... The Sun, a crescent Earth, and the long arm of a solar panel were all visible outside a window when the Space Shuttle Atlantis visited the orbiting outpost last week. ...
... Just over a week ago, the STS-129 crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and returned to Earth. ...
... A week and a half ago, after decoupling from the International Space Station , the Space Shuttle Atlantis fired its rockets for the last time, lost its orbital speed, and plummeted back to Earth. ...
... Explanation: Named for Nobel laureate physicist Arthur Holly Compton , the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) Satellite was launched in April of 1991 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis . ...
... Explanation: Hundreds of kilometers above the Earth 's surface, the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Space Station Mir . ...
... Credit: NASA . Explanation: This fish-eye view of a dramatic night launch of the Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-76 was recorded on March 22, 1996. ...
... APOD: 2004 December 12 - Atlantis to Orbit . Explanation: Birds don't fly this high. Airplanes don't go this fast. ... Pictured above , the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off to visit the International Space Station From a standing start, the two ...
... background recorded as the shuttle orbiter Atlantis undocked from the ISS on ... Atlantis and the ISS were traveling over 7,500 meters per second at an altitude of ... is ESA's Columbus Laboratory, delivered by Atlantis and installed by spacewalking ...