What is Space Shuttle Atlantis?
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}} {{Infobox Space Shuttle | name = Atlantis<br>OV‑104 | image = STS122_Atlantis.jpg | caption = ''Atlantis'' launching on the [[STS-122]] mission to dock with the [[International Space Station]] in February 2008 | number = OV-104 | country = United States | contract = 29 January 1979 | named_after = [[RV Atlantis|RV ''Atlantis'']] | first_flight = [[STS-51-J]] | first_date = 3–7 October 1985 | last_flight = [[STS-135]] | last_date = 8–21 July 2011 | missions = 33 | crews = 207<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/12/year-in-review-p4-saying-goodbye-discovery-atlantis-endeavour/|title=Year in Review – Part 4: Saying Goodbye to Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour|first=Chris|last=Gebhardt|website=Spaceflight.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> | time = 306 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes, 43 seconds as of [[STS-135]] | orbits = 4,848 | distance = {{convert|125935769|mi|km}} as of [[STS-135]] | deployed = 14 | dockings_mir = 7 | dockings_iss = 12 | status = Retired. Displayed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. }} '''Space Shuttle Atlantis''' (OV-104) is the fourth [[space shuttle]] run by [[NASA]]. It was named after a sailing boat used for ocean research by the [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.spacetoday.org/SpcShtls/SpcShtlStories.html |title=Space Today Online - Space Shuttle Stories |work=spacetoday.org |accessdate=19 November 2010 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Space Shuttle}} {{authority control}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Space Shuttles|Atlantis]]