🚀 Riding a plume of fire, Atlantis spreads its wings one final time. Exactly 10 years ago today, the final mission of our American Space Shuttle Program lifted off from NASAKennedy at 11:29 a.m. EDT en route to the International Space Station (ISS). An emotional end to an era for many, this launch was the final chapter in a 30-year history of space shuttle flights from the Florida Space Coast. A crew of four NASAAstronats aboard the shuttle Atlantis – Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim – set off on the STS-135 mission to deliver a stockpile of supplies and parts to the space station. At 5:57 a.m. EDT on July 21, 2011, space shuttle Atlantis dropped out of the predawn darkness and landed at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 15. Caught in the last seconds by the runway lights, a space shuttle rolled to a stop for the final time. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls/Kenny Allen #NASA #OTD #SpaceShuttle #SpaceCoast #Atla...