NASA Last Shuttle Mission Pictures
Atlantis Launches Into History
After 30 years and 135 missions, residents and visitors to Florida’s Space Coast see this rocket’s red glare for the last time as space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:29 a.m. EDT on July 8.
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Our astronauts below, from left, are STS-135 Mission Specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Commander Chris Ferguson.