OTD In Space – July 8: Atlantis Launches On Final Mission
On July 8, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final mission.
Atlantis was the last of NASA's space shuttles to fly into space. It went on 33 missions since 1985, ferrying astronauts to and from space stations, and even doing some top-secret missions for the U.S. military. Mission STS-135 and its 4-member crew brought much-needed supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. It landed for a final time on July 21, 2011. By the end of this final mission, Atlantis had traveled nearly 126,000,000 miles and orbited Earth 4,848 times.
Atlantis was the last of NASA's space shuttles to fly into space. It went on 33 missions since 1985, ferrying astronauts to and from space stations, and even doing some top-secret missions for the U.S. military. Mission STS-135 and its 4-member crew brought much-needed supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. It landed for a final time on July 21, 2011. By the end of this final mission, Atlantis had traveled nearly 126,000,000 miles and orbited Earth 4,848 times.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:04In 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final mission.
00:08Atlantis was the last of NASA's space shuttles to fly into space.
00:12It went on 33 missions since 1985, ferrying astronauts to and from space stations,
00:16and even doing some top-secret missions for the U.S. military.
00:20Mission STS-135 and its four-member crew brought much-needed supplies
00:24and equipment to the International Space Station.
00:28This was the final time on July 21, 2011.
00:32By the end of this final mission, Atlantis had traveled nearly 126 million miles
00:36and orbited Earth 4,848 times.
00:40And that's what happened on this day in space.