On this day in 2011, the final space shuttle launch took place.
Atlantis (STS-135) marked the end of an era — and the beginning of something new.
NASA's Shuttle Program gave us Hubble, the ISS, and decades of wonder.
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Can't believe it was 14 years ago. Atlantis STS-135, the final space shuttle mission. A heckuva Tweetup! #sts135
#OTD in 2011, orbiter #Atlantis launched on mission #STS135, the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program. Watch the tight countdown and launch as it happened! #NASA
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Fully Stacked Space Shuttle Atlantis leaving the VAB for the final time as STS-135
From the archives!
Atlantis on her final rollout 🙁 from the VAB. It was a great honor ❤️ to be in the VAB at the time to take this photo.
She would ride a pillar of thrust…over 7.5M lbs worth…for the final time on July 8th, 2011.
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I know I’m not supposed to pick favorites….but #Atlantis is just stunning on the launch pad #39A getting ready for her final ride. (I took this photo the morning of rollout.) #sts135 #nasa #spaceshuttle #kennedyspacecenter #KSCVisitorCenter
Astronaut crew: Want to ride along? Me: *head explodes*
Pic from the Space Shuttle simulator used for ascent/descent training. Later that week @3mill.bsky.social and I watched them take off from Kennedy Space Center. Props to @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social for helping create this moment #sts135
I remember that. I was there for the #STS135 rollout and the #STS134 landing! I did cry with happiness at the double sonic boom.
... and when iam done with music ... i need that sound at last ....
i take this, because iam loving the beautifull #spaceshuttle since her first and last flight #STS135
she is still the most beautiful spacecraft on its way into space
MIDNIGHT ZEPHYR by Danielle Rose Baker. A pearlescent watercolor painting on black, featuring the shuttle Atlantis about to touch down at Kennedy Space Center’s Runway 15 for the last time on July 21, 2011. The spacecraft is dramatically lit from the right, and appears mostly in silhouette, trailing ribbons of steam and smoke from the wings and rear of the craft. This surreal scene brought the Space Shuttle Program to a close after thirty years.
MIDNIGHT ZEPHYR by Danielle Rose Baker. A pearlescent watercolor painting on black, featuring the shuttle Atlantis about to touch down at Kennedy Space Center’s Runway 15 for the last time on July 21, 2011. The spacecraft is dramatically lit from the right, and appears mostly in silhouette, trailing ribbons of steam and smoke from the wings and rear of the craft. This surreal scene brought the Space Shuttle Program to a close after thirty years.
I’m combining two #SpacetoberChallenge prompts: Re-entry/Landing and Space Center! MIDNIGHT ZEPHYR, 10x13”, pearlescent #watercolor on black. The surreal final landing of shuttle Atlantis on July 21, 2011.
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#SpaceArt #SciArt #art #painting #Space #SpaceShuttle #STS135
#OTD in 2011, #Atlantis touched down at the Kennedy Space Center, bringing to a close the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program, #STS135.
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At this exact moment 11 years ago.
"2..1...and...Liftoff! The final liftoff of Atlantis. On the shoulders of the Space Shuttle, America will continue the dream!"
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8 years ago 😢 #OTD in 2011, OV104 Atlantis made her final launch for #STS135 to conclude the Space Shuttle programme https://youtu.be/3deA3BXAnHs
Cool: @NASA makes Stephen Colbert w/ #STS135 crew Image of the Day http://hnnng.de/opTjuD
Alter Schwede! Was für ein #ISS-Bild mit Mond und Erde! http://hnnng.de/odxdpQ #STS135 /via @cosmos4u
Thilo Kranz vom #DLR schickt noch ein paar Bilder und einen Blogeintrag vom Cape: http://s.dlr.de/2n8p #STS135 #Landung
Ein glühender Streifen: So sah die #ISS-Crew den Wiedereintritt des Shuttle Atlantis http://1.usa.gov/oJreKG #STS135 (HK)
Have you watched it yet? RT @AdamRutherford: The Space Shuttle: the complete missions http://youtu.be/II7QBLt36xo #sts135
RT @derlum: As Atlantis is slowly lit by Florida sunrise, feels like a metaphor for the dawning of a new era of human spaceflight. #STS135
DLR-Mitarbeiter Thilo Kranz hat gerade diese Aufnahmen der Landung geschickt http://flic.kr/p/a5Gpze http://flic.kr/p/a5GpBM #STS135 (HK)
Please all follow @AdamRutherford immediately. He's about to show you something very special that made me cry at Latitude. #sts135
it's over… MT @NASA #STS135 = 33rd & final flight for Atlantis… 307 days in space, orbited Earth 4,848 times & traveled 125,935,769 miles
Too sad! RT @NASAKennedy: #STS135 The space shuttle pulled into port for the last time, its voyage at an end.
Touchdown! Welcome home! Congrats Atlantis crew! #STS135 (HK)
