Last shuttle launch of Atlantis on 8 July 2011 at 11:29 local time from Kennedy Space Center

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Last shuttle launch of Atlantis on 8 July 2011 at 11:29 local time from Kennedy Space Center

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On Friday, 8 July 2011 at 11:29 local time (17:29 CEST) the US Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from its launch site, Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on mission STS-135 to the International Space Station (ISS). This flight of Atlantis marks the end of 30 years of the Space Shuttle Programme. The shuttle is scheduled to return to Earth on 20 July 2011, after 12 days in space.

Credit: NASA