STS-66 was a Space Shuttle program mission that was flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-66 launched on November 3, 1994, at 11:59:43.060 am EDT from Launch Pad 39-B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base on November 14, 1994, at 10:33:45 am EST.
ATLAS-3 in the payload bay of Atlantis, while the Shuttle's Canadarm grapples CRISTA-SPAS
Left to right: Clervoy, Parazynski, Brown, Tanner, McMonagle, OchoaSpace Shuttle program← STS-68 (65)STS-63 (67) →
Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the beginning of STS-66 mission.
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa at RMS controls on aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Atlantis was manufactured by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and was delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985. Atlantis is also the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J made from October 3 to 7, 1985.
Atlantis in orbit in 2010, during STS-132
Space Shuttle Atlantis as it transits the Sun
Melted aluminum plating on Atlantis's right wing underside (STS-27)
Atlantis docked to the International Space Station during STS-132 mission
