Media coverage of Last Mission of shuttle Atlantis

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Space Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis Meet One Last Time (Slashdot)

"One dull morning last week, two teams of NASA technicians simultaneously gathered at two iconic buildings — the 525-foot Vehicle Assembly Building and the shorter, but equally important Orbital Processing Facility 1 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, tasked with moving a space shuttle orbiter from one building to the other. The 'shuttle shuffle' would have Space Shuttle Discovery (the oldest and most flown orbiter surviving in the three-ship fleet) in OPF-1 swapping places with her sister ship, Atlantis, the second oldest and second most flown orbiter. Fleet leader Discovery would emerge from OPF-1 as a preserved spacecraft, gutted and mummified for museum display."

 

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NASA Space Shuttles Meet Nose-to-Nose for Final Time

As NASA's space shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour were moved into different facilities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the two orbiters posed for a series of nose-to-nose photos.

www.space.com

 

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Live The Story: David Shukman on the space shuttle's final flight

Live The Story: David Shukman

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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40th anniversary of first space shuttle orbital mission a bittersweet occasion

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 9, 2021 - The 40th anniversary Monday of the first orbital flight of a space shuttle - Columbia - evokes the accomplishments of the program, but also a grim reminder of tragedies during its existence.

www.spacedaily.com

 

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My personal contribution to this double-historical day: Vostok 1 and STS-1!

 

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKr09ZbXYUo

 

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Signed steel beams 'top off' L.A. home for space shuttle Endeavour

Construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will be completed by mid-2025.

www.space.com