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[quote]First launched twenty-five years ago in October of 1985, NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for its 32nd and final launch this afternoon (at 2:20pm ET). This launch – one of only three remaining missions left in NASA’s Shuttle program – will deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier and a Russian-built Mini Research Module to the International Space Station. Collected here are a series of photographs of Atlantis’ recent activity, as it descended from orbit last November, landed, and was processed and prepped for today’s final launch.[/quote]
Per celebrare il terzultimo lancio del programma Shuttle, The Big Picture propone 42 foto spettacolari, da vedere assolutamente: rendono l’idea della complessità e grandiosità tecnologica e umana dietro ad un progetto del genere.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/first_of_the_last_space_shuttl.html