Live blog: Final space shuttle launch live
Global News coverage of the final NASA Space Shuttle mission. Atlantis is poised to blast off Friday, July 8 at 11:26 a.m.
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Stunning and majestic....The Space Shuttle Atlantis is on its way to space, and history....by Paul Johnson via twitter 7/8/2011 3:33:40 PM -
3 minutes to booster separation. #CSATweetupby CanadianSpaceAgency via twitter 7/8/2011 3:34:51 PM -
RT @quinn_of_quebec: Great line from the commentary; 'Atlantis flexing it's muscles for one last time' #CSATweetup #STS135 #GodSpeedAtla ...by CanadianSpaceAgency via twitter 7/8/2011 3:35:32 PM
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#STS135 liftoff! and thus ends the age of the shuttle. #NASA twitpic.com
by BrittMiscast via twitter 7/8/2011 3:36:29 PM -
NASA's last space shuttle blasts into history, Atlantis, 4 astronauts on epoch-ending journey
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - 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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Pride, emotion and excitement at CSA=understatement RT “@rasc: She launched. The room exploded into loud cheers. #CSATwitter” #CSATweetupby CanadianSpaceAgency via twitter 7/8/2011 3:38:38 PM
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Good luck Atlantis! #CSATweetupby CanadianSpaceAgency via twitter 7/8/2011 3:42:51 PM
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The live event is now finished! Thanks everybody to follow us during this big event. #CSATweetupby CanadianSpaceAgency via twitter 7/8/2011 3:45:28 PM
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With this ends this exceptional event. #CSATweetup participants will now break for lunch with @alainbb. Stay tuned!by CanadianSpaceAgency via twitter 7/8/2011 3:50:50 PM
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With the space station flying 220 miles high & east of Christchurch, New Zealand, space shuttle Atlantis launched at 11:29 a.m. EDT.by NASA via twitter 7/8/2011 3:51:05 PM -
NASA Television will air the Post launch news conference at about 12:30 p.m. EDT: www.nasa.govby NASA via twitter 7/8/2011 3:52:08 PM
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Just released - the official launch time for Atlantis: 11:29:04 a.m. EDT.by NASA via twitter 7/8/2011 4:07:32 PM
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The STS-135 post-launch news conference now will be held at 1 p.m. EDT.by NASA via twitter 7/8/2011 4:18:32 PM
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RT @Stronnics: #CSATweetup witnessed history here today at the CSAby CanadianSpaceAgency via twitter 7/8/2011 4:27:02 PM
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RT @rasc: Everyone is still excited from the launch. #CSATweetupby CanadianSpaceAgency via twitter 7/8/2011 4:27:09 PM
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Jimmy Buffett right now singing "wasting away again in Cape Canaveral" in private party for NASAby Paul Johnson via twitter 7/8/2011 5:04:24 PM
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Arg! Cell phone overload meant I couldn't blog during the launch... just got online now!by jasonkeel via twitter 7/8/2011 5:24:09 PM -
Launch was amazing -- it looked so smooth but i know astronauts say inside it's like riding in an old truck at top speed on a washboard roadby jasonkeel via twitter 7/8/2011 5:34:09 PM
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The sound wasn't quite as loud and deep as I expected -- as it gained height the roar became a strange crackle -- like bad on bad speakersby jasonkeel via twitter 7/8/2011 5:35:54 PM
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We learned later the hold at T minus 31 seconds was because one of the hundreds of cameras around the launch pad didn't retract.by jasonkeel via twitter 7/8/2011 5:36:58 PM
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Presser: Definition of "God's speed" is have a prosperous journey. That phrase used for John Glenn's flight -- used again today.by jasonkeel via twitter 7/8/2011 5:38:55 PM
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Jon Oliver is here shooting a segment for the Daily Show. I sense some mocking of space geeks in the near future.by jasonkeel via twitter 7/8/2011 5:44:46 PM
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Miss the launch of Atlantis on the final shuttle mission? Watch at go.nasa.gov or in HD at go.nasa.govby NASA via twitter 7/8/2011 5:48:41 PM
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NASA showing special video of astronauts holding up signs thanking all the workers just before they boardded the shuttle.by jasonkeel via twitter 7/8/2011 6:04:54 PM
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Last two signs the astronauts held up: "God's Speed." "God Bless America."by jasonkeel via twitter 7/8/2011 6:05:36 PM
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RT @iTunesPodcasts: The final liftoff of Atlantis marks the end of an era. @NASA reflects on the history of the Space Shuttle program: h ...by NASA via twitter 7/8/2011 6:25:15 PM
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