Monday, July 4, 2011

The T-38 aircraft carrying STS-135 crewmembers Chris Ferguson and Sandy Magnus comes to a stop on the Shuttle Landing Facility's tarmac at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on July 4, 2011.
NASA / Jim Grossmann

READY TO FLY ON THE FOURTH OF JULY... Earlier today, the four-member crew of flight STS-135 safely touched down via T-38 astronaut training aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida...in preparation for space shuttle Atlantis’ final launch to the International Space Station (ISS) this Friday. Official countdown is set to begin tomorrow at 10 AM, Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), with liftoff occurring at 8:26 AM, PDT on July 8. If all goes well, Atlantis will safely return to KSC around 4:06 AM, PDT on July 20...completing a flawless 12-day mission to the ISS, and concluding more than 30-years of manned spaceflight involving reusable launch vehicles to low-Earth orbit.

The crewmembers of STS-135 wave American flags after arriving at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on July 4, 2011.
NASA / Ken Thornsley
Posted by Richard Par at 4:59 PM
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