CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, congratulates STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson on the successful STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. Behind Ferguson are Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus. Ferguson and his three crew members safely brought space shuttle Atlantis home to the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:57 EDT bringing a close NASA's Space Shuttle Program. Atlantis' final return from space completed a 13-day, journey to the International Sp
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, congratulates STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson on the successful STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. Behind Ferguson are Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus. Ferguson and his three crew members safely brought space shuttle Atlantis home to the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:57 EDT bringing a close NASA's Space Shuttle Program. Atlantis' final return from space completed a 13-day, journey to the International Space Station. STS-135 delivered spare parts, equipment and supplies in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis, which has spent 307 days in space, orbited Earth 4,848 times and traveled 125,935,769 miles.
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