This shuttle was named after the main research vessel used from 1930 - 1966 by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The vessel was set up as a laboratory for the purpose of studying water, marine life and the ocean floor.
Atlantis
atlantis
The last planned space shuttle was the Atlantis
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The space shuttle is called Atlantis.
A: 1985 The space shuttle atlantis's first mission was sts-51-j.
Atlantis was the last space shuttle, But the mission was STS-135
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
The fourth space shuttle was Space Shuttle Atlantis, which was first launched on October 3, 1985. Atlantis flew a total of 33 missions before being retired in 2011.
yes, why not? it was named after a ship called Atlantis. it explored South America.
Sunita Williams has flown on space shuttles Discovery and Atlantis as part of her missions with NASA.