Updates STS-135 Updates
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HAL9001
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:woohoo: and goodbye
ky
Director of Manned Spaceflight
Making a tribute to the shuttle program.Will hopefully be done by tomorrow
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Eli13
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Godspeed Atlantis.
GoForPDI
Good ol' Max Peck
I am actually finding myself looking forward to whats next, with a tear in my eye
Shuttle has been a defining era: Just five craft collectively flew 135 missions. They brought up not only clean-cut test pilots, but Teachers, Scientists, Doctors, Politicians, former Cold War enemies and helped European and East Asian countries launch their first Astronauts. The difference between Shuttle and what went before is that Shuttle wasn't about reaching a destination, it was about having an advantageous capability that would bring more people into space and allow us to have much more experience in space so that the next time we go and explore other worlds, we can make the first proper leap into the solar system using the experience gained from the many flights as leverage.
What comes next will not be about a single destination, it will be the beginning of a space infrastructure: Sustainable, Affordable and Capable. Over the next few decades an arsenal of space vehicles and hardware will slowly take shape. Humans will venture beyond the Earth. Its only a matter of time.
Shuttle has been a defining era: Just five craft collectively flew 135 missions. They brought up not only clean-cut test pilots, but Teachers, Scientists, Doctors, Politicians, former Cold War enemies and helped European and East Asian countries launch their first Astronauts. The difference between Shuttle and what went before is that Shuttle wasn't about reaching a destination, it was about having an advantageous capability that would bring more people into space and allow us to have much more experience in space so that the next time we go and explore other worlds, we can make the first proper leap into the solar system using the experience gained from the many flights as leverage.
What comes next will not be about a single destination, it will be the beginning of a space infrastructure: Sustainable, Affordable and Capable. Over the next few decades an arsenal of space vehicles and hardware will slowly take shape. Humans will venture beyond the Earth. Its only a matter of time.
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Why goodbye?:woohoo: and goodbye
The mission just started. They haven't even docked to ISS, just launched today.
Here's calendar event for docking. Here you can request a reminder for it.
NASA:
- RELEASE : 11-216 - NASA'S Final Space Shuttle Mission Begins With Atlantis' Launch
- MEDIA ADVISORY : M11-140 - NASA Releases Administrator's Video About Final Shuttle Launch
ESA: Last Space Shuttle mission launched
Roscosmos: Atlantis Blasts off on Final Shuttle Mission
DLR: Thirty years of the space shuttle - launch of Atlantis marks the end of the US Space Shuttle Programme
SPACE.com:
- NASA Launches Space Shuttle on Historic Final Mission
- Photos of NASA's Last Space Shuttle Launch (PHOTO GALLERY)
Spaceflight Now:
- Photo Gallery: Atlantis soars for the final time (PHOTO GALLERY - PRESS SITE)
- America's space shuttle blasts off on one last mission
A couple of pictures from KSC Media Gallery:
In the white room:
Liftoff:
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Here's the launch video:
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Here are some more videos from FD1:
NASAKennedy:
- STS-135 Crew Suitup and Walkout:
- STS-135 Astronauts Strap into Space Shuttle Atlantis for Launch:
- Shuttle Closeout Crew Says Goodbye:
- STS-135 Launch Director's Poll:
- STS-135 Space Shuttle Launch:
Thunder Chicken
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I saw the lead on a U.S. national "news" show this evening, possibly on ABC or NBC, where they weren't talking about the last flight of Atlantis, or even the last flight of the shuttle program, but THE END OF 50 YEARS OF U.S. MANNED SPACEFLIGHT! The end of our foray from the bottom of Earth's gravity well!:facepalm:It's over kids, shut off the lights before you leave, don't let the hangar door smack you on the butt on the way out to the parking lot.
Geez folks, maybe a *little* hope :hello: would be nice? We've had an amazing ride with an audacious piece of 1970s engineering! What will we do with everything we have learned along the way?
Hopefully we'll do what we did after Apollo when Crippen and Young strapped in to the untested shuttle in 1981. We'll fly!
Geez folks, maybe a *little* hope :hello: would be nice? We've had an amazing ride with an audacious piece of 1970s engineering! What will we do with everything we have learned along the way?
Hopefully we'll do what we did after Apollo when Crippen and Young strapped in to the untested shuttle in 1981. We'll fly!
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Images of STS-135 Launch:
Atlantis blasts off for the International Space Station on Nasa's last space shuttle mission.
The shuttle almost didn't get off the ground though, as the giant countdown clock at Kennedy Space Center stuck at 0.31 seconds for what seemed like an eternity.
No stopping now: A plume of smoke rises from the launch pad as Atlantis blasts into space.
Off to the ISS: The shuttle was visible for 42 seconds before disappearing into the clouds.
The final countdown: The shuttle lifts off as hundreds of fans watch a giant clock countdown with 13 seconds to go.
Best view in the house: Some of an estimated one million spectators watch the launch.
The blast-off marks the beginning of the end for Nasa's shuttle programme.
Thousands gather in the surf and on sand at Cocoa Beach, Florida to watch the shuttle pierce the clouds.
Aerial view: The shuttle seen from a nearby Nasa aircraft as it lifts off.
Atlantis blasts off for the International Space Station on Nasa's last space shuttle mission.
The shuttle almost didn't get off the ground though, as the giant countdown clock at Kennedy Space Center stuck at 0.31 seconds for what seemed like an eternity.
No stopping now: A plume of smoke rises from the launch pad as Atlantis blasts into space.
Off to the ISS: The shuttle was visible for 42 seconds before disappearing into the clouds.
The final countdown: The shuttle lifts off as hundreds of fans watch a giant clock countdown with 13 seconds to go.
Best view in the house: Some of an estimated one million spectators watch the launch.
The blast-off marks the beginning of the end for Nasa's shuttle programme.
Thousands gather in the surf and on sand at Cocoa Beach, Florida to watch the shuttle pierce the clouds.
Aerial view: The shuttle seen from a nearby Nasa aircraft as it lifts off.
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The mainstream media doesn't rate very high in my book. IMHO they've forgotten the main job of journalism. They're not asking questions or illuminating the subject. Instead they're totally focused on chasing headlines, sound bites and ratings.
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STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD1
STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD1
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Did you guys notice that the last astronaut in ripped off the name-tags of the close-out crew and put them in his ascend suit ?
Kinda neat gesture to have their name-tags flown on the last shuttle mission.
Kinda neat gesture to have their name-tags flown on the last shuttle mission.
ky
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Very nice.Well,Good luck and Godspeed Atlantis.Thanks for an incredible 25 years of service to the U.S. and NASA.Pushing the boundaries of spaceflight once more.
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As always, there are a couple of launch video's. Here's one from the flightdeck.
STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD2
STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - FD2
mode1bravo
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I had the privilege to watch the whole launch on NASA TV from suit up to post OMS2. Magnificent. Wish I could of been there. Atlantis, the last bird out of town.
Kyle
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I had the privilege to watch the whole launch on NASA TV from suit up to post OMS2. Magnificent. Wish I could of been there. Atlantis, the last bird out of town.
I just so happened to be 7 miles away on a boat
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