As everyone who's interested in this blog (and a lot of people who aren't) will know, Space shuttle Atlantis was the last ever manned shuttle, launched from pad 39A on the 8th of July, 2011. It reached a maximum altitude of 226km and provided the ISS with Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Rafaello before landing for the final time on the 21st of July, 2011.
The crew consisted of Commander Christopher Feguson, Pilot Douglas Hurley, Mission Specialist Sandra Magnus and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim - the smallest crew since STS-6.
The mission marked:
- 166th (and the final currently planned) NASA manned space flight
- 135th shuttle mission since STS-1
- 33rd flight of Atlantis
- 3rd shuttle flight in 2011
- 37th shuttle mission to the ISS
- 110th post-Challenger mission
- 22nd post-Columbia mission
- 100th day launch
- 133rd landing overall, 78th at KSC, 26th night landing, 20th night landing at KSC
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