The Last NASA Space Shuttle Safely Launches Into Orbit
source: http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/the-last-nasa-space-shuttle-safely-launches-into...
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The last mission in NASA’s decades-long space shuttle program is now underway. As rain clouds hovered ominously and the countdown began to the 135th departure in the 30-year-old shuttle program, the crowd at Canaveral grew still and anxious. Then, Atlantis rocketed safely into orbit on Friday at 11:29 a.m. EDT and is now flying at 17,500 mph around the Earth. The mission will catch up with the International Space Station in two days. The launch of the Atlantis space shuttle marked the last in NASA’s history, closing out a government-funded space program that lasted for 30 years.
This piece includes color photographs, the NASA video of the final Atlantis launch and a three-minute documentary short film that looks back at some of the momentous video that came out of NASA's space shuttle program.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/the-last-nasa-space-shuttle-safely-l...
This piece includes color photographs, the NASA video of the final Atlantis launch and a three-minute documentary short film that looks back at some of the momentous video that came out of NASA's space shuttle program.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/the-last-nasa-space-shuttle-safely-l...
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