{"id":22684,"date":"2021-07-09T00:08:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/this-day-in-space-july-8-2011-the-launch-of-sts-135-the-final-space-shuttle-launch\/"},"modified":"2021-07-09T00:08:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:08:49","slug":"this-day-in-space-july-8-2011-the-launch-of-sts-135-the-final-space-shuttle-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/this-day-in-space-july-8-2011-the-launch-of-sts-135-the-final-space-shuttle-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day In Space (July 8, 2011): The launch of STS-135, the final Space Shuttle launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\t\"\"STS-135 Touchdown at Kennedy Space Center | Image credit: NASA\/Chad Baumer<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tSTS-135 Touchdown at Kennedy Space Center | Image credit: NASA\/Chad Baumer\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Space Shuttle Atlantis currently resides in an exhibit building at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, its permanent home. Back on this day in 2011, Atlantis would fly for the last time. STS-135 marked the end of the Space Shuttle Program.<\/p>\n

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The first launch of the Space Shuttle Program occurred on April 12th, 1981, with Space Shuttle Columbia, and had its last flight on July 8th, 2011, with Space Shuttle Atlantis. Spanning across 3 decades, there were 135 flights and 6 orbiters constructed. Their names were as follows: Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. Enterprise would never see space as it was used for ground and glide testing, and 2 shuttles would meet untimely ends. <\/p>\n

Liftoff | 11:29 AM EDT July 8th, 2011<\/h2>\n
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