Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns To Earth (STS-132)

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns To Earth STS-132

With 32 missions and more than 25 years of service, space shuttle Atlantis has carried more than 200 astronauts and flown more than 100 million miles. Having played a pivotal role in science, exploration and building the International Space Station, Atlantis is prepared to fly its last planned mission, STS-132. Its legacy spans the years from the shuttle-Mir flights, through the construction of the International Space Station, to the final servicing mission of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

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[bywestonbay]

@lidsman2221 The Space Shuttle was going to be retired regardless of which President happens to be in office. They were simply too old! The fact that there's no replacement is due to lack of political will and public support. Nothing to do with 'handouts' as you call them. Not forgetting a certain recession as well...

[fmeriqui]

awesome. thnks for posting this

[zekidz]

@Firestar614 thank you very much

[Firestar614]

@zekidz The weight and bulk of the orange fuel tank wouldn't allow the ship to take off horizontally because it's just too heavy and the flow of air over the shuttles wings wouldn't be enough to lift it off the ground.

[Firestar614]

@zekidz It can't take off like an aeroplane because it has to take off with a huge orange fuel tank attatched to it, which isn't possible if it takes off horizontally like an aeroplane. Shooting straight up into the air is much faster and uses less fuel than taking off horizontally and generally makes more sense. Plus spacecraft and aeroplanes are each made for a completely different type of flying so they're going to have different ways of functioning.

[zekidz]

@Firestar614 thanks to help ,,,but cant they make it take off like this ,,and when high above they ignite the hydrogen to leave earth atmosfere ...why isnt it technically possible to make it take off like aeroplane ,,,

[Firestar614]

@zekidz Oh, I forgot to say that the space shuttle IS slowed down for landing previous to the parachute being deployed. You have to remember that the shuttle orbits earth at about 17,500 miles per hour, so getting it to slow down to the speed it's at during landing is quite a feat in itself. Don't worry, NASA has their mechanics figured out :) If they didn't know what they were doing they wouldn't still be flying.

[Firestar614]

@zekidz You're right that the parachute is primitive, but regardless of how simple a method it is it works beautifully. It costs billions to send shuttles into space and keeping the weight load as light as possible is essential to help reduce those costs. A parachute is much lighter than any modernized machinery that could otherwise be used to slow down the space shuttle for landing, thus it's a cheaper yet effective way to slow down the ship.

[zekidz]

a little bit primitive the parachute thing,,,is it so difficult to modernise a space shuttle to decreSE SPEED AT LANDING?????????just asking

[quigon87yt]

No Salt Flats landing for this last flight.

I think NASA wanted a Florida landing for this Flight, without the 747 piggyback ride.

All I can say is I hope they keep this one & make a Museum out of it take take whatever profits from it & put it back into NASA funding.

[nathanfishing3000]

dude STS-135 is last lanting

[tactheemt]

@sonicriders1234 Birds...