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atlantis is the fourth orbiter in nasa's

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space shuttle fleet to launch from

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kennedy space center in florida

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also designated orbiter vehicle 104 or

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atlantis is named after the primary

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research vessel for the woods hole

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oceanographic institute in massachusetts

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from 1930 to 1966.

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atlantis arrived at kennedy on april 13

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1985 from palmdale california and spent

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seven months in an orbiter processing

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facility while nasa and contractor

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workers prepared the vehicle for its

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maiden voyage

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ignition and liftoff liftoff of atlantis

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a new orbiter joins the shuttle fleet

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and it has cleared the tower

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space shuttle atlantis launched on its

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first space flight

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sts-51j on october 3rd 1985 and carried

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a classified payload for the u.s

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department of defense

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during the last 25 years atlantis has

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served as the on-orbit launch site for

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many noteworthy spacecraft including the

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planetary probes magellan and galileo

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starting with sts-71 atlantis pioneered

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the shuttle mir missions flying the

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first seven missions to dock with the

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russian space station

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during the fourth docking mission sts-79

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in september 1996 atlantis ferried

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astronaut shanna lucid back to earth

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after her record-setting 188 days in

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orbit aboard mir

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in recent years atlantis delivered

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several vital components to the

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international space station including

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the u.s laboratory module destiny as

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well as the quest joint airlock and

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multiple sections of the integrated

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truss structure that make up the

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station's backbone

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the sts-125 mission aboard atlantis in

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may 2009 was the fifth and final hubble

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space telescope servicing mission

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throughout the years atlantis has

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undergone two overhauls known as orbiter

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maintenance down periods

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some of the most significant upgrades

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and new features include installation of

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the drag chute improved nose wheel

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steering installation of the space

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station airlock and orbiter docking

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system and the multifunction electronic

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display system or glass cockpit with the

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launch of atlantis on sts-132

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the vehicle will have flown 32 missions

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carried more than 200 astronauts to and