STS-135
Sign in to saveSTS-135 (ISS assembly flight ULF7) was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on July 8, 2011, and landed on July 21, 2011, following a one-day mission extension. The four-person crew was the smallest of any shuttle mission since STS-6 in April 1983. The mission's primary cargo was the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and a Lightweight Multi-Purpose Carrier (LMC), which were delivered to the International Space Stat
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- STS-135
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- Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center on July 21, 2011, bringing the Shuttle program to an end.
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- Space Transportation System-135
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- ISS logistics
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- NASA
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- 4
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- UTC, 11:29:04amEDT
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- Kennedy, LC-39A
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- UTC, 5:57:54amEDT
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- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
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- Geocentric orbit
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- Low Earth orbit
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- 51.6°
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- 91 minutes
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Article
41 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Funding
- Mission parameters
- Payload
- Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
- Lightweight Multi-Purpose Carrier
- Robotic Refueling Mission
- Picosatellite Solar Cell Testbed 2
- TriDAR
- Down-mass payload
- Other supplies
- Shuttle processing
- Visit by President Obama's family
- Rollover
- Rollout
- External tank fueling test
- Payload canister
- Terminal countdown demonstration test
- Launch attempts
- Mission timeline
- July 8 (Flight Day 1 – Launch)
- July 9 (Flight Day 2 – TPS survey)
- July 10 (Flight Day 3 – Docking)
- July 11 (Flight Day 4 – MPLM installation)
- July 12 (Flight Day 5 – Station spacewalk)
- July 13 (Flight Day 6 – Cargo transfers)
- July 14 (Flight Day 7 – Cargo transfers/Off-duty)
- July 15 (Flight Day 8 – Cargo transfers)
- July 16 (Flight Day 9 – Cargo transfers)
- July 17 (Flight Day 10 – Cargo transfers/Off duty)
- July 18 (Flight Day 11 – MPLM return, farewells/Hatch closure)
- July 19 (Flight Day 12 – Undocking)
- July 20 (Flight Day 13 – PicoSat deployment/Landing prep)
- July 21 (Flight Day 14 – Landing)
- Welcome home ceremonies
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
STS-135 (ISS assembly flight ULF7) was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on July 8, 2011, and landed on July 21, 2011, following a one-day mission extension. The four-person crew was the smallest of any shuttle mission since STS-6 in April 1983. The mission's primary cargo was the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and a Lightweight Multi-Purpose Carrier (LMC), which were delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight of Raffaello marked the only time that Atlantis carried an MPLM.
Although the mission was authorized, it initially had no appropriation in the NASA budget, raising questions about whether the mission would fly. On January 20, 2011, program managers changed STS-335 to STS-135 on the flight manifest. This allowed for training and other mission specific preparations. On February 13, 2011, program managers told their workforce that STS-135 would fly regardless of the funding situation via a continuing resolution. Until this point, there had been no official references to the STS-135 mission in NASA documentation for the general public.