Last Night Ride of the Space Shuttle | Bill Housley

Last Night Ride of the Space Shuttle

Sorry, just a quick note. I have to include this historic video in my blog. It is probably the final ever night launch of the soon to be retired Space Shuttle.

Space Shuttle Commander, Spacewalker to Leave NASA (space.com)
Museum of Flight deserves to showcase a space shuttle (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
One of the most amazingly beautiful videos ever… (daddyhogwash.com)

~ by Bill Housley on February 10, 2010.

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Tags: Columbia Accident, Internation Space Station, Manned Spaceflight, Missions, NASA, space, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Endeavour, space travel, Technology, Video

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