The Spaceflight Meteorology Group has updated its forecast for space shuttle Atlantis’ landing at Kennedy Space…
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Crew Prepares for Final Shuttle Landing
Space shuttle Atlantis’ wakeup song for landing day was “God Bless America” by Kate Smith, played…
Astronauts Wrapping Up Preparations for Landing Early Thursday
Space shuttle Atlantis’ crew is wrapping up final preparations for its planned landing at 5:56:58 a.m.…
Crew Prepares for Landing
The STS-135 crew members spent Wednesday getting themselves and space shuttle Atlantis ready for the return…
Atlantis Deploys Final Payload PicoSat
Space shuttle Atlantis deployed a small, eight-pound, 5” X 5” X 10” technology demonstration satellite, called…
Atlantis’ Reaction Control System Jets Fire Normally
Space shuttle Atlantis’ 44 reaction control system thruster jets each were fired in a standard one-pulse…
Atlantis’ Flight Control System Checks Out
Space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts activated one of the ship’s three auxiliary power units, APU 1, and…
Landing Preparations on Last Full Day in Space for Atlantis
Today’s wakeup song was “Fanfare for the Common Man” by Aaron Copland, played at 9:32 p.m.…
Crew Day Ends, Landing Preps to Begin After Wake Up
Space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts will awaken at 9:59 p.m. EDT to begin Flight Day 13, the…
Crew Completes Late Inspection
Space shuttle Atlantis’ crew completed today's inspection of the shuttle's thermal protection system at 10:30 a.m.…