Last Ever Shuttle Journeys out to the Launch Pad; Photo Gallery

Atlantis begins final Journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building

to Launch Pad 39A for July 8 blastoff. Credit: Ken Kremer

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ? The last shuttle that will ever blast to space has journeyed from the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building out to the launch pad at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida in anticipation of liftoff on July 8 at 11:38 a.m.

It was a proud and bittersweet moment for all the shuttle team members from top to bottom as Space Shuttle Atlantis was rolling out overnight to Launch Pad 39 A, at the same time that Space Shuttle Endeavour was plunging into Earth?s atmosphere for the scorching reentry and landing back at the shuttle landing strip at KSC. (...)
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