Credit: NASA/JSC Explains the Space Shuttle Transportation System in general, including the main components, the Orbiter, and the external tank and solid rocket boosters. It also describes the size, configuration and internal design of the Orbiter, and its many systems.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns To Earth For Last Time STS-132
With 32 missions and more than 25 years of service, space shuttle Atlantis has carried more than 200 astronauts and flown more than 100 million miles. Having played a pivotal role in science, exploration and building the International Space Station, Atlantis is prepared to fly its last planned mission, STS-132. Its legacy spans the years from the shuttle-Mir flights, through the construction of the International Space Station, to the final servicing mission of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
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“Good news, there’s a ‘go’ forecast at KSC,” CAPCOM Rick Sturckow radioed from Mission Control. “No precipitation concern inside of 30 miles, all the shower activity’s kind of to the east of that 30-mile circle. The main concern is going to be fog. Fog is not in the forecast, but that’s what we’re having Fergie (astronaut Chris Ferguson) look at for the T-38 (weather assessment) flight.”
“So it’s going to be few (clouds) at 2,000 (feet), scattered 5,000, scattered 12,000, seven miles vis and the winds are zero-eight-zero (at) four, peak six knots,” Sturckow said. “So that’s all good news. We’ll keep an eye on the fog for the first opportunity.”
“We understand, Houston, thanks a lot,” commander Alan Poindexter replied from Discovery. “That sounds like a great forecast.”
