Col. Doug Hurley

Father. Husband. Astronaut. Pilot, STS-127 & STS-135. Space X DM-2 Commander, ISS Expedition 63. Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

[Northrop Grumman @northropgrumman]

Getting closer to space, one segment at a time.

3 of 5 solid rocket booster segments for Artemis III are now stacked on the mobile launcher in Vehicle Assembly Building! Forward assemblies have been delivered, ready to top the stack, as we prepare for the next SLS launch.

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

On this day in 2020, the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft splashed down, completing the Demo-2 mission. With this mission, SpaceX successfully launched NASA astronauts from American soil and returned them safely to Earth.

📷: NASA/Bill Ingalls

[Col. Doug Hurley @Astro_Doug]

This was a fun way to start the 15th Anniversary events for STS-135 a couple weeks ago. Thank you @ExploreSpaceKSC!

[Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex @ExploreSpaceKSC]

The kind of Earth view that makes astronauts go, “Holy cow.” 🌎 On this month’s episode of We Choose to Go to Kennedy, dive into stories of the final flight of the shuttle program from the very astronauts that flew STS-135.
https://t.co/auYO5pfHoP

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

On #TDIH in 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center, completing STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.

[ABC News @ABC]

On July 21, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis completed its final mission, landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and bringing an end to the Space Shuttle program after more than 30 years. https://t.co/QUNQpH5YBP

[Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex @ExploreSpaceKSC]

#OTD 15 Years Ago: Atlantis and the crew of STS-135 landed at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) after delivering parts and equipment to the International Space Station. The landing of Atlantis marked the end of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. Today, visitors can get up close to this legendary orbiter at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. https://t.co/7A2OsYnmpq

📸: NASA

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

Atlantis closed out the 30 year Space Shuttle Program on this day 15 years ago, as STS-135 concluded in the dark on the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility.

Commander Chris Ferguson (@Astro_Ferg) with the tribute to Atlantis and her sister ships at wheels stop.

[Col. Doug Hurley @Astro_Doug]

57 years ago today, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and told 600 million people, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." The launch date for Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) wasn’t chosen with that anniversary in mind, but it’s fitting that a spacecraft poised to help our nation take another giant leap—and transform how we operate in space—lifts off just one day after the first moon landing.
As someone with tons of experience using robotic arms in space, I’m confident MRV is going to be a force multiplier for critical space missions.

[Mark Polansky @Astro_127]

17 years ago this day, the intrepid crew in this photo launched aboard Endeavour, beginning a 16 day adventure to continue assembly of the International Space Station. Great crew, mission, and memories. @NASA, @Space_Station, @NASAJohnson

[Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex @ExploreSpaceKSC]

Follow in the footsteps of shuttle astronauts when you take the Explore Tour. https://t.co/4vOauUWJv5
Walk across the same orbiter access arm as the STS-135 astronauts before they launched on space shuttle Atlantis.

📸: NASA/Jim Grossmann

[Col. Doug Hurley @Astro_Doug]

@GeraldJr1997 @ThePrimalDino We practiced those a lot during ascent sims. They were abort modes that we certainly could have flown had we needed to. Fortunately, they were never flown for real during the Program.

[Col. Doug Hurley @Astro_Doug]

Got the band back together for the STS-135 15th Anniversary events at the KSC Visitors Center last weekend. Great reuniting with friends, colleagues, and so many people from across the US and all over the world that came to celebrate. Always special to see Atlantis again.

[Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex @ExploreSpaceKSC]

#OTD 15 Years Ago: Atlantis launched on the final shuttle mission, STS-135. Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim embarked on a 13-day mission to the International Space Station.

📸: NASA

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

15 years ago today, Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on STS-135, her final mission and the very last flight of the 30-year Space Shuttle era.

Sit back, crank the volume, and soak in every angle of this epic NASA JSC (SE&I department) vid.

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

The 135th and final shuttle launch! 🚀

July 8 marks the 15th anniversary of the historic final launch of NASA's 30-year Space Shuttle Program. With its crew of 4 astronauts, Atlantis lifted off at 11:29 am to begin STS-135, its last journey to the International Space Station.

[Cady Coleman @Astro_Cady]

🚀#OTD 7/8/2011: #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis launched to the @Space_Station on #STS135, the final mission of @NASA's Space Shuttle Program
https://t.co/f9nClXNQd2
@Astro_Ferg @Astro_Doug @Astro_Rex @Astro_Sandy #space #launch #ISS

[Association of Space Explorers @ASE_Astronauts]

#OTD 15 years ago ✨

STS-135 launched on July 8, 2011, with ASE members @Astro_Sandy, @Astro_Rex, @Astro_Doug, and @Astro_Ferg aboard.

Fun fact: The crew appeared on an episode of The Colbert Report after returning home!

[Northrop Grumman @northropgrumman]

Artemis II flew on April 1 powered by our boosters. That same day, Artemis III booster segments started their journey from our Utah facility to @NASAKennedy. We’re already building the next chapter of space exploration – no pause, just progress.

[ULA @ulalaunch]

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket is on the launch pad for the USSF-87 mission that will place U.S. national security spacecraft into geosynchronous orbit. It will be our next-generation rocket's heaviest payload yet and the longest flight to date, lasting 10 hours.

Liftoff is scheduled for Thursday at 3:30 a.m. EST (0830 UTC) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral. Weather forecasters give a 95% chance of GO conditions.

Our play-by-play status journal begins at 10 p.m. EST (0300 UTC) and the live webcast starts 20 minutes before liftoff. https://t.co/YDvsb287GV

[NASA Space Operations @NASASpaceOps]

Every January, @NASA commemorates the lives we have lost, including crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. #NASARemembers their sacrifice and enduring strength of their families, whose courage continues to inspire us all.

As we continue missions to the @Space_Station and push forward to the Moon and beyond, the agency is committed to safety and lessons learned to further space exploration and discovery.