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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-135

Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-135

Status: Success  |  Launched: Jul 08, 2011 15:29 UTC

Launch Provider & Rocket

Mission

STS-135 delivered supplies and equipment to provision the space station through 2012, and is the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. Payload included the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Carrier (LMC)

  • Type: Human Exploration
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

  • Pad: Launch Complex 39A
  • Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Program

  • Space Shuttle — The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. (Wikipedia)
  • International Space Station — The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called. (Wikipedia)

Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-22T21:02:10.804714+00:00.