The storied career of Atlantis
Atlantis is scheduled to launch today on its 33rd flight, the 135th mission overall for the space shuttle program, and the final trip into space for the fleet of orbiters.
Atlantis' first flight crew
Mission STS-34
Atlantis' STS-34 crew
Atlantis lands at KSC
Delivering NASA's Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO)
Launch of the Spacehab pressurized module
Orbiter Maintenance Down Period
While at the Orbiter Assembly Facility, space shuttles undergo routine inspections, modifications, and repairs in preparation for future missions.
Updated Atlantis returns to Kennedy
Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem cockpit
Atlantis docked to Russia's Mir Space Station
Cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyev and Nikolai M. Budarin, who arrived via Atlantis' STS-71 mission, temporarily undocked the Soyuz spacecraft from the cluster of Mir elements to perform a brief fly-around of Mir.
Atlantis' cargo bay open
Atlantis is prepped for launch
Ready to make a return flight to the ISS
The crew of Atlantis' STS-115 mission
Columbus Research Module
Launch Pad 39A
Hubble servicing
Atlantis ferried on SCA
Liftoff Atlantis!
Shuttle and emergency vehicles
The shuttle program captured a sense of adventure and exploration that spoke to millions of people with aspirations for greater knowledge and a deeper scientific understanding of not only our world, but what might be in other worlds.