[mondi]

Is this the last Shuttle mission ever or just the last one for this Shuttle????


If it is the last mission, what are they going to do now to get into space????   

[PA]

One more Shuttle launch but the last one for this bird.

[TomE]

Is this the last Shuttle mission ever or just the last one for this Shuttle????


If it is the last mission, what are they going to do now to get into space????   

EVER! - I think

Going back to old school rockets run by private firms.

However the US military still have their secret non-manned shuttle.

[AshSimmonds]

However the US military still have their secret non-manned shuttle.

Yes - send women into space.

[TomE]

EVER! - I think

Going back to old school rockets run by private firms.

However the US military still have their secret non-manned shuttle.

opps Ch 7 had it wrong  - wikipedia says:

May 16, 2011 Endeavour Last Endeavour launch; STS-134
June 28, 2011 Atlantis Last planned Atlantis flight and last Space Shuttle flight; STS-135

[PA]

Interesting video I found today.

There is a camera on the booster rocket and at 7:30 into the video you see it land into the ocean.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dgIHnKtAJs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dgIHnKtAJs</a>

The picture I posted on the previous page was I night launch I went to a couple of years ago. Kept a fair way from the pad but it was still spectacular. At the visitors centre and had a couple of astronaunts there to talk us through what was happening.

[dodger]

Those images blow me away,  how closer to God can you get ?

[dkabab]

Those images blow me away,  how closer to God can you get ?

God is a space man?

[mondi]

God is a space man?

No, God is a DJ!!!!!     

[AshSimmonds]

NASA declares Mars Rover Spirit dead.

http://blogs.jpl.nasa.gov/2011/05/a-heartfelt-goodbye-to-a-spirited-mars-rover/