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What was the purpose of STS 129?
The primary payload of STS-129 was the ExPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station) Logistics Carrier (ELC-1) and the ELC-2.
What was the STS 1 mission?
STS-1 was also the first U.S. crewed space vehicle launched without an uncrewed powered test flight. The NASA mission objective for the maiden flight was to accomplish a safe ascent into orbit and return to Earth for a safe landing of Orbiter and crew.
What happened STS 27?
The vessel’s heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, and crew members thought that they would die during reentry. This was a situation that was similar to the one that would prove fatal 15 years later on STS-107….STS-27.
| Spacecraft properties | |
|---|---|
| Inclination | 57.0 degrees |
| Period | 93.4 min |
What was the purpose of the STS 61 mission?
Mission STS-61 was the first in a series of planned visits to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The first HST servicing mission had three primary objectives: restoring the planned scientific capabilities, restoring reliability of HST systems and validating the HST on-orbit servicing concept.
What did STS-135 do?
STS-135 delivered supplies and equipment to provision the space station through 2012, following the end of NASA’s Space Shuttle program.
What is Orbit to abort?
An abort to orbit (ATO) was available when the intended orbit could not be reached but a lower stable orbit above 120 miles (190 km) above Earth’s surface was possible. This occurred during mission STS-51-F, when Challenger’s center engine failed five minutes and 46 seconds after liftoff.
Where did the STS 135 space shuttle land?
The International Space Station as seen from space shuttle Atlantis as the STS-135 crew conducts a fly around as the shuttle departs the station. Space shuttle Atlantis’ drag chute slows the shuttle as it lands on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
What was the final mission of the Shuttle Atlantis?
Atlantis’ Final Mission. 05.14.10. The STS-132 mission patch features Atlantis flying off into the sunset as the end of the Space Shuttle Program approaches. However, the sun is also heralding the promise of a new day as it rises for the first time on a new International Space Station module, the Russian Rassvet Mini-Research Module-1.
How many spacewalks did Atlantis do during STS-117?
During STS-117, Atlantis’ crew added a new starboard truss segment and solar array pair (the S3/S4 truss), folded the P6 array in preparation for its relocation and performed four spacewalks.
What was the name of the last Space Shuttle mission?
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.