亞特蘭蒂斯號完成航天飛機最後着陸

The space shuttle Atlantis has made a perfect landing, bringing an end to 30 years of U.S. space shuttle crew of four astronauts aboard Atlantis touched down just before 10:00 UTC at the Kennedy Space Center in the southeastern state of Florida. Perfect weather conditions and a crowd of hundreds welcomed the shuttle ander Christopher Ferguson said that after serving the world for more than 30 years, the space shuttle has earned its place in history, and has come to a final stop. He said the shuttle has changed the way the world and the universe are viewed.

Atlantis' 13-day mission capped off its 33rd and final flight after 26 years in service. The fourth shuttle in NASA's fleet, Atlantis first flew into space in October 1985. The shuttle has made 200 orbits around Earth and a journey of more than eight-and-a-half million crew departed from the International Space Station on Tuesday after an eight-day visit to deliver a year's worth of supplies, and haul trash and used equipment back to ntis, as well as the other remaining shuttles, will be retired from service and put on public display.美國航天飛機“亞特蘭蒂斯號”完美着陸，持續30年的美國航天飛機計劃就此正式宣告結束。“亞特蘭蒂斯號”上的四名宇航員於國際標準時間將近10點在美國南部佛羅里達州的肯尼迪航天中心着陸。“亞特蘭蒂斯號”在最佳天氣條件下返航，受到數百人迎接。這次使命的指揮員佛格森說，航天飛機爲世界服務30多年後，已經在歷史上贏得了自己的地位，這一頁已經終結。他說，航天飛機改變了人們看待世界和宇宙的方式。

“亞特蘭蒂斯號”這次爲期13天的使命是它26年來的第33次、也是最後一次航行。“亞特蘭蒂斯號”是美國航空航天局的第四架航天飛機，於1985年10 月首次升空。航天飛機完成了兩百次環球航行，總航程超過八百五十萬公里。星期二，宇航員們離開了國際空間站，此前他們用八天時間運送一年的補給，並準備把垃圾和用過的設備運回地球。“亞特蘭蒂斯號”和其他存留的航天飛機將退役，並將被公開展覽。