STS-135 Space Shuttle Atlantis

[F-16_fixer]

Took the trip to Florida to catch the final space shuttle launch.  Everything went great.....except the weather.  I honestly almost put the camera away and just watched it but I decided to give it a whirl anyway.  7 miles of hazy, rainy, hot, humid air. 

Here she is on the launch pad the night before with the spotlight hitting the low rain clouds above.

[jslugman]

You work with what you've got, eh? Wish I could have been there. I saw a shuttle launch in 1995-96. We were in Disney checking out of the hotel and saw the shuttle was launching, I "launched" my van across Florida with all haste and got to a small bridge over some river just as she went up. Amazing even from a ga-zillion miles away.

[Dave S.]

Chris,

Congrats on making it to the last launch!  Pretty much an indescribable event, watching a shuttle launch into space.  I know the sight, sounds, and feeling of the launch are forever etched into my memory banks.  I still can't get over just how bright the exhaust plumes from the SRBs were.

Dave

[Brian Corbett]

Was searching to see if anyone has shot the shuttle and found this old thread... so I'm bringing it back to life! Haha!

I went to the last launch, as well. Definitely the coolest thing I've ever seen take to the skies. No words can describe it.... Here are a couple pics of mine!


Pillar of Fire by uaz28ss01, on Flickr


STS-135 liftoff 2 by uaz28ss01, on Flickr