Mission Background
The mission marked:
- 157th NASA manned space flight
- 126th shuttle mission since STS-1
- 30th flight of Atlantis
- 53rd shuttle landing at Edwards Air Force Base
- 101st post-Challenger mission
- 13th post-Columbia mission
Read more about this topic: STS-125
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