Space shuttle Atlantis final launch: NASA video of last take-off

Atlantis has blasted off on NASA's last space shuttle launch. The historic liftoff occurred Friday morning, 30 years and three months after the very first shuttle flight. Four astronauts are riding Atlantis to orbit. The shuttle is bound for the
International Space Station, making one final supply run. Hundreds of thousands of spectators jammed Cape Canaveral and surrounding
towns for the farewell. Kennedy Space Center itself was packed with shuttle
workers, astronauts and 45,000 invited guests, the maximum allowed. The flight will last 12 days. Weather permitting, Atlantis will return to
Kennedy, where it will end up on permanent display.
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[visiont5]

Sadly in about 20 years from now we will have some dumb ass idiots who will say that the Shuttle Flights were fake!!!

[1805Azazel]

Very true. 

[LSBonnPower]

They cannot be claimed to be fake, because there is live footage of the flights to the ISS. So we can see that there were pilots in the space shuttle being launched and docking at the ISS. If we compare this to the Apollo missions, we only saw the launch, a quick broadcast which can be faked easily, and the landing which can also be computer animated. However, in case it sounds like I think the moon missions are fake, I don't. I'm convinced that they are true.

[Queen Schnoofle]

But they are though. Obviously Michael Bay and James Cameron directed the masterful, but deceptive cinematography of the space shuttle launches over the past 30 years.

[WEMAN296]

When the U.S. lands on mars in 10-20 years from now can we call ourselves aliens? :)

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[kubaozzz182]

where is the full video

[NuggetKazooie]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

[LexusUK]

As a guess, 422,000 views, 35 dislikes at the time of writing. I''d say the majority of the 35 dislikes were accidental clicks with that amount of viewers.

[rahul doshi]

the videos are disliked by mostly those who probably dont know the importance of these space shuttle launch

[jarincole]

Perhaps they dislike the aesthetics of the shuttle. White and brown are just so bland nowadays y'know.

[soap1mactavish]

4.5 million pounds of liftoff weight?!?!?

incredible!