Last flight over: Space shuttle Atlantis makes final landing at Cape Canaveral

The U.S. Shuttle 'Atlantis' has successfully returned from its final ever mission, to the International Space Station. It touched down at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Its 6-member crew spent a week at the ISS, helping install a new module. It marked the end of Atlantis 25 years of service. Only
two shuttle missions remain, by NASA's two other spaceships.

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[ti994apc]

In order for shuttle to land like an airplane, shuttle has to be a Heavy lift rocket (an all the major expens involved with a heavy lift system). Landing gear adds a lot of weight. It takes 1 hour for Shuttle to de-orbit and land. Only the last 40 seconds can the wings actually used for landing as it gets below 750 mph from 17500 mph. The reward of landing like an airplane was totally NOT work the expense of 1.6 Billion a flight.

[wightjaguar]

This is not it's final mission because on it's final mission it was dark when it landed on it's last flight

[coondiggity]

@lgmmrm Would be nice. Switch to a sales tax instead of such high income taxes, eliminate the IRS, then switch all the money wasted on IRS to do the paperwork for ensuring people get their necessary bills paid instead of giving them cash ;D

[lgmmrm]

@AdognamedOp fuck homeless bums, most of them could get a job if they tried, alot of people go on welfare when they get laid off and don't look for another Job because they know they'll get a check every month without work, we should reorganize the welfare to where it helps people find jobs, and gives them commodities (Like food, shelter, etc. etc.) instead of just paying their way

[AdognamedOp]

Space exploration is dumb. We should use that money to feed homeless bums and make sure all anchor babies get brand new leaf blowers when they come of age.

[Engage777]

@ti994apc You're a Russian, aren't you.

[alexton650]

@Kz2Rambo118 Yes China and Russia will build these crafts .I don't think america will send humans to space in the foreseeable future .They are nearly bankrupt .

[Kz2Rambo118]

@tiatdivad We dont want them to go for another 25 years, we want America to build a new craft or shuttle that can take our astronaughts into DEEP Space and sustain ther trips for longer

[Stormborn]

Yep, wrong footage. It was very dark outside yesterday when Atlantis landed.

[madceltwizard]

Perhaps this is STS-132 which landed at 8:49, May 14th 2010.  That would explain the posting date of this video. Maybe that was intended to be the last flight of Atlantis.