
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden congratulates Launch Director Michael Leinbach, facing camera, in Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center…

This image, taken through the window of a Shuttle Training Aircraft, shows the final liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis as…

This image of space shuttle Atlantis was taken shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back at Launch Pad…

Space shuttle Atlantis is seen as it lifts off from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A at 11:29 a.m.…

A dragonfly is seen at the edge of the lagoon near Launch Pad 39A on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at…

The space shuttle Atlantis is revealed as the rotating service structure is rolled back at Launch Pad 39A on Thursday,…

Space shuttle Atlantis is silhouetted on the Vehicle Assembly Building as it begins its journey from High Bay 3 in…

A tour bus drives by a launch countdown sign inside the NASA Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, July 6, 2011…

On July 5, STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson and pilot Doug Hurley perform touch-and-go landings aboard a Shuttle Training Aircraft at…

The huge storm churning through the atmosphere in Saturn’s northern hemisphere overtakes itself as it encircles the planet in this…