Ome More Mission for Atlantis?
Department:
The Space Shuttle
Teaser:
"The Wednesday landing of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis may have capped a successful mission that is slated to be the spaceship's last, but the orbiter's immediate future is not yet set in stone."
Source:
SPACE.com Download time: May 27 2010 9:24 AM ET
The Wednesday landing of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis may have capped a successful mission slated to be the spaceship's last trek to space, but the orbiter's immediate future is not yet set in stone. Debate is still underway to determine whether the shuttle should get one more flight or be sent straight to a museum.
As Atlantis' most recent mission demonstrated, the orbiter is in good shape, NASA shuttle officials said today just after the shuttle landed here at the agency's Kennedy Space Center.
"Not only is this mission fantastic, but the entire life of Atlantis, the folks who built it, all the missions it's flown over its career have been just amazing," shuttle launch integration manager Mike Moses said. "I can't even begin to talk about how proud I am of Atlantis and the whole team that put it together."
The shuttle finished a 12-day mission to the International Space Station to deliver a new Russian room and outfit the station with spare parts for the era after NASA's three-orbiter space shuttle fleet retires.…
See SPACE.com for links to further info.
Also see the Orlando Sentinel and Florida Today.
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Also see Space Shuttle Atlantis By the Numbers: A 25-Year Legacy.
