Unlike its sister ships, the 155,000-pound Atlantis — tilting to the port, or left, side — has its nose 30 feet off the floor, its right wing 62 feet up and its left wing 7 feet up.

Previous shuttle crews have had a second shuttle prepared to mount a rescue if needed since the 2003 Columbia accident. Atlantis’ sister ships have already been retired.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday for what could be its last visit, delivering fresh batteries and other equipment to help keep the outpost ...

Space shuttle Atlantis' greatest missions By Althea Manasan Published May 26, 2010 Last updated 15 years ago ...

Mission Control informed the crew that it's a 21-inch stretch of nicks over four to five thermal tiles on the right side of Atlantis. The damage is where the right wing joins the fuselage.

The shuttle Atlantis rockets into orbit on a three-spacewalk mission to deliver 15 tons of spare parts and other equipment to protect against failures after the shuttle is retired.

Atlantis was scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:54 p.m. EDT (1754 GMT) on Thursday, but NASA officials said the shuttle has enough supplies to stay in space until Sunday ...