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Atlantis Enters Retirement Mode
NASA – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis glides into position between the work platforms of Orbiter Processing Facility-2. A purge unit that pumps conditioned air into a shuttle after landing is connected to Atlantis’ aft end.
Once inside the processing facility, Atlantis will be prepared for future public display at Kennedy’s Visitor Complex.
Atlantis’ final return from space at 5:57 a.m. EDT, July 21, 2011 concluded the STS-135 mission, secured the space shuttle fleet’s place in history and brought a close to America’s Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 21, 2011
Crew Bids Atlantis Farewell
The STS-135 crew members pause for a final photograph in front of space shuttle Atlantis after an employee appreciation event held at Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Seen here are Commander Chris Ferguson (left), Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim.
After the event the astronauts, with their families, are returning to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 21, 2011
Appreciation Expressed
The STS-135 crew members express their gratitude with a banner dedicated to the thousands of workers who have processed, launched and landed the space shuttles for more than three decades during an employee appreciation event held in front of Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Seen here are Mission Specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, Commander Chris Ferguson and Pilot Doug Hurley. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 21, 2011
Our Thanks to All the Centers
The STS-135 crew members express their gratitude to the thousands of workers who have processed, launched and landed the space shuttles for more than three decades during an employee appreciation event held in front of Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Seen here are Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, Commander Chris Ferguson and Pilot Doug Hurley. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 21, 2011
Their ‘Day in the Sun’
Thousands of workers who have processed, launched and landed space shuttles for more than three decades, gather for an employee appreciation event in front of Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 21, 2011
Convoy Secures Atlantis
The landing convoy that will make space shuttle Atlantis safe and secure for the crew to disembark and for towing to its processing hangar, begins to pull up around the spacecraft following wheelstop on the Shuttle Landing Facility’s Runway 15 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 21, 2011
‘NLG’ Marks the Spot
Workers measured and marked in bright green the letters “NLG” at the spot where space shuttle Atlantis’ nose landing gear came to a stop after the vehicle’s final return from space.
Securing the space shuttle fleet’s place in history on the STS-135 mission, Atlantis safely and successfully rounded out NASA’s Space Shuttle Program on the Shuttle Landing Facility’s Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Main gear touchdown was at 5:57:00 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 5:57:20 a.m., and wheelstop at 5:57:54 a.m. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 21, 2011
‘MLG’ Marks the Spot
Workers measured and marked in bright red the letters “MLG” at the spot where space shuttle Atlantis’ main landing gear came to a stop after the vehicle’s final return from space.
Securing the space shuttle fleet’s place in history on the STS-135 mission, Atlantis safely and successfully rounded out NASA’s Space Shuttle Program on the Shuttle Landing Facility’s Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Main gear touchdown was at 5:57:00 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 5:57:20 a.m., and wheelstop at 5:57:54 a.m. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 21, 2011
