Flying Atlantis on this historic mission were Shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim. The focus of STS-135 was to deliver supplies to the ISS that will help sustain its operation in the post-shuttle era. There is no spacecraft, manned or unmanned, currently available that can lift the payloads of a Space Shuttle.

Other post final Space Shuttle flight events:

10:00 a.m. (ET)
NASA officials will hold a briefing at Kennedy's press site to discuss Atlantis' STS-135 mission. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television (click to view)

The participants will be:

- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations, NASA Headquarters
- Bob Cabana, director, Kennedy Space Center
- Mike Moses, space shuttle launch integration manager
- Mike Leinbach, space shuttle launch director

11:45 a.m. (ET)
Bolden and Cabana will host an employee appreciation event outside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2). The event will be broadcast live on NASA TV (click to view)

12:00 p.m. (ET)
The STS-135 crew is expected to participate in a post-landing news conference. Immediately after a 20 minute media question-and-answer session, the astronauts will go to the employee appreciation event to talk briefly to the work force. The events will be broadcast live on NASA TV (click to view).

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