The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for takeoff September 12, 1996 at 6:26 a.m.
Space shuttle Atlantis landed for the last time at Kennedy Space Center at 5:57 a.m. this morning.
His first was 17 years ago when he flew on the space shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station.
Almost 30 years later, Jerry Linenger launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to return to Earth on Friday.
Space Shuttle Endeavour was staged for a possible rescue mission in case Space Shuttle Atlantis gets into trouble while the crew is fixing the Hubble Telescope.
After 25 years, 32 successful missions, and more than 120-million miles traveled, space shuttle Atlantis made what's likely to be its last landing yesterday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Officials had said the missile would not be fired until the space shuttle Atlantis landed, which it did Wednesday morning, to ensure the shuttle would not be struck by any debris from the destroyed satellite.
On Endeavour's return, the only active ship left in the US space agency's (Nasa) shuttle fleet will be Atlantis.
The final remaining shuttle, Atlantis, is being readied for display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
But no one at Nasa could be pushed on when Atlantis, the next shuttle in line, will make its journey into space.
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