Atlantis - Last NASA Space Shuttle Launch July 8th, 2011 SLOW MOTION

Atlantis - Last NASA Space Shuttle Launch July 8th, 2011 SLOW MOTION
This is the final and last NASA space shuttle launch ever! Atlantis dissapeared into the clouds and we didn't even hear the sonic boom.


Atlantis lifted off more than two minutes late, at 11:29 a.m. ET, due to a last-minute glitch involving a camera system that verifies the retraction of a gas-venting arm from the shuttle. Mission managers hustled to make sure the arm was indeed out of the way for launch, then restarted the count at T-minus-31 seconds.

The countdown was also marked by concerns over Florida's stormy weather. The launch team issued a waiver to let the count proceed, even though some forecasters voiced concern about a small weather system that might have caused trouble if the shuttle had to return to a landing at Kennedy Space Center. Such an emergency scenario has never occurred.

The main objective of this final flight is to build up the International Space Station's stockpile of supplies and spare parts to see it through the next year. After Atlantis lands, NASA is due to prepare the orbiter for museum display, as it is already doing with the fleet's other two spaceships, Discovery and Endeavour.

Hundreds of thousands of spectators turned out for Friday's program-ending launch. Traffic tie-ups were reported on roads leading to the launch site, and long lines of cars were parked along viewing areas.

The crew consisted of:
commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim

Source: MSNBC.com



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[coolgrrl613]

LMAO IM CRYING FROM LAUGHING FROM YOUR VOICES XD

[PolkieTV]

LOL the slomo sounds like u guys are drunk/high :D

[stuartpatto1976]

Chuck Norris, having a firework display in his back garden

[wanigojezs16]

slow motion voices..

[hgbomb1]

they sound drunk

[monokhem]

NASA isn't doing anything like shutting down girl.

[davo666able]

nasa should send a a probe to planet x and see if it is for real

[beattles93]

I think ur video title and the thumbnail is just a tad, and i mean a slight hair bit maybe, possibly... Misleading? Nah..

[slavek027]

you look nice:)

[WebsiteToSell]

Good video of the lift off. Nasa will regroup, than onward and upward :)

[997loverbrnin89]

y do yall think these things happen in the world because like a crack head and a needle america is trying to get high and we puttin hole's in the earth anywhere we can to fufil what ever void we havae in our lives

[coolrex555]

@BlackMellivore that was the last launch of that specific shuttle.