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Started last Atlantis and "Space Shuttle" program mission (VIDEO)

Cape Canaveral, USA - Perfect lift-off from Cape Canaveral for the spacecraft, contrarily to forecasts weather conditions were not adverse

More than half a million people gathered today out of Kennedy Space Center to watch the historic last departure of Atlantis, that is also the final lift-off of "Space Shuttle" program. During its lifetime, started in 1985, the shuttle carried out 33 successful missions and achieved several records, including that of bringing to orbit, in 1992, the first Italian astronaut, Franco Malerba. Today's...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1131822
Rome, Italy, 07/08/2011 20:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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