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Old 07-09-2011, 09:07 AM   #111
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Old 07-09-2011, 09:59 AM   #112
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I think this says it all


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The clouds haunting Kennedy Space Center parted late Friday morning, and NASA sent its last space shuttle skyward — with a magnificent roar that put Atlantis and its four astronauts into space and the agency’s manned space flight program closer to an end.

With the apparently flawless 11:29 a.m. EDT blastoff, Atlantis carried supplies for the International Space Station, plus the memories of glory and tragedy for a 30-year program in a spaceship admirers call "the incredible machine."


"The shuttle is always going to be a reflection of what a great nation can do when it dares to be bold and commits to follow through," Atlantis commander Chris Ferguson told launch director Mike Leinbach. "We’re not ending a journey today, Mike, we’re completing a chapter of a journey that will never end."


Up to 1 million people poured into the Cape Canaveral area to catch the historic launch, the last big rocket blastoff expected at space center for perhaps a decade.

At Kennedy Space Center, the emotions were tinged with bittersweet pride and sorrow. Thousands of people spent whole careers working on the shuttle program at Kennedy, and most of their jobs are gone, or soon will be.
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Old 07-09-2011, 01:03 PM   #113
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Atlantis schedule for 7-9-2011

07/09
03:59 AM...00...16...30...00...Crew wakeup
06:11 AM...00...18...42...02...NC-2 rendezvous rocket firing
07:04 AM...00...19...35...00...OBSS unberth
07:29 AM...00...20...00...00...Ergometer setup
08:19 AM...00...20...50...00...OBSS starboard wing survey
10:14 AM...00...22...45...00...Crew meals begin
11:14 AM...00...23...45...00...OBSS nose cap survey
11:49 AM...01...00...20...00...Middeck transfer preps
12:04 PM...01...00...35...00...OBSS port wing survey
02:00 PM...01...02...31...00...Mission status briefing on NASA TV
02:19 PM...01...02...50...00...SRMS berths OBSS
02:34 PM...01...03...05...00...Laser scan data downlink
02:39 PM...01...03...10...00...Spacewalk equipment preps
03:24 PM...01...03...55...00...Rendezvous tools checkout
03:29 PM...01...04...00...00...Centerline camera install
03:59 PM...01...04...30...00...Orbiter docking system ring extension
04:00 PM...01...04...31...00...MMT briefing on NASA TV
04:39 PM...01...05...10...00...Airlock prep
05:27 PM...01...05...58...19...NC-3 rendezvous rocket firing
07:29 PM...01...08...00...00...Crew sleep begins
09:00 PM...01...09...31...00...Flight day 2 highlights on NASA TV
11:00 PM...01...11...31...00..."Launching Our Dreams" replay on NASA TV
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Old 07-10-2011, 10:06 AM   #117
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Old 07-10-2011, 10:28 AM   #118
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Wake up STS-135 Atlantis



STS-135: Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver and Pictures



On July 10, 2011, space shuttle Atlantis performed the nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or “backflip.” With Commander Chris Ferguson at the helm, Atlantis rotated 360 degrees backward to enable space station crew members to take high resolution digital pictures of the shuttle’s heat shield. Three cameras outfitted with 1,000 mm, 800 mm and 400 mm lenses captured photos that will provide Mission Control experts with the best possible imagery to validate the integrity of Atlantis’ heat ...
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Old 07-10-2011, 11:23 AM   #119
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STS-135 Atlantis Schedule for 7-10-2011

07/10
03:29 AM...01...16...00...00...Crew wakeup
05:19 AM...01...17...50...00...Group B computer powerup
05:34 AM...01...18...05...00...ISS rendezvous ops
07:01 AM...01...19...32...22...NC-4 rendezvous rocket firing
08:29 AM...01...21...00...00...Ti rendezvous rocket firing
09:05 AM...01...21...36...00...Sunset
09:27 AM...01...21...58...36...Range = 10,000 ft
09:36 AM...01...22...07...16...Range = 5,000 ft
09:39 AM...01...22...10...53...Sunrise
09:41 AM...01...22...12...45...Range = 3,000 ft
09:45 AM...01...22...16...54...MC-4 burn
09:49 AM...01...22...20...00...Begin final approach timeline
09:49 AM...01...22...20...54...Range = 1,500 ft
09:52 AM...01...22...23...36...RPM Start Window Open
09:54 AM...01...22...25...54...Range = 1,000 ft
09:57 AM...01...22...28...54...KU to LO (800 ft)
09:58 AM...01...22...29...54...Shuttle directly below station (725 ft)
10:04 AM...01...22...35...06...Range = 600 ft
10:06 AM...01...22...37...00...Start pitch-around maneuver
10:08 AM...01...22...39...38...Noon
10:14 AM...01...22...45...00...End pitch maneuver
10:16 AM...01...22...47...36...Initiate pitch up to velocity vector (575 ft)
10:16 AM...01...22...47...40...RPM full photo window close
10:25 AM...01...22...56...10...RPM start window close
10:28 AM...01...22...59...06...Shuttle directly in front of station (310 ft)
10:29 AM...01...22...59...56...Range = 300 ft
10:33 AM...01...23...04...06...Range = 250 ft
10:37 AM...01...23...08...16...Range = 200 ft
10:37 AM...01...23...08...23...Sunset
10:39 AM...01...23...10...46...Range = 170 ft
10:41 AM...01...23...12...26...Range = 150 ft
10:45 AM...01...23...16...36...Range = 100 ft
10:48 AM...01...23...19...36...Range = 75 ft
10:52 AM...01...23...23...46...Range = 50 ft
10:56 AM...01...23...27...06...Range (30 ft) -- start stationkeeping
11:01 AM...01...23...32...06...Push to dock
11:05 AM...01...23...36...26...Range = 10 ft
11:07 AM...01...23...38...07...DOCKING
11:12 AM...01...23...43...15...Sunrise
11:34 AM...02...00...05...00...Leak checks
11:41 AM...02...00...11...59...Noon
12:04 PM...02...00...35...00...Orbiter docking system prepped for ingress
12:09 PM...02...00...40...43...Sunset
12:14 PM...02...00...45...00...Group B computer powerdown
12:34 PM...02...01...05...00...Hatch open
01:19 PM...02...01...50...00...Welcome aboard!
01:24 PM...02...01...55...00...Safety briefing
01:30 PM...02...02...01...00...Mission status briefing on NASA TV
02:04 PM...02...02...35...00...SRMS OBSS handoff
04:00 PM...02...04...31...00...MMT briefing on NASA TV
04:14 PM...02...04...45...00...ISS evening planning conference
06:29 PM...02...07...00...00...ISS crew sleep begins
06:59 PM...02...07...30...00...STS crew sleep begins
09:00 PM...02...09...31...00...Flight day 3 highlights on NASA TV

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For tens of thousands of past and present shuttle workers, including more than 3,000 expecting layoffs July 22, the traditional "wheels stopped" call when the space shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth will signal the end of an era.

Atlantis lifted off on time at about 11:30 a.m. ET today on NASA's final shuttle mission after three decades and more than 130 flights, with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center set for July 20.

"After the wheels have stopped and the displays go blank and the orbiter is unpowered for the final time...there will be a rush of emotion when we all finally realize that's it, that it's all over, the crowning jewel of our space program, the way we got back and forth from low-Earth orbit for 30 years...we'll realize that's all over," said shuttle commander Christopher Ferguson. "That's going to take a little while to deal with it."

Atlantis' landing will come seven-and-a-half years after President Bush, responding to the 2003 Columbia disaster, ordered NASA to complete the International Space Station and retire the space shuttle fleet by the end of the decade.

When all was said and done, the final two shuttle missions slipped into the first half of 2011 and a third flight, with Atlantis, was added to the manifest to deliver a final load of supplies to the space station.

The Bush administration's plan was to eliminate the costly shuttle program--and the thousands of contractor jobs that made it so expensive--and use the savings to help pay for a new program, building safer, lower-cost rockets needed to support the establishment of Antarctica-style bases on the moon by around 2020.
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