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The last Space Shuttle returned to Earth 15 years ago
Fifteen years ago, Space Shuttle Atlantis completed the final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program with STS-135. The mission, crewed by Christopher Ferguson, Douglas Hurley, Sandra Magnus, and Rex Walheim, marked the end of U.S. crewed spaceflight until SpaceX's Commercial Crew Program resumed launches in 2020.
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