U.S. space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth yesterday, completing the task began on July 8. Thus, the 1980s and known as the dream of manned space exploration that marked the period of the transfer of the shuttle has been closed

Space flight 33 that hosts the report card and thrown the first time since 1985, a total of up to 202 million in short time, Atlantis, spent 307 days in space and in Earth orbit has 4 thousand 848 rounds. International Space Station on July 10 on his last mission with four astronotuyla (ISS), clamped and 115 billion dollars spent on the construction of the station had taken food and scientific equipment. With the release of Atlantis is retired from the Russian spacecraft to fill the vacuum.Technology which is designed in the 1970s and who need ongoing care because getting up shelf space shuttle project, based on reasonable grounds. First, the use of a space shuttle, is quite costly compared to other space vehicles. Because of a space shuttle would cost about 2.2 billion dollars, and when he got back going through an overhaul of millions of dollars. In addition to any space craft to save the astronauts in case of an accident has no evacuation system. Apollo and Skylab space vehicles, such as a rescue operation sürdürülebilirken, who served as a possible accident astronauts live in space shuttles have been abandoned to their fate.American Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), except in four different space shuttle Atlantis launches to date. The first space shuttle Columbia, the launch for the first time in 1981 until 2003, an accident in the air and space to complete the task 28 times during that 300 days was about 200 million miles traveled.
Beginning of the end: ChallengerHowever, on the space shuttle Columbia disaster, does not belong in the first. Launched in 1986, the second shuttle Challenger 73 seconds after takeoff and exploded in the air within the seven astronauts lost their lives. A day before the launch, due to the extremely cold air come loose rubber gaskets, fuel leak caused the shuttle's body and the fire began, led to a fuel tank explosion. Gustloff tragedy zinciriyse omissions occurring after the space shuttle caused the loss of trust in technology. NASA engineers are experienced in the day before launch due to technical malfunction, the manufacturer with company officials to discuss the morning, the shuttle's launching had been decided at the end of risk taking.Gelinmesiyle the 2000s were taken with the space shuttles gradually removed. ISS and space shuttle Endeavour launched kenetlenen night for the first time on May 16 in 2011 with the withdrawal of the warehouse, used by NASA as the space shuttle Atlantis was the only active one.