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Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle orbiter (1985–2011)
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Atlantis was manufactured by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and was delivered to the Kennedy…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
STS-101
2000 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS
STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resupply mission to the International Space…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
International Space Station
Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA, Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). As the largest space…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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