Atlantis - The shuttle across two centuries

Yesterday (21 / 7), the space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth safely, closed space mission through two centuries, leaving behind a proud stage of NASA in particular and America in general. >>> Tàu con thoi Atlantis đã bay lên vũ trụ thành công >>> Tàu con thoi Atlantis đã rời trạm ISS để về nhà Atlantis is the name of a continent that until now the existence of it can still be placed before a big question mark. However, retiring the shuttle Agency Aerospace America (NASA) to obtain the name of the RV Atlantis sails. This is the first research ship and also the key of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. Atlantis is Rockwell International company in Southern California manufactured and sent to John F. Space Center Kennedy in the eastern state of Florida in May 4 / 1985. This is the space shuttle orbital flight by not only able to obtain energy from the International Space Station (ISS) when connected to this station, which continues to provide free energy from the fuel cell. TEuropean shuttle Atlantis ready to fly into the air with rocket mission STS-132 on 14/5/2010. Photo: NASA Rockwell International took five years to design and manufacture the parts of the shuttle Atlantis, before completing the assembly of complete ship on 10/04/1984. More than a year and a half later, on 10/03/1985, Atlantis made ​​its first flight into space with the mission was called STS-51-J (STS stands for Space Transportation System, which means that system Space Transportation system). After 23 years of continuous use Atlantis in space missions, NASA began considering the shuttle is retired in 2008. However, this plan had to step back when the space shuttle Discovery and Endeavour by a turn to stop flying in March and June this year, plans to finish in the shuttle program lasted 30 years of USA.>> Video chuyến bay cuối cùng của tàu Atlantis After delays, Atlantis finally historic flight on 8 / 7 last, a flight was also nearly two and a half minutes later than expected. The Americans are developing a space shuttle project, called Orion nose pointed toward the further goal in the universe, but first could be Mars. But not so that the space shuttle Atlantis and the forgotten generation. The resounding mission If the RV Atlantis sails made ​​a total of more than 2 million km moved horizontally and vertically across the oceans and oceanographic survey vessels oldest in the world, the space shuttle Atlantis is equally competitive with the mission par resounding throughout the 26 years of operation. June / 2007, Atlantis made ​​a long-term missions since the start of operations to date. In this mission, called STS-117 crew has put some new equipment to the International Space Station and make 4 times the space walk outside the ship. Nearly two years later, in May 5 / 2009, Atlantis brought seven astronauts to Hubble Space Telescope mission, called STS-125. This task is successfully completed five crew moves in space with a total duration of up to 37 hours, to install new cameras, batteries, a gyroscope and other components in famous telescope. NASA's Boeing 747 was brought back to Atlantis Space Center John F. Kennedy in Florida Monday 1/7/2007. Photo: NASA Of the five NASA shuttle had been used, Atlantis record for the shortest distance between two flights in 1985. Then, this shuttle mission STS-performance 61-B on 11.26.1985, which is only 50 days after the first flight above. On 16/11/2009, in this interview to make the flight STS-129 mission of Atlantis, director of the spacecraft launched at John F. Space Center Kennedy, Mike Leinbach said the shuttle was officially defeated Discorey ships in the reporting of incidents. Atlantis only 54 errors were recorded between two consecutive flights for mission STS-125 and STS-129, a record low against the U.S. shuttle. But the Atlantis is better than that. After the flight on 14/05/2010, Atlantis was confirmed only 46 errors encountered since the preceding flight STS-129 mission, which is the shuttle itself was breaking its own record. When the program of NASA spacecraft ended, record forever never beat.>> Video tàu Atlantis tách khỏi trạm ISS The numbers speak The astronauts made ​​the last flight of space shuttle Atlantis. Photo: NASA 200 million: As of the end of the 32nd flight for STS-132 mission, Atlantis has flown under the orbit of the Earth 4,648 times and walk the distance of nearly 200 million km in space, which was more than 500 times the distance from Earth to the Moon. 28,160: Tau Altantis speed can reach 28,160 km / h, this means that the shuttle can fly all around the equator of the earth in an hour and a half. 293: Similarly to the STS-132 flight, Atlantis had been in space 293 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes and 37 seconds. 155: A total of 155 astronauts made ​​the 32 flights of Atlantis until the final pre-flight day 8 / 7.

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