The STS-74 docking assembly included an APAS Switching System that rerouted control wiring so APAS No. 1 on the Mir Docking Module could be controlled from Atlantis.
Atlantis flew STS-71 in June 1995 with the Rockwell-built prototype Orbiter Docking System and an Energia-built APAS unit.
Atlantis carried the Rockwell-built prototype Orbiter Docking System and an Energia-built APAS unit on STS-71 in June 1995.
Rassvet was completed by December 2009 and transported to Florida for launch on STS-132 aboard Atlantis.
A total of 355 astronauts from 16 countries flew aboard the five operational Space Shuttle orbiters Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
The NASA Space Shuttle program operated from the first flight of Columbia on 12 April 1981 to the landing of Atlantis on 21 July 2011.
The inaugural flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis marked the beginning of a phase of intense scientific and technological activity that contributed to the construction of the International Space Station.
The resolution recognizes the historical significance of the inaugural mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis and highlights Kennedy Space Center's economic, educational, and cultural contributions to the national space sector.
Space Shuttle Atlantis was involved in the launch and repair of strategic satellites and the development of reusable orbital technologies.
Space Shuttle Atlantis completed 33 missions between 1985 and 2011.
Megan McArthur's first spaceflight was STS-125 in 2009 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
On November 29 and December 1, 1985 astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-61B conducted the EASE and ACCESS experiments in Earth orbit.
On November 29 and December 1, 1985, Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-61B conducted the EASE and ACCESS experiments, which performed the first construction of large structures in weightlessness.
DSP satellite Flight 16 launched aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on November 28, 1991, and most likely took over the East spot at 69 degrees east.