Atlantis ends an era with liftoff

Friday, July 8, 2011 - 19:30 in Astronomy & Space

Florida skies clear at the last minute for the final flight of the U.S. shuttle program. Inside Kennedy Space Center, emotions run high.Space shuttle Atlantis rumbled like a freight train into orbit Friday in its historic last flight, lighting up a slate gray Florida sky that reflected the deep doubts about the future of the U.S. human space flight program.

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