Here's a photo of the Atlantis orbiter above the Chilean Andes, captured from the ISS on October 9, 2002 during STS-112. Santiago is at lower left.

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Was the space shuttle the first and last spacecraft capable of returning satellites back to Earth?

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On this day 40 years ago, Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on its first mission. The Shuttle and crew traveled 1.7 million miles before returning to Earth.

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The Endeavour Space Shuttle ready to fly. It replaced the tragically lost shuttle Challenger and went into orbit a total of 25 times between 1992 and 2011, along with its sisters Atlantis and Discovery.

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NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-117) "rolls back into high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39A" in 2007 at the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States of America. Photographer: Jeff Wolfe, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-132) photographed "above the Atlantic coast of Spain and the Gulf of Cadiz" on 16 May 2010. "The coast includes the city of Ayamonte (left of image as photographed), past Huelva (under Atlantis), past the sand dunes, the Rio Guadalquivir, to the city of Rota."

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The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches from Kennedy Space Center on June 8, 2007

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8 years ago today. The final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis.

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A unique view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour...

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In 1995, the Mir space station was left unoccupied for a brief period so cosmonauts in a Soyuz capsule could take this picture of Atlantis. Meanwhile, the station's control computers shut down which forced the Soyuz crew to quickly come back to the station before it spun out of control. [1200x1221]

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Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen heading to Earth orbit for rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope for the STS-125 mission. May 2009

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Bird's-eye view looking down on Space Shuttle Endeavour as it flies over the Mojave Desert on the back of a Boeing 747

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Tomorrow is the 17th anniversary of the final launch of Columbia, as a memorial I thought I would highlight a significant event in the STS-107 mission everyday until February 1, here is a picture of Columbia on the pad being readied for her final mission