Photo: Bill Ingalls/NASA -- Atlantis touched down at the Kennedy Space Center before dawn this morning ending the U.S. shuttle program Florida July 21, 2011
After 30 years, the U.S. space shuttle program is history. Atlantis swooped out of a dark sky and glided to a safe landing this morning at 5;57 a.m. EDT at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis spent 13-days in space before returning to Earth.
The commander of the last space shuttle flight, Chris Ferguson: “Although we got to take the ride,” said Commander Ferguson on behalf of his crew, ” we sure hope that everybody who has ever worked on, or touched, or looked at, or envied or admired a space shuttle was able to take just a little part of the journey with us.”
The other crew members: Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim. More details on this NASA website.
