Atlantis (Space shuttle)

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Atlantis (OV-104) was delivered to Kennedy Space Center in April 1985. It lifted off on its maiden voyage on Oct. 3, 1985, on mission 51-J, the second dedicated Department of Defense flight. Later missions included the launch of the Galileo interplanetary probe to Jupiter on STS-34 in October 1989, and STS-37, with the Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) as its primary payload, in April 1991. Atlantis is named after a two-masted sailing ship that was operated for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute from 1930 to 1966.
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referencedIn United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. National Aeronautics and Space Administration collection, 1911-2002. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER 104 ATLANTIS 61-B ON BOARD MAGAZINES 75 AND 76 National Archives at College Park
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