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Atlantis (OV-104)

Background

Upgrades and Features

Construction Milestones

01/29/79 Contract Award
03/03/80 Start structural assembly of Crew Module
11/23/81 Start structural assembly of aft-fuselage
06/13/83 Wings arrive at Palmdale from Grumman
12/02/83 Start of Final Assembly
04/10/84 Completed Final Assembly
03/06/85 Rollout from Palmdale
04/03/85 Overland transport from Palmdale to Edwards
04/09/85 Delivery to Kennedy Space Center
09/05/85 Flight Readiness Firing
10/03/85 First Flight (51-J)
5/14/10 Final Scheduled Flight STS-132

Atlantis's Flights to date:

01. 51-J (10/3/85)
02. 61-B (11/26/85)
03. STS-27 (12/2/88)
04. STS-30 (05/04/89)
05. STS-34 (10/18/89)
06. STS-36 (02/28/90)
07. STS-38 (11/15/90)
08. STS-37 (04/05/91)
09. STS-43 (08/02/91)
10. STS-44 (11/24/91)
11. STS-45 (03/24/92)
12. STS-46 (07/31/92)

To Palmdale 10/92 for Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP-1). 165 modifications were made over 20 months including the installation of a drag chute, new plumbing lines to configure the orbiter for extended duration, more than 800 new heat tiles and blankets, new insulation for main landing gear and structural mods to the airframe.

13. STS-66 (11/03/94)
14. STS-71 (6/27/95)
15. STS-74 (11/12/95)
16. STS-76 (03/22/96)
17. STS-79 (9/16/96)
18. STS-81 (1/12/97)
19. STS-84 (5/15/97)
20. STS-86 (9/25/97)
21. STS-101 (5/19/00)


Left the KSC SLF 11/11/97 for Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP-2). Arrived in Palmdale 11/14/97 and mods completed 9/24/98. 130 mods included glass cockpit displays, replacement of TACAN navigation with GPS and ISS airlock and docking install. Weight reduction program replaced AFRSI insulation blankets on upper surfaces with FRSI and lightweight crew seats were installed. EDO package installed on OMDP-1 was removed to lighten Atlantis to better serve its prime mission of servicing the ISS.

22. STS-106 (9/8/00)
23. STS-98 (2/07/01)
24. STS-104 (7/12/01)
25. STS-110 (4/8/02)
26. STS-112 (10/7/02)
27. STS-115 (9/9/06)
28. STS-117 (6/8/07)
29. STS-122 (2/7/08)
30. STS-125 (5/11/09)
31. STS-129 (11/16/09)
32. STS-132 (5/14/10)
33. STS-135 (7/8/11)


On November 2, 2012, Atlantis was driven on a 9.8 mile journey from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) thru the industrial area of Kennedy Space Center and then to its new home at the Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex. It will make its museum debut in July, 2013.

Atlantis Flight Logs (final):

33 flights
125,935,769 statute miles
4848 orbits
307 days in space

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Last Updated Monday, May 17 08:11:52 EDT 2010 Jim Dumoulin (Redacted)