NASA - STS-135 Mission patch.
July 10, 2011
Image above: A video camera on the International Space Station captured this image of space shuttle Atlantis docked to pressurized mating adapter #2 on the station's Harmony node. Image credit: NASA TV.
Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off July 8 on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis carries a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. The STS-135 astronauts are: Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim.
Space Shuttle Atlantis docks to the International Space Station
Shuttle Crew Welcomed Aboard Station
At 12:47 p.m. EDT, hatches were opened between the International Space Station and space shuttle Atlantis, beginning the joint phase of the STS-135 mission.
NASA Television will air a Mission Status Briefing with STS-135 Lead Shuttle Flight Director Kwatsi Alibaruho at 1:30 p.m., or immediately following the standard welcome ceremony between the crews.
At 4 p.m., chairman of the Mission Management Team and Deputy Manager of the Space Shuttle Program LeRoy Cain will hold a news conference on NASA TV.
NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Learn more about the crew: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html
Live updates to the NASA News Twitter feed will be added throughout the mission and landing. To access the feed, go to the NASA.gov homepage or visit: http://www.twitter.com/nasa
All four of Atlantis' crew members are posting updates to Twitter. You can follow them at:
http://www.twitter.com/Astro_Ferg
http://www.twitter.com/Astro_Doug
http://www.twitter.com/Astro_Sandy
http://www.twitter.com/Astro_Rex
To connect with NASA on Twitter and other social networking sites, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/connect
For more information about space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
For more information about the space station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station
Images, Video, Text, Credits: NASA / NASA TV / Youtube.
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