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Images from the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) on STS-135, the final mission of NASA's 30-year space shuttle program.
Space shuttle Atlantis is seen on launch pad 39a moments before the STS-135 crew arrives for their launch, Friday, July 8, 2011, at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, STS-135, is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The exhaust plume from space shuttle Atlantis is seen to the left of the Vehicle Assembly Building, Friday, July 8, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis launched on the final flight of the shuttle program on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The STS-135 crew will deliver the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Guests look on from the terrace of Operations Support Building II as space shuttle Atlantis launches from launch pad 39A on the STS-135 mission Friday, July 8, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis and its crew will deliver to the International Space Station the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, far left, Sesame Street's Elmo and NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, far right, speak at the STS-135 Tweetup, Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Elmo asked the astronauts questions about living and working in space.
About 150 NASA Twitter followers attended the event. The STS-135 mission will be NASA's last space shuttle launch. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
Rescue and medical personnel from NASA and the 106th Rescue Wing study the astronaut flight suit at Patrick AFB.
(Photos by Senior Airman Christopher S. Muncy/Unreleased.)
Rescue and medical personnel from NASA and the 106th Rescue Wing study the astronaut flight suit at Patrick AFB.
(Photos by Senior Airman Christopher S. Muncy/Unreleased.)
The space shuttle Atlantis around 30 seconds after launch on the final ever flight of the space shuttle programme.
The vapour cones you can see around the shuttle are visible for a couple of seconds as it approaches the sound barrier (wikipedia: Prandtl-Glauert singularity).
Taken from the NASA causeway using a Canon 400mm f/5.6 with a x1.6 teleconverter.
Rescue and medical personnel from NASA and the 106th Rescue Wing study the astronaut flight suit at Patrick AFB.
(Photos by Senior Airman Christopher S. Muncy/Unreleased.)
Rescue and medical personnel from NASA and the 106th Rescue Wing study the astronaut flight suit at Patrick AFB.
(Photos by Senior Airman Christopher S. Muncy/Unreleased.)
Rescue and medical personnel from NASA and the 106th Rescue Wing study the astronaut flight suit at Patrick AFB.
(Photos by Senior Airman Christopher S. Muncy/Unreleased.)
Having seen the last launch of Endeavour STS-134 recently from a different angle - Banana River- we hadn't made the connection that the vapor from ignition of Atlantis STS-135 would plume out in the opposing directions! I quickly began to realize we were going to miss some of action of the shuttle rising off the ground! DOH!
Shot from the Causeway on Kennedy Space Center ~ Cocoa Beach FL
This week in 2011, after 30 years and 135 missions, the final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program launched. The morning after launch, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center team members delivered a special video wake-up message to the STS-135 crew. The video was recorded two weeks earlier in the Morris Auditorium, Building 4200.
For more fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.
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This week in 2011, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-135, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. STS-135 carried the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics, and spare parts to the orbiting lab. This was the final launch of the Space Shuttle Program. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center serves as "science central" for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA's remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA's activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA's history, visit the Marshall History Program's webpage.
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Shot from the Causeway ~ Kennedy Space Center ~ Cocoa Beach FL
Atlantis gloriously rising into the air to begin her final flight, as well as to close the book on American Space Shuttle flights ~ there not be another great bird called the shuttle to fly from our space ports for many years to come, and none surely as graceful as the beautiful Atlantis!
Shot from the Causeway on Kennedy Space Center ~ Cocoa Beach FL
Space Shuttle Atlantis blasts off Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A to begin her historic final voyage.
Photo taken remotely with a sound activated trigger. Trust me, you wouldn't want to be this close.
Atlantis gloriously rising into the air to begin her final flight, as well as to close the book on American Space Shuttle flights ~ there not be another great bird called the shuttle to fly from our space ports for many years to come, and none surely as graceful as the beautiful Atlantis!
Wish my shots had been better. We fought a saturated hazy sky with intermittant clouds and bright sunshine. I am sure I made all the amateur mistakes . . . but I am glad to have the shots and the memories! No chance for "do-overs" here! :)
Shot from the Causeway on Kennedy Space Center ~ Cocoa Beach FL
Space shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) touches down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), completing its 13-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program, early Thursday morning, July 21, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Overall, Atlantis spent 307 days in space and traveled nearly 126 million miles during its 33 flights. Atlantis, the fourth orbiter built, launched on its first mission on Oct. 3, 1985. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Atlantis STS-134 begins her ascent from behind the cloud of vapors! The cheering was deafening this time!! :)
Shot from the Causeway ~ Kennedy Space Center ~ Cocoa Beach
Pilot Doug Hurley aligns Space Shuttle Atlantis for touchdown on runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL.
This landing concludes the Space Shuttle program after over 30 years, 135 missions, 5 incredible flying machines, and over 500 million miles traveled spanning 21 thousand orbits around the globe!
See more:
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On July 8, 2011, the Space Shuttle soared into history on its 135th and last trip uphill, with Atlantis on its 33rd mission. After 30 years of shuttle flights, two tragedies and 133 triumphs, the Shuttle Program will come to an end. STS-135 will carry a crew of just four astronauts, the smallest US crew since 1982 when the shuttle was just starting out. Commander Chris Ferguson will guide Atlantis along with Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim on the final shuttle voyage.
Space shuttle Atlantis is seen as it launches from pad 39A on Friday, July 8, 2011, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, STS-135, is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Space shuttle Atlantis is seen as it launches from pad 39A on Friday, July 8, 2011, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, STS-135, is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The space shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure (RSS) was rolled back at launch pad 39a, Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis is set to liftoff Friday, July 8, on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
This image of space shuttle Atlantis was taken shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back at Launch Pad 39A, Thursday, 7 July 7 2011. Atlantis is set to liftoff today, Friday 8July, on the final flight of the Space Shuttle programme.
Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Space shuttle Atlantis is seen as it launches from pad 39A on Friday, July 8, 2011, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, STS-135, is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A quick load just after launch - I will load more and higher res soon
Explore: July 8, 2011
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Space shuttle Atlantis is seen through the window of a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) as it launches from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on the STS-135 mission, Friday, July 8, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis launched on the final flight of the shuttle program on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The STS-135 crew will deliver the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Dick Clark)
NASA image captured July 14, 2011
This panoramic view, photographed from the International Space Station, looking past the docked space shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay and part of the station including a solar array panel toward Earth, was taken on July 14 as the joint complex passed over the southern hemisphere. Aurora Australis or the Soutern Lights can be seen on Earth's horizon and a number of stars are visible also.
Among Atlantis’s final contributions to the ISS is the Robotic Refueling Mission, developed at Goddard Space Flight Center. Atlantis brought this module to the International Space Station, where it will provide key support in maintaining future spacecrafts for years to come. STS-135 astronauts traveled to Goddard to complete special training for these robotics, a major component of the final shuttle mission. RRM is one of dozens of Goddard payloads to travel aboard orbiters into space throughout the 30-year flight history of the Shuttle Program.
ISS028-E-016368 (14 July 2011)
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The exhaust plume from space shuttle Atlantis is seen through the window of a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) as it launches from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on the STS-135 mission, Friday, July 8, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis launched on the final flight of the shuttle program on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The STS-135 crew will deliver the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Dick Clark)
See more:
www.launchphotography.com/STS-135.html
TOUCHDOWN! THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ENDS. After 135 missions, Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center to end STS-135 and the 30 year space shuttle program.
Segment 1: NASA's Shuttle Discovery (STS131), while docked to the ISS, captured these images on April 12, 2010 as it moved from the night side of the Earth to the daytime. In the process the Aurora Borealis can be seen on the Earth's limb. A solar panel from the ISS and a docked Soyuz module can be seen in the foreground.
Segment 2: NASA's Shuttle Discovery (STS131), while docked to the ISS, captured these images on April 16, 2010. The sequence begins as the Shuttle emerges from darkness over the Canadian Rockies, traversing the United States southeast towards Florida. The Bahamas and Hispaniola are seen as the Shuttle continues over Venzuela, Brazil and finally the southern Atlantic ocean before returning to darkness.
Segment 3: The Sun rises behind space shuttle Atlantis in this time-lapse sequence from July 19, 2011, one of the last days of the historic final mission of the shuttle program.
Images courtesy of the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography eol.jsc.nasa.gov
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Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
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The space shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure (RSS) was rolled back at launch pad 39a, Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis is set to liftoff Friday, July 8, on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The space shuttle Atlantis taking off on the final ever flight of the space shuttle programme. Taken from the NASA causeway using a Canon 400mm f/5.6 with a x1.6 teleconverter.
I've taken loads of pictures but I have no means of really editing or uploading them right now so will probably be a couple of weeks before I'm back home in England and can put the rest of them up - maybe I can try to get a couple more up sooner though =).