Sad times for us outer space junkies. Next Friday marks the 135th NASA shuttle mission. And, the last.
NASA's space shuttle fleet first zoomed into outer space on April 12, 1981. During those thirty years, 355 lucky folks have had the opportunity to escape our atmosphere and hangout in that chilly vacuum beyond. The purpose of this final NASA shuttle mission is to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. NASA is reportedly ending shuttle missions in order "to make way for future programs aimed at sending astronauts to visit an asteroid by 2025, then target missions to Mars."
The launch is currently set for 11:26 EDT, Friday, July 8th, at Kennedy Space Center. If you want to watch this flight finale, check out http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html on the morning of the flight.
No comments:
Post a Comment