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Space Shuttle Atlantis

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Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter belonging to NASA. It was manufactured by Rockwell International in Southern California and delivered to Kennedy Space Center in April 1985. Atlantis was the fourth operational and second-to-last Space Shuttle built, flying its maiden mission in October 1985 and its final mission in July 2011.

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Status
Status (category)
Retired 1
Launch Date
1985-10-03 2
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Source Space Shuttle Atlantis (Wikipedia)

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Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Space Shuttle Atlantis (Wikipedia)Space Shuttle Atlantis article, infobox
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1. Space Shuttle Atlantis (Wikipedia)
  • Space Shuttle Atlantis...is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle
  • Space Shuttle Atlantis article, lead section
    Atlantis was manufactured by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and was delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985.
  • Space Shuttle Atlantis article, infobox
  • In Group: NASA Space Shuttle Orbiters, lead sentence: a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA
  • Mission Of: Space Shuttle Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
    Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, and the final mission of the Space Shuttle program, STS-135, on July 8, 2011.
  • Part Of: Space Shuttle Program, Space Shuttle Atlantis article, lead section (program)
    Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle designation: OV-104) is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States.
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