The shuttle Atlantis left the ISS to home

On the morning of 19 / 7 hourly U.S. space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station ISS during the last flight and started back to Earth, ending 30 years of space conquest.

>>> It fly the shuttle Atlantis into orbit on 8/7/2011

                               The shuttle Atlantis after leaving the ISS (Source: NASA)
According to the American aerospace NASA, Atlantis will be landing in Florida on Thursday 21 / 7 to.

After leaving the ISS, Atlantis was rotated 90 degrees as sending goodbye during his work history. "Atlantis leaves ISS last. We miss you, "astronaut Ronald GARAN Jr. notice.

In the final flight, Atlantis was at the station within 8 days and a half of flying missions into space last 12 days, but behind it all work trips a year to prepare.

These visits made ​​to 37 Atlantis mission, for over 12 years. In total, the shuttle was in the space station within 276 days, or almost 40 weeks.

Before leaving the ISS, the astronauts also gave his colleagues on the space station the U.S. flag was used in the first flight of the shuttle in 1981.

After this trip, bringing the American astronaut in space will be made by the Russian Soyuz ship with charges made ​​USD 56 million each.

Barack Obama wants the private company in the future will do that, but NASA will focus on making the rocket engine can take the astronauts to go further. My next goal is to conquer the asteroid on Mars in 2025 and the mid-2030.

Meanwhile, three pieces of the NASA space shuttle,


Atlantis is also outside the Discovery and Endeavour, will be on display as the museum.
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