Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and crewmates Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:29 a.m. EDT on Friday, July 8. STS-135 is the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program.
The 12-day mission will deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module filled with more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and spare parts to sustain space station operations after the shuttles are retired. STS-135 is the 135th shuttle flight, the 33rd flight for Atlantis and the 37th shuttle mission dedicated to station assembly and maintenance,
STS-135: Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Program
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11 responses to “STS-135: Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Program”
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Amazing
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My dream
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"The final flight of the Space Shuttle program was STS-135 on July 8, 2011." 🙁
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The most awesome machine ever built! There is nothing – literally nothing that can touch the Space Shuttle!
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I was crying. I was really crying when this happened.
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However you feel about the end of the Shuttle, here the final space shuttle rides to meet the space station which it built, while communicating with the TDRS network it built. In many ways things like the station, TDRS and Hubble are the shuttle's legacy.
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Just love the sound when engine starts
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:,)
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Whar was this
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"Go at throttle up."
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I was four years old when the shuttle first flew, and it basically defined my entire childhood. I dearly miss seeing it fly.
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