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.