Shuttle Atlantis last Flight (
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7-8-11 Kennedy Space Center,Floirda
The beginning of the last shuttle mission (Atlantis STS-135) as seen from Titusville, FL on July 8 ,2011.
Big thanks to all the people involved in this program over all these years and a special thanks to my Dad for throwing me in the car in the middle of the night, so I could wake up on the NASA Causeway to see the first Shuttle launch. Hard to see an era end..now on to bigger, farther endeavors.
New GPS satellite going up from Cape Canaveral on a Delta IV Rocket. Launch time..2:41am.
After her final trip home.
Juno being launched on an AtlasV. It should be monitoring the weather on Jupiter in 5 years.
After receiving an internet aurora alert yesterday, we headed out at 1:30 AM to a nearby dark beach with a north view.
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Happy 42 anniversary of the Launch to yas.
Shuttle Atlantis undocks from the International Space Station.
Wednesday, July 20, 4:17pm EDT
42nd anniversary of Lunar Module Eagle's landing on the Moon.
Thursday, July 21 5:57am EDT
Shuttle Atlantis' scheduled landing at Kennedy Space Center.
Last View
This image of the International Space Station was taken by Atlantis' STS-135 crew during a fly around as the shuttle departed the station on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. STS-135 is the final shuttle mission to the orbital laboratory.
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First Landing Opportunity at 5:56am EDT
Second Landing Opportunity at 7:32am EDT
Source: NASA - STS-135 Landing Ground Tracks
sad sigh, we're home, our travels are over.
thank you
It is so sad to know we'll not see this again.
Have heard another family member that works for USA is on the short list to stay.. Hope it's true.
Husband is good. They've been working on moon stuff & various things.
Welcome home Atlantis.
Morning Everyone!! Perfect double booms. Not as loud as normal but I will still take what I heard. What a gorgeous Florida morning to be landing. So sad to see such an awesome program come to an end but I hope some fantastic space program will arrive in the future. Red, white, and blue on the top of the Empire State Building last night to honor the return of the shuttle.
pbug, Lex, OGal It is the close of a grand chapter. More chapters will follow.
Skye You're welcome. It's fitting that the International Space Station should make an appearance just before the final Shuttle landing. The ISS owes its existence to the Shuttle and is one of the great legacies of the Shuttle Era.
I'm glad your family can stay and stay active in the effort to step off our home planet. I hope we can preserve more of the hard won expertise in the months and years ahead.
please click on this link
Taken by redagainPatti - June 2, 2009, outside of Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi USA as the plane was leaving from a rest stop
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I've lost a few friends that got cut or got moved & had to leave. This county is reeling. But there is more going on than being put out there. A chance to shake it up & cut the chaff that we haven't had in 30 years.
I hope commercial pulls it together quick to get us some human shuttles to the ISS now that it is all built.
I couldn't get your links to work but I did find your series with photos and words starting at
Off in the Distance | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Thanks.. I always check and just did some editing again. Each year there is something new or I have to create new pathways within my brain to fix stuff within the blog LOL.. THANK YOU for your help.. please check the links again and see if they work now
The transition could have been better planned and smoother but as you say there is a lot of new activities that aren't getting a lot of publicity. I think SpaceX is in the lead of the commercial race but they aren't the only ones in the field.
It looks like Low Earth Orbit is going to be a lot less expensive and once the new heavy-lift development gets rolling that should really breathe new life into KSC.
Patti Those links are just fine now. Thanks. :^)
I remember all those lift-offs, flights and splashdowns back in the 60's. And the moon walk. Dad was glued to the TV for each one. Me, too, for that matter.
STS-135 Shuttle Mission Imagery
ISS028-E-018214 (21 July 2011) --- This unprecedented view of the space shuttle Atlantis, appearing like a bean sprout against clouds and city lights, on its way home, was photographed by the Expedition 28 crew of the International Space Station. Airglow over Earth can be seen in the background.
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[quote author=RamjetFDO link=topic=26102.msg780897#msg780897 date=1311270438]
Noe has posted his video of Atlantis streaking across the sky during re-entry, from his vantage point in Cancun, Mexico!
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZgu7FStbw&f eature=share]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZgu7 FStbw&feature=share[/url]
I was able to get him the re-entry ephemeris sighting data for his location - so his cameras were spot-on and ready!
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the above should show a two minute view of Atlantis streaking over Cancun Mexico...
I tried to also search for it on YouTube but with no success.
the video can be seen at:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic= 26102.720
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