 Hello and welcome to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. My name is Lisa Sajinowski and in today's Spacepod, we're looking at the final resting place of the final Space Shuttle to Fly, Atlantis. This is your Spacepod. Spacepod Atlantis, also known as Orbital Vehicle 104, first launched on October 3, 1985 and her final flight and the final flight of the Space Shuttle program was on July 8, 2011. Atlantis flew 33 missions and orbited the Earth 4,848 times. She was the first Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian Space Station near and the final shuttle to fly to and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis was named after the RV Atlantis, a two-mastered sailing ship that served as the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute from 1930 to 1966. Although this is the final resting place of Space Shuttle Atlantis, two other Space Shuttles are also remembered here. Space Shuttle Challenger was lost during launch in 1986 and Space Shuttle Columbia was lost during landing in 2003. To my left you can see a piece of Space Shuttle Challenger recovered from the Atlantic Ocean Sea floor. To my right, a piece of Space Shuttle Columbia recovered from Texas. May we never forget the sacrifice that these astronauts made in the spirit of exploration and may they always rest in peace. Behind me is the Astrovan, which carried Space Shuttle astronauts to the launch pad for training and for launches. It was used for 27 years beginning with the 9th Space Shuttle mission and finishing with the final launch of Atlantis on STS-135. Now I may be biased because I got to see her launch, but Atlantis is my favorite orbiter. How about yours? Endeavour, Discovery, Columbia or Challenger? Let us know by leaving a comment below or in any of your favorite social media platforms. Thank you for watching this video and thank you to all our patrons who have contributed to our Spacepods so far. Every penny counts and if you have any spare change that you would like to contribute to the making of these Spacepods, head over to patreon.com slash spacepod. And don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com slash t-m-r-o. Until next time, keep on discovering.