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 The primary space agency for the United States, NASA, began developing reusable space vehicles in the 1970s. The fourth one, named '''''[[wp:Space_Shuttle_Atlantis|Atlantis]]''''' in honour of the original WHOI research vessel, was commissioned to be built in 1979 and completed in 1984. Its maiden voyage took place in late 1985, on October 3. Also known as Space Shuttle Orbiters, or simply space shuttles, the orbiters were wide-body, delta-winged airplane and space vehicles. '''''Atlantis''''' was constructed primarily out of aluminum and covered with reusable surface insulation. It was propelled by 49 rocket engines employed in various combinations for liftoff, attitude control in space, and for initiating reentry. Utilizing the 18.3 x 4.57 m cargo bay, its primary missions were ones of payload delivery to Low Earth Orbit, satellite retrieval/in situ repair, short-duration science platform, and Space Station assembly/servicing. The forward section of the orbiter contained the flight deck and crew quarters for the astronauts. Located at the aft end of the crew quarters deck was an air lock through which astronauts could enter the cargo bay when extravehicular activities were necessary. Varying mission profiles called for crews of between 2 and 8 people, and durations up to 16-day, or 28-days with Extended Duration Orbiters (EDO) kits. Its wingspan was 23.79 m, and it had a length of 37.24 m, height of 17.27 m, habitable volume of 71.5 m3, and a dry mass of 78,687 kg.
-[[Image:NXclass.jpg|left]]'''Atlantis''', NX-05, was commissioned in 2163, and was a member of the [[ma:Earth Starfleet|Earth Starfleet's]] [[ma:NX class|NX-class]] starships. She survived 4 separate 3-year missions; her first 3 being captained by Captain [[Ti'jon]], and the last by Captain [[Woodard, Emily|Woodard]]. During her first 3-year mission, '''Atlantis''' managed to catalogue and completely survey 6 different star systems, including 37 different planets (6 [[ma:Class M|Class M]]), 4 gaseous anomalies, and made first contact with the [[ma:Alvanian|Alvanians]]. Her second 3-year mission was less eventful, having '''Atlantis''' see an engine refit to the new warp-7 capable engines for the last 8 months.
+[[Image:NXclass.jpg|left]]'''''Atlantis''''', NX-05, was commissioned in 2163, and was a member of the [[ma:Earth Starfleet|Earth Starfleet's]] [[ma:NX class|NX-class]] starships. She survived 4 separate 3-year missions; her first 3 being captained by Captain [[Ti'jon]], and the last by Captain [[Woodard, Emily|Woodard]]. During her first 3-year mission, '''''Atlantis''''' managed to catalogue and completely survey 6 different star systems, including 37 different planets (6 [[ma:Class M|Class M]]), 4 gaseous anomalies, and made first contact with the [[ma:Alvanian|Alvanians]]. Her second 3-year mission was less eventful, having '''''Atlantis''''' see an engine refit to the new warp-7 capable engines for the last 8 months. Captain [[Ti'jon]]'s last 3-year mission was thankfully uneventful, as the '''''Atlantis''''' was assigned border patrol with known [[ma:Xindi|Xindi]] space. Captain [[Woodard, Emily|Woodard]] managed to finagle Starfleet into returning '''''Atlantis''''' to exploration duties, and 4 more star systems were thoroughly catalogued and surveyed. Having served for just over 12 years, '''''Atlantis''''' was far from being obsolete, but significant enough progress had been made technologically that major refits still would not have brought her up to par with the rest of the fleet. '''''Atlantis''''' was reassigned as a cadet training vessel at [[ma:Starfleet Academy|Starfleet Academy]] in 2176. She served there faithfully for the next 8 years before being decommissioned.
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