savour this beautiful image of the space shuttle Atlantis , quick for today ’s 2:26pm EST launching , because you are not going to see it many more times : Sadly , it is Atlantis ’ second to last launch . Update : Successful launch ! Godspeed Atlantis !
If you are take problems , you cantune to NASA TV
Click to viewClick on the little playback button — and ride through the 30 2d ad — to watch it in the page .
This will be the last shuttlecock launch in 2009 . Then we will only have five more launching :
• STS-130 Endeavour : ISS assembly escape 20A : Node 3 and Cupola . February 4 , 2010
• STS-131 Discovery : ISS fabrication flight Utility and Logistics Flight 4 : Multi - Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo . March 18 , 2010
• STS-132 Atlantis : ISS assembly flight 19A : Mini - Research Module 1 . Final aforethought flight of Atlantis . May 14 , 2010
• STS-134 attempt : ISS assembly escape ULF6 , ELC 4 , ROEU , Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer . Final plotted flight of Endeavour . July 29 , 2010
• STS-133 Discovery : ISS assembly flight ULF5 , MPLM Leonardo , ( to be left pemanently sequester ) , ELC 3 . Final flight of Discovery . Final Shuttle flying of the program . September 16 , 2010 .
All good ( and bad ) affair have to terminate one day . It will be deplorable to see the last flight of the honest-to-goodness place beasts from the Reagan Era . [ NASA ]
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