Atlantis was one of the orbiters of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet and the fourth to be built, named after a research ship of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Its first mission, in autumn 1985, was a classified military flight for the United States Department of Defense. Atlantis later launched the Magellan probe to Venus and the Galileo probe to Jupiter, and took part in missions to the Russian space station Mir and to the International Space Station. It also flew the final shuttle mission in July 2011, after which the fleet was retired. Atlantis is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
Before and after
- 1 September 1985The wreck of the Titanic is found
- 9 September 1985Birth of Luka Modrić
- 13 September 1985Release of Super Mario Bros.
- 30 September 1985Release of Microsoft Excel
- 3 October 1985First flight of Atlantis
- 24 October 1985Birth of Wayne Rooney
- 16 November 1985Birth of Sanna Marin
- 20 November 1985Creation of Microsoft Windows
- 20 November 1985Creation of Windows 1.0
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The era
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