NASA's Last Space Shuttle Crew Takes Manhattan This Week

The final space shuttle crew, the astronauts of STS-135, stand with shuttle Atlantis after its landing July 21 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. CREDIT: NASA

Move over Muppets, the astronauts are coming to town. NASA's final space shuttle crew will visit the Big Apple this week for a series of public events to share their experiences of flying on the last-ever flight of the 30-year shuttle era.

Commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim launched July 8 on NASA's 135th and final space shuttle flight, a delivery mission to the International Space Station to stock up the outpost with spare parts.

The spaceflyers landed July 21, ending the STS-135 mission and NASA's 30-year space shuttle program.