Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States Space Agency. Atlantis is NASA's fourth space-rated space shuttle. It was named after the two-masted boat that served as the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts from 1930 to 1966. Construction of the Atlantis began on March 3, 1980, weighing in around 151,315 pounds and nearly 3.5 tons lighter than Columbia. The Atlantis has completed 29 flights, spent 220.40-days in space, completed 3,468 orbits, and flown 89,908,732 nautical miles i.e. 166,510,972 km in total till September 2006 . Space Shuttle Atlantis till now deployed 14 satellites, landed on 7 times on MIR (Russia Space Station and 9 times on the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA's shuttle Discovery glides home after successful mission - 29 Mar 2009
12. Atlantis' mission will return the space shuttle to NASA's Hubble Space...;Over 11 days and five spacewalks, Atlantis' crew will upgrade the telescope
Snipes faces international travel ban pending appeal in tax evasion case - 26 Mar 2009
in Dubai for the opening of the Atlantis Hotel resort. "Defendant Snipes
"Atlantis" turns out to be boat-mapping lines - 21 Feb 2009
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): Hopes for the discovery of Atlantis by Google Ocean... mapping lines. Atlantis is believed to be an island civilization sunk... of the seabed, a possible location for Atlantis. This particular region, 620 miles off
Lost continent of Atlantis may have been found by Google Ocean - 20 Feb 2009
London, Feb 20 (ANI): If rumors are to be believed, the lost city of Atlantis... Islands, with the help of Google Ocean, a 3D software. Atlantis is believed... of the seabed, a possible location for Atlantis. This particular region, 620 miles
Reptile's fossil helps rule out New Zealand drowning under ancient flood theory - 21 Jan 2009
London, Jan 21 (ANI): The discovery of the fossil of a reptile on New Zealand's South Island has helped to rebuff the theory that an ancient flood had submerged the country's islands, just like the fabled Atlantis. According
Lisa Bonet names newborn Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa! - 09 Jan 2009
("Stargate Atlantis") is her third child. Monet, who is currently on the ABC show
In Goa? Don't forget to see the stars
- 09 Jan 2009
invested by the US and India respectively, in the Atlantis and Chandrayaan missions
Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson planning Dubai move? - 05 Jan 2009
Atlantis Hotel last year (08), according to the Daily Mirror. "Lindsay and Sam
Lindsay Lohan shifting to Dubai with girlfriend
- 03 Jan 2009
at the newly opened luxurious Atlantis Hotel in 2008, according to British tabloid
Last tune-up for Hubble telescope before space shuttle launch
- 01 Jan 2009
May 12 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for NASA's fifth and final service
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