When did the Space Shuttle last fly?
When did the Space Shuttle last fly?
21 July 2011
Atlantis, landing at Kennedy Space Center on STS-135
The programme ran for thirty years and 135 missions, two of which killed their crews. After Atlantis landed, the United States had no way of launching a person into orbit and bought seats on Russian Soyuz flights for nine years, until SpaceX's Crew Dragon flew in 2020.
- What
- Atlantis, landing at Kennedy Space Center on STS-135
- When
- 21 July 2011
- Category
- Space
- Could this change?
- Not in any foreseeable way. The event is closed.
Space
| Question | When |
|---|---|
| When was Halley's Comet last visible? | 9 February 1986 |
| When did a human last walk on the Moon? | 14 December 1972 |
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Common questions
- When did the Space Shuttle last fly?
- 21 July 2011 — Atlantis, landing at Kennedy Space Center on STS-135.
- What happened?
- The programme ran for thirty years and 135 missions, two of which killed their crews. After Atlantis landed, the United States had no way of launching a person into orbit and bought seats on Russian Soyuz flights for nine years, until SpaceX's Crew Dragon flew in 2020.
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Sources
- NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Public domain (US Government))