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STS-132
Space shuttle Atlantis thundered away from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on May 14, 2010 at 2:20 p.m. The on-time liftoff under a picturesque Florida sky was a perfect beginning to Atlantis' last scheduled mission, STS-132. The shuttle carried a six-person crew on a journey to deliver a new Russian module and several critical spare parts to the International Space Station. -
STS-133
The crew of STS-133 closed out space shuttle Discovery's roster of accomplishments with a virtually flawless 13-day flight to attach a new module to the International Space Station and help the residents there outfit the orbiting laboratory for continued research. -
STS-134
Pilot Greg H. Johnson, Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and Roberto Vittori with the European Space Agency rounded out the crew. This was the first shuttle flight for Fincke, a veteran space flier, and Vittori, who is the last international astronaut to fly aboard a shuttle. -
Space Shuttle STS 135
Just as expectations peaked and launch looked imminent, a last-minute glitch held the clock at T-31 seconds. The issue -- whether the gaseous oxygen vent arm had fully retracted -- was quickly resolved by the experienced team inside the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the clock began counting down the final seconds. -
STS-135
Space shuttle Atlantis carried the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. The mission also flew a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and returned a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems.