Explore various interactive exhibits that highlight what Atlantis did in space. Her suspension is at a 43.21-degree angle, a lesser-known nod to a launch countdown. You’ll greet Atlantis on the top floor, seeing her suspended in space as only astronauts saw her: with the payload bay doors open and Canadarm fully extended. Space Shuttle Atlantis takes you on a journey that mirrors the orbiter’s time in space and return to Earth. Here is what you will see and experience inside. When planning a trip to the visitor complex, Space Shuttle Atlantis ® is a don’t-miss attraction. This impressive machine now calls Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex home, continuing the program’s legacy for future generations. Atlantis completed 33 missions and logged more than 126 million miles and 307 days in space.ĭid you know? Atlantis measures 122.17 feet long, roughly the size of three 40-foot-long school buses parked end to end!.It also brought back nearly 5,700 pounds of unneeded materials from the station, back to Earth. Her final mission, also the final Space Shuttle Program mission, carried more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, spare equipment, and other supplies to the ISS, including 2,677 pounds of food.
Atlantis ferried and deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the second of NASA’s great observatories, in 1991.laboratory module, Destiny and multiple sections of the Integrated Truss structure that makes up the station’s backbone. Atlantis delivered several vital components to the ISS, including the U.S.Starting with STS-71, Atlantis pioneered the Shuttle-Mir missions, flying the first seven missions to dock with the Russian space station.Atlantis launched for the first time on October 3, 1985.The shuttle played a major role in the modern advances of space exploration, like aiding in the construction and population of the International Space Station (ISS) and deploying and servicing the Hubble Space Telescope, just to name a few.Ī fleet of five space shuttles launched humankind into space from Kennedy Space Center until the program ended in 2011 with STS-135 Atlantis. NASA’s Space Shuttle Program gave us 30 years of experience in learning what it takes for humans to live and work off our planet. The shuttle is a ship like no other: the world's first reusable spacecraft carrying astronauts into orbit.
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