STS-135

E32708

International Space Station resupply mission NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-135 was the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program, flown by Atlantis in 2011 to resupply the International Space Station and conclude the shuttle era.

Aliases (1)

STS-135 mission insignia ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	International Space Station resupply mission → NASA spaceflight → Space Shuttle mission →
cargoVehicle	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello →
carriedModule	MPLM Raffaello →
commander	Christopher Ferguson →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
crewSize	4 →
destination	International Space Station →
finalMissionOf	Space Shuttle program →
historicalSignificance	marked the end of routine U.S. government-operated crewed orbital flights on the Space Shuttle →
issExpeditionInteraction	Expedition 28 →
landingDate	2011-07-21 →
landingSite	Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility →
launchDate	2011-07-08 →
launchLocation	Kennedy Space Center →
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A →
launchState	Florida →
missionDuration	12 days → approximately 12 days 18 hours →
missionPatch	STS-135 mission insignia →
missionSpecialist	Rex Walheim → Sandra Magnus →
missionType	ISS assembly and maintenance support → logistics resupply →
notableFeature	final flight of the Space Shuttle era → only four-person shuttle crew since early shuttle flights →
operator	NASA →
orbitingBody	Earth →
payloadType	pressurized cargo → unpressurized cargo →
pilot	Douglas Hurley →
precededByMission	STS-134 →
primaryObjective	deliver logistics and spare parts to the ISS → resupply the International Space Station →
program	Space Shuttle program →
relatedProgram	Commercial Crew Program → International Space Station program →
secondaryObjective	return unneeded equipment and experiments from the ISS →
spaceAgency	NASA →
spacecraft	Space Shuttle Atlantis →
spacecraftSerial	OV-104 →
spacecraftType	Space Shuttle orbiter →
spaceShuttleOrbiter	Atlantis →
spaceShuttleProgramMissionNumber	135 →
status	completed →
visitedSpaceStation	International Space Station →
wasLastFlightOf	Space Shuttle Atlantis →
yearOfSpaceflight	2011 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
NASA Space Shuttle program → Space Transportation System →	lastMission
Space Shuttle Main Engines →	lastShuttleFlight
STS-135 ("STS-135 mission insignia") →	missionPatch
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A →	notableLaunch
NASA Space Shuttle program →	notableMission