Space Shuttle’s Last Days | National Geographic

six the space shuttle program neared its
complete retirement with mission sts-134
the next to last shuttle journey shuttle
endeavour which was built to replace the
ill-fated shuttle Challenger made its
25th and final flight and carried six
astronauts to the International Space
Station like the kid who dreams of space
travel
the astronauts excitement extends into
the real thing moving his face now far
away and honesty from an astronaut on
his first flight I was a little afraid
since 1998 more than 25 Space Shuttle
crews have docked with and helped
construct the International Space
Station delivering modules equipment and
supplies this mission marked several
milestones in the shuttle program
including the first space conversation
with a pope to talk about the
experiences well your holiness it’s it’s
a great honor to speak with you and
you’re right it really but more
significantly they successfully
installed an astrophysics experiment
called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
and it marked the last spacewalks ever
for members of a shuttle crew although
it was Greg Chema Tufts first well that
was my first spacewalk and you know that
that was the most intense thing I’ve
ever done in my life
it’s brutally amazing it’s you know it’s
really amazing
that humans can really do this not
science fiction steps Utley the shuttle
program’s final journey is scheduled for
later in the summer with Atlantis making
one more trip to the ISS after
retirement the shuttle crafts are slated
to live their final days in museums
across the u.s.