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Line 108: [[File:Space_Shuttle_Atlantis_launches_on_STS-132.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|''Atlantis'' heads toward Earth orbit at the beginning of [[STS-132]].]] ''Atlantis'' delivered several vital components for the construction of the [[International Space Station]] (ISS). During the February 2001 mission [[STS-98]] to the ISS, ''Atlantis'' delivered the [[Destiny (ISS module)|Destiny Module]], the primary operating facility for U.S. research payloads aboard the ISS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/sts98_land_010220.html|title=Destiny Fulfilled: Atlantis Ends Mission With Safe Touchdown|author=Todd Halvorson|publisher=Space.com|access-date=July 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523234202/http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/sts98_land_010220.html|archive-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> The five-hour 25-minute third spacewalk performed by astronauts [[Robert L. Curbeam|Robert Curbeam]] and [[Thomas D. Jones|Thomas Jones]] during STS-98 marked NASA's 100th extra vehicular activity in space.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/sts98_eva3pm_010214.html|title=Astronauts Cap 100th Spacewalk With Successful Disaster Drill|author=Todd Halvorson|publisher=Space.com|date=February 14, 2010 |access-date=July 25, 2010}}</ref> The [[Quest Joint Airlock]], was flown and installed to the ISS by ''Atlantis'' during the mission [[STS-104]] in July 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/station/stage7a/010715fd4/|title=Airlock marks milestone in quest to assemble Alpha|author=William Harwood|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=July 15, 2001|access-date=July 25, 2010}}</ref> The successful installation of the airlock gave on-board space station crews the ability to stage repair and maintenance spacewalks outside the ISS using U.S. [[Extravehicular Mobility Unit|EMU]] or Russian [[Orlan space suit]]s. The first mission flown by ''Atlantis'' after the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]] was [[STS-115]], conducted during September 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/115_mission_overview.html|title=STS-115: A Mission to Build On|publisher=NASA|date=September 28, 2006|access-date=July 25, 2010}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> The mission carried the [[ISS Truss|P3/P4 truss]] segments and solar arrays to the ISS. On ISS assembly flight [[STS-122]] in February 2008, ''Atlantis'' delivered the [[Columbus (ISS module) [[File:STS-132 Liftoff Space Shuttle Atlantis.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=21|STS-132 Space Shuttle launch]] Line 117: The longest mission flown using ''Atlantis'' was [[STS-117]], which lasted almost 14 days in June 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/news/STS-117-30.html |title=STS-117 MCC Status Report #30|publisher=NASA|date=June 22, 2007|access-date=July 25, 2010}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> During STS-117, ''Atlantis''{{'}} crew added a new starboard truss segment and solar array pair (the [[Integrated Truss Structure|S3/S4]] truss), folded the P6 array in preparation for its relocation and performed four spacewalks. ''Atlantis'' was not equipped to take advantage of the [[Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System]] so missions could not be extended by making use of power provided by ISS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts122/interview_love.html |title=Preflight Interview: Stan Love, Mission Specialist|publisher=NASA|date=November 19, 2007}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> During the [[STS-129]] post-flight interview on November 16, 2009, shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach said that ''Atlantis'' officially beat [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] for the record low amount of interim problem reports, with a total of just 54 listed since returning from STS-125. Leinbach added, "It is due to the team and the hardware processing. They just did a great job. The record will probably never be broken again in the history of the Space Shuttle Program, so congratulations to them."{{ == Orbiter maintenance down periods == Line 528: | |} ===Tribute and mission insignias=== | |||