NASA TV: Video of space shuttle Atlantis final rollout to launch pad

NASA is finishing its 30-year space shuttle program to concentrate on missions to asteroids and Mars, destinations favoured by the White House. Private companies will take over the job of hauling cargo and crews to the International Space Station, freeing NASA up to focus on points beyond. Thunderstorms threatened to delay NASA's last space shuttle launch scheduled for Friday, with lightning striking near the pad as astronauts descended on Cape Canaveral by the dozens on Thursday, the eve of the historic final shuttle flight. Despite a 70 percent "no-go" forecast, as shuttle weather officer Kathy Winters said at the news conference on Thursday, senior managers said they would try for an on-time launch of shuttle Atlantis anyway.

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[daletiger35]

That isn't the whole roll out. It takes hours.

[dondamaster]

Why is it the NASA last launch?

[TemporaryEmail]

this has been taken over by other pace craft

[210482fmj]

I always though the space shuttle looked like a commercial airliner

[Beun007]

@airwolf3526 It's even worse! Obama has to tell Europe not to spend more money anymore in Greece. Coz, both continent are in danger: Europe and the USA! Both! We have to monitor what China is doing and take action eventually.

[LegoMovieMan44]

@TheSteve4200 I'm sad we're not gonna go back to the moon. BECAUSE OF OBAMA'S BUDGET CUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unless it was a cover up....

[jayboxs]

beautiful peace of engineering & physics :

[aimhigh59]

@666GuitarMania666 You still got it wrong ! National Aeronautics and Space Administration....

[TheSteve4200]

@666GuitarMania666...lol!!!!!!­!! What has nothing to do with government funding? Your cant be referring to NASA.

[TheSteve4200]

@666GuitarMania666 ... I wrote NASSA CASUE I FUCKED UP TYPING FAST YOU ASS HOLE.. WOW YOU BRITS ARE SO SMART.. THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME EVERYTHING I ALREADY KNOW.. :)