Atlantis Lands, Opening Shuttle Era’s Last Chapter

Credit: Carleton Bailie/AW&ST
With the completion of the STS-132 mission of Atlantis, the shutdown of the space shuttle program spreads from manufacturing facilities to the vehicle processing hub here. There are no more flights planned for Atlantis, although the ship will be prepared as a launch-on-need vehicle for the STS-134...

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