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STS-135
Part of ISS
Last flight of shuttle Atlantis and last space shuttle flight. Delivered supplies to keep ISS running at six-crew level until commercial resupply was to come on line in 2012. Extra contingency mission at end of shuttle program. The crew trained as STS-335, a rescue mission to return the STS-134 crew to earth if they became marooned in space. After the safe return of STS-134, the mission proceeded as STS-135, with a reduced crew that could be returned over an 18 month period aboard Soyuz capsules in case the crew could not return in Atlantis.

AKA: Atlantis;STS-335. Launched: 2011-07-08. Returned: 2011-07-20. Number crew: 4 . Duration: 12.77 days.


More at: STS-135.

Family: Manned spaceflight. People: Ferguson, Walheim, Magnus, Hurley. Country: USA. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Agency: NASA.

2011 July 8 - . 15:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.
2011 July 12 - .

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