On July 8, launch Atlantis

The US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) said on June 28 that Atlantis will be launched on the International Space Station (ISS) in the final mission of the 30-year shuttle program on August 8. Next / 07, according to RIA Novosti.

Accordingly, Atlantis will leave the launch pad 39A of Kennedy Space Center, Florida (USA) at 11:26 on 08/07 (local time), to begin the 12-day journey in time.

Atlantis crew (from left): Rex Walheim, Sandra Magnus,
pilot Doug Hurley and commander Chris Ferguson (Photo: AFP)

Currently the crew of four of the ship is commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley, two astronauts Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus (female) were present in Florida and are completing training steps to prepare for the trip. go.

They will perform the task of bringing the assembly to ISS a multi-purpose logistics module called Raffaello.

It is known that the mission this time is the flight to the 33rd and final space of Atlantis. After that, the ship will be put into service for visitors at the Tourist Center of the Kennedy Space Center.

According to RIA Novosti, after NASA's 30-year space shuttle program closed with 135 flights, bringing people to ISS will depend entirely on the Russian Soyuz fleet. Over the next four years, NASA must pay Russia $ 1 billion to send its astronauts to space.