Launch: 11:29 a.m. EDT - July 8, 2011
Landing: 5:57 a.m. EDT - July 21, 2011
Orbiter: Atlantis
Mission Number: STS-135 (135th space shuttle flight)
Launch Window: 10 minutes
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 13 days
Spacewalks: 1 (by ISS crew)
Landing Site: KSC
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Primary Payload: 37th station flight (ULF7), multi-purpose logistics module
Space shuttle Atlantis carried the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. The mission also flew a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and returned a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems.
