Thursday, July 21, 2011

Space Shuttle Atlantis Last Landing - End of an Era

Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its last landing at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 21, 2011

Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its last landing at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida today, July 21, 2011. The landing marks the end of NASA's thirty year long space shuttle program.

Atlantis made thirty three flights, carried 191 space astronauts, spent 307 days in orbit, circled Earth 4,848 times and put, 125,935,769 miles on its odometer. 

Unlike Discovery and Endeavour, Atlantis will remain in Florida. It will be displayed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

To watch the final landing please click here