STS-135 Launch Day

Space shuttle Atlantis is seen on launch pad 39a moments before the STS-135 crew arrives for their launch, Friday, July 8, 2011, at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, STS-135, is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Space shuttle Atlantis is seen on launch pad 39a moments before the STS-135 crew arrives for their launch, Friday, July 8, 2011, at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, STS-135, is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)