NASA's Space Shuttle Program
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Junior -Continuing Education 11-Continuing Education |
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Organization:Brian Dunbar, NASA |
| Description: | NASA's public website on the Space Shuttle mission, with updates, news articles, technical details and educational resources for both students and educators. The last shuttle flight with the Atlantis is scheduled for July 8, 2011. Space shuttle Atlantis is set to liftoff July 8 on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis will carry a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. The STS-135 astronauts are: Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim. There is at least one first involved with space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-135 mission, a flight notable for its lasts: the crew is taking the first iPhone into space to help with experiments aboard the International Space Station. Image caption: STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson and Pilot Doug Hurley perform touch-and-go landings aboard a Shuttle Training Aircraft on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
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| Keywords: | NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis |
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| Publication Date: | July 2011 |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html |
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