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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis' main engines and solid rocket boosters ignite on Launch Pad 39A leaving behind a billow of steam as it lifts off on its STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis with its crew of four; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, lifted off at 11:29 a.m. EDT on July 8, 2011 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135.... Photo credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph and Kevin O'Connell
They wears uniform of Space Shuttle Columbia crew - for the folowing event of "A Tribute to Fallen Astronauts and Cosmonauts"
Buran, first russian space shuttle
found on englishrussia.com/index.php/2006/10/04/where-is-buran-now...
The crawler. Officially called the Crawler-Transporter, they date back to Apollo. They are planned to remain in service for the Constellation program. Each track has 57 shoes, and each shoe weighs nearly a ton. There are two tracks at each corner.
One of three memorials, two for space shuttles and one for the lost soldiers in the failed hostage rescue in Iran during the Carter Admin