United Space Alliance
Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104
Launch Vehicle
Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104
Configuration: OV-104
Family: Space Shuttle
Constructed in 1985, Atlantis was the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J in October of 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011.
Planetary Science
STS-34 was the thirty-first shuttle mission and the fifth for Atlantis. It deployed the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe.