Portal:Spaceflight/Selected article/Week 24 2007

Atlantis before the launch of STS-115, August 29, 2006.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is one of the three remaining Space Shuttles in the NASA fleet. The first flight of Atlantis was in October 1985, and after completing its last planned mission, STS-125 to service the Hubble Space Telescope, Atlantis is scheduled to be retired in 2008. (more...)