May 25, 2010

Astronauts Paid Tribute to Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off! (NASA, 05/14/10)Image by nasa1fan/MSFC via Flickr
About 26 hours left before the end of the last mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the astronauts paid tribute to the space shuttle.

After several decades of service, the space shuttle will be finally put down to retirement. The ship already spent 300 days in orbit and has already traveled 120 million miles.

Only two missions are left for NASA's space shuttle program. This is in accordance to the directive by the White House to end the long running space program.

For the full story, see the article below.
Space shuttle Atlantis on last leg of last mission - Yahoo! News

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