Columbia was launched on 23rd July 1999 carrying the Chandra X-ray Observatory
The last ever space shuttle to be launched was launched on 9/7/11. America have stopped making them because it is too expensive for them.
It was the 135th and final launch of the Space Shuttle Program. The program lasted 30 years. The spacecraft that launched was Space Shuttle Atlantis.
The space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), was launched
The first shuttle, Columbia, was launched April 12, 1981. The last flight will be flown by Atlantis. It is scheduled for July 2011.
The space shuttle Atlantis launch July 8, 2011 and landed July 21, 2011 on mission STS-135, the last of the space shuttle program. Following that mission Atlantis was prepared for display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex not far from the pads where she had been launched on 33 missions.
The last ever space shuttle to be launched was launched on 9/7/11. America have stopped making them because it is too expensive for them.
August 12th, 1981 - July 8th 2011
The Chandra X-Ray telescope was launched from Space Shuttle Columbia, during mission STS-93, between July 23-27, 1999. It also marked the first Shuttle mission led by a female commander, Astronaut Eileen Collins.
Atlantis
It was the 135th and final launch of the Space Shuttle Program. The program lasted 30 years. The spacecraft that launched was Space Shuttle Atlantis.
The space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), was launched
The last Space Shuttle launch was Space Shuttle Atlantis at 11:29 a.m. EDT, on July 8, 2011. For each individual Shuttle, it is as follows: Atlantis: July 8, 2011 Endeavor: May 16, 2011 Discovery: February 24, 2011
The first shuttle, Columbia, was launched April 12, 1981. The last flight will be flown by Atlantis. It is scheduled for July 2011.
Garret Reisman took one aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, which launched on March 11, 2008.
The last launch of a Space Shuttle happened in July of 2011, and there won't be any more of them. While the program existed, they were launched from the Kennedy Space Center, on the coast of Florida about 45 miles east of Orlando.
In a space shuttle in space in 1969 in July
The space shuttle Atlantis launch July 8, 2011 and landed July 21, 2011 on mission STS-135, the last of the space shuttle program. Following that mission Atlantis was prepared for display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex not far from the pads where she had been launched on 33 missions.