or looked at, or envied or admired a space shuttle was able to take just a little part of the journey with us."
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts135-s-001
Date: January 25, 2011