For the 12 days of STS-135, this journal will report on the daily happenings of America's final shuttle mission and will look to NASA's possible future by focusing on its past.
For the 12 days of STS-135, this journal will report on the daily happenings of America's final shuttle mission and will look to NASA's possible future by focusing on its past.
View images from Atlantis' last mission on and off the International Space Station.
View images from Atlantis' last mission on and off the International Space Station.
Click here track the space shuttle during launch and landing in Google Earth using real-time data from Mission Control.
Click here track the space shuttle during launch and landing in Google Earth using real-time data from Mission Control.
View images from the historic final launch of the space shuttle.
Images leading up to Atlantis' final launch.
Images leading up to Atlantis' final launch.
Since 1981, NASA has been sending shuttles into orbit, launching and repairing satellites and building the ISS.
Since April 12, 1981, NASA has been sending shuttles into orbit, launching and repairing satellites and building the International Space Station.
The final crew of Atlantis may have left the Earth, but you can still connect with them on Twitter.
Have you ever wondered how humans can send machines - and each other - into space, or how new technology is developed in the Space Program?
Click here to view the creativity and dedication that allow the challenges of space flight to become some of our greatest achievements.
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