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Space Shuttle Atlantis

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Atlantis
OV‑104
Atlantis launchin on the STS-122 mission tae dock wi the Internaitional Space Station in Februar 2008
OV designationOV-104
KintraUnitit States
Contract awaird29 Januar 1979
Named efterRV Atlantis
StatusRetired. Displayed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
First flichtSTS-51-J
3–7 October 1985
Last flichtSTS-135
8–21 Julie 2011
No. o missions33
Crew members207[1]
Time spent in space306 days, 14 oors, 12 meenits, 43 seiconts as o STS-135
No. o orbits4,848
Distance traivelled125,935,769 mile (202,673,974 km) as o STS-135
Satellites deployed14
Mir dockins7
ISS dockins12

Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV‑104) is a Space Shuttle orbiter belangin tae NASA, the spaceflicht an space exploration augency o the Unitit States.[2]

References

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  1. Chris Gebhardt (31 December 2011). "Year in Review – Part 4: Saying Goodbye to Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour". www.spaceflight.com. Retrieved 1 Januar 2012.
  2. NASA (2007). "Space Shuttle Overview: Atlantis (OV-104)". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Archived frae the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2007.