One Year Ago: The Final Space Shuttle Launch

One year ago today, history was made as the world witnessed the final space shuttle launch in history. The last launch ever of a space shuttle. Space Shuttle Atlantis, July 8, 2011. The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched successfully for the final time on July 8 2011 at 11:29 a.m. EST.  By the end of its…

The final launch of space shuttle Atlantis

The world has seen it’s last launch of the space shuttle. Atlantis and its four astronauts lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:29 a.m. on Friday, July 8. It was the last launch I would view from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site. See a tour of…