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End of the shuttle era

Posted at 5:39 am on July 21, 2011 / tagged: , , , , / comments closed
NASATweetup for landing

A Twitpic of the lucky 50 getting to watch Atlantis’s landing. Via Beth Beck.

An era in manned spaceflight — the only era I’ve known — is coming to an end early this morning as Atlantis touches down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center. I’m watching it at SpaceVidCast, which has a HD feed from NASA TV and a widely-respected chat community. It’s a shame to see the Shuttle go, but all good things, after all, must come to an end. I just feel very fortunate I was able to see this one launch; I’ll have more thoughts on this when I am more fully awake.

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