Here is video from NASA with highlights of the final space shuttle mission, along with news of spacecraft Dawn arriving at it’s rendezvous with asteroid Vesta, and an anniversary with planet Neptune.
Space Shuttle Atlantis is the last of the shuttle fleet to dock with the International Space Station. STS-135 is the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program, which flew it’s first mission 30 years ago.
Shuttle Atlantis and it’s four crew members are scheduled to make their first landing attempt at the Kennedy Space Center this Thursday.
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