Friday photo: See ya, shuttle

Posted By Joshua Keating Friday, July 8, 2011 - 5:30 PM Share

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - JULY 8: Space shuttle Atlantis is seen through the window of a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) as it launches from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center July 8, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is the final launch of the space shuttle program, which began in 1981.

Dick Clark/NASA via Getty Images

 

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