hi I'm Chris version of the sts-135 crew and you're watching
NASA team all three engines up and burning two one zero and liftoff
the final liftoff of implants shoulders of the Space Shuttle America will
continue the dream from launch complex 39a at the Kennedy Space Center in
Florida
this is shuttle launch control at t-minus three hours and holding and
we're now in the final five hours of the countdown for the launch of the last
flight of the space shuttle program and space shuttle atlantis on sts-135
here's our commander Chris Ferguson in the suit-up room
he's having a fit check of his helmet
pilot Doug Hurley this is his second trip into space and here is mission
specialist number one sandy Magnus
this is Rex Walheim to use our mission specialist number two
and here they
yeah
crew going down the elevator where they'll be greeted by employees from
Kennedy Space Center and members of the news media
this is the same elevator has been used by the astronauts ever since Apollo
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my crew is now in the white room of the orbiter access arm members of the
closeout crew are in the white coveralls and the astronauts course are in the
orange pressure suits the closeout crew will be assisting the astronauts with
their helmets and other equipment as they enter the orbiter satellites when
it's Christmas again number five you get Travis number one and they're just
getting wrecks in so hopefully if things go well today this will be the last
astronaut you'll see my climbing into a vehicle to go flying space on the
shuttle
attention all personnel this is the entity
on that is text verify ready to resume count and go for launch
OTC ok let's go tpc back a bit ago
atc pcs go LPS got the others go here's and flight
Houston flight if you give me if you pull me at the end I would appreciate it
and I guess so well for you later
pilot pile of stuff SPM first game as good safety council the council let's go
let's be a few years ago
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director entity our launch team is ready to proceed with the exception of flight
who still needs a little bit more time to make his evaluations on our killers
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I cover that will do my pole be fun Casey processing engineer verify no
constraints for launch
no constraint I could be basically saved Commission sharp they can make the sure
to fill my texture of a long time under a bike all behind himself . and he
didn't want to thank you the building
it's been a great partner to get all your go thank you appreciate the range
weather by trader has no could treat for launch
thank you Kevin - Flo director and writer go
you can see little something you can be again I can be up to manager like a way
to get final go from right here what with your we said we'll get back to
cover that Atlantis launch director air-to-ground one
Atlantis go ok forget how we start to feel pretty good down here on the ground
about this one today so on behalf of the greatest team in the world
good luck to you and your crew on the final Clive is true American icon and
over the final time
30 panting wreck
good luck Godspeed and have on up there
hey thanks for hitting Mike until the very end you all made it look easy
it was always going to be a reflection of what a great nothing to do with it
there's to be building committee fall through without any dirty today by
completing a tractor attorney will never end
he was the father of the men and women to be the heart soul and their lives for
the cause of exploration have ruined history
looks like it's all one more time like it with this is great nation that it's
better to Atlantis is ready to watch
thank you sir we'll get to go in there and a couple of minutes and Ed used to
fly down to 120 flight for the record I'm go and get copies and once pressure
that is our entire one thing we are ready to proceed at this time i covered
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and to do that you were clear launch around I copy that sir thank you
we can't that part will resume on my mark 321 market
p minus nine minutes and counting pls other sequence has been initiated the
others who say for over to access arm retract at - 60 t see this day has been
over 30 years in the making
there have been many fabulous missions throughout the years
on behalf of KFC launch things past and present
we salute the entire astronaut corps for their dedication
not only for expanding knowledge of the universe but funny and proven to have
contributed to on earth have an excellent nation and God speed record
for better thank you very much
Thank You team thank you PLP OTC perform a PS start
broc reconfigure heater work
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my crew OTP close and lock your visors and initiate to flow work
t-minus two minutes he loved the show for you can relate to the appropriate
- D - 40 seconds handing off to Atlantis computers at t minus 31
- - 35 33-31 pack it into a fire and we haven't had a failure to launch
sequencer
we tracked with this
I don't need your feet but remember we need to uh got to go through the center
reputation for the lp people
all right tonight is America pc says we need to verify using a camera and were
the same camera 62 right now
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we have a mac with their by protected all right
NFP at mcds you can correctly identify the requirements EG 13 provocative the
I'm go
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clock on your month
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part and off to Atlantis as computers has occurred and solid rocket booster
nozzle steering check and work
firing chain is armed
go for main engine start
t minus 10 9 8 7 3 engines up and burning two one zero and liftoff the
final liftoff of Atlantis on the shoulders of the Space Shuttle America
will continue the dream
water well with writing
Houston now controlling the flight of Atlantis space shuttle spreads its wings
one final time for the start of a sentimental journey into history
24 seconds into the flight roll program complete atlantis now heads down wings
level on the proper alignment for it Satan happened to ride to orbit four and
a half million pounds of hardware and humans taking aim on the International
Space Station
40 seconds into the flight the three liquid fuel main engines throttling back
to seventy two percent of reading performance in the bucket reducing
stress on the shuttle is it goes transonic for the final time
engines now revving up standing by for the throttle up call
Atlantis girl that no action dpdt with all the action on the call from capcom
barry wilmore and transducer instrumentation only no action required
atlantis now 15 miles in altitude already 16 miles down range from the
kennedy space center 1 minute 40 seconds into the flight
Atlantis flexing its muscles one final time
Atlantis traveling almost 2,600 miles an hour 21 miles in altitude 24 miles
downrange
standing by for solid rocket booster separation
booster officer confirms staging a good solid rocket booster separation guidance
now converging the main engine steering the shuttle on a pinpoint path to its
preliminary orbit two minutes 20 seconds into the flight
Atlantis already traveling 3,200 miles an hour 35 miles in altitude 50 miles
downrange
standing by for main engine cutoff
booster officer confirms main engine cutoff for the last time the space
shuttles main engines have fallen silent as the shuttle slips into the final
chapter of a storied 30-year adventure now standing by for external tank
separation
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words can strips to provide that I call you
and now the gratitude that I have for the job that you do
this is the most outstanding group of professionals the most dedicated launch
team of technicians and engineers anywhere in the world in the United
States as you
a deep pain and i want to thank you for your service to our country
thank you for your service to NASA and kennedy space center to the shuttle
program and most of all thank you for this outstanding ride that we've had for
the last 30 years aboard the United States space shuttle
you guys are absolutely the best
yeah
you know
yeah
good morning marshal to be placed that as a for that the great language and off
the ride to order and underneath before before that
and that Houston good can take for the bird happened config flying high over
the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa were just seconds away from this
of course correction burn as we watch over the shoulders of chris ferguson and
doug hurley up on the flight deck of Atlantis
you can see very clearly the cannon like jolt of those big orbital maneuvering
system engines and courtesy of space station cameras
our first view of the shuttle atlantis get better - no training required happy
through the center line camera in the orbiter docking system this sequential
still video view of the International Space Station
Atlanta station on the big leagues we have you in sight
back we'll be there
we're waiting
- Houston you are go for the RPM go to proceed inside 600 feet then taken that
land on the big loop and hitting RPM
three two one mark
we're happy you can come up with that
commander Chris Ferguson now we'll begin the slow three quarter of a degree per
second rotational backflip
this again is about a nine-minute maneuver you'll hear on the Start
photography call initiated when the orbiter is in the correct orientation of
this procedure the actual our bar pitch maneuver will last about nine minutes in
duration about 93 seconds of available photography for Sergei Volkov mike
fossum and satoshi for acala
atlanta and a big loop our photo variable and with that a period of about
ninety three seconds of good photography now initiated for Sergei Volkov mike
fossum and satoshi furukawa using digital cameras and high-powered lenses
out of these vests . service module
the rendezvous all
indicates to flight director quantity Allah Brujo that commander Chris
Ferguson has flown a textbook our bar pitch maneuver and you can see the
structure of the international space station now coming into view as both
spacecraft to pass over the limb of the earth
atlanta is coming up on the so called V Bar the velocity vector
Atlantis Houston on the
the team from the fold in concurrence you are go for ducking and when it's
over big with copies open knocking - he's been then station Atlantis on the
big move we don't you fly out when initiating final approach you can copies
thank God pilot Doug Hurley informing both station and shuttle flight control
rooms that no fly out is required meaning no additional alignment required
commander Chris Ferguson is dead spot on with the to docking mechanisms perfectly
aligned
contact docking confirmed
capture confirmed to 10:07 a.m. central time
annotated Atlanta capture confirmed and we've been very dreadful station left
land of Houston station free drift is confirmed
Atlanta about it
welcome to the International Space Station of the line
it's great to be here station with you shortly
it's going to be almost station does everybody want you and your little ones
alright for sure
freshen up I can't let you guys see the texture and I'm gonna get to see my room
- 500 meet them up for the in the wake of yesterday's docking of Atlantis to
the International Space Station the heavy lifting begins the highlight of
which will be the one birthing and removal of the raffaello multi-purpose
Logistics Module from the cargo bay of Atlantis
raffaello is 21 . six feet long 15 feet wide
fully loaded weighs about 12 and a half tons that is equipped and supplied by
nine thousand 403 pounds of cargo that will be transferred to the international
space station over the course of the next several days and he's an Atlanta
for starting them and over to on birth the MPN we copy of shit Sandy were
falling and with kid gloves sandy Magnus at the controls of the station's robotic
arm beginning the process of fun birthing raffaello from Atlantis as
cargo bay and Atlantis the MP MP honest on birth now if you want to mess with
the cute camera office to see if it's working but if you manage to get it on
you can deactivate it
ok we'll take care of that thanks
beyond the big loop and in sochi maneuver to our kale complete your go
first stage capture
you some of the big loop we're going to pick up at one point one away
step one we are ready to open the o2 theater -
further we copy or did with that
hey Rob are you guys up on the Columbus camera here . out into the says in the
nadir no - affirmative
ok so for all you guys who work excellent 18
I'd like to announce the return of the socks
we got a great view thanks
a little nostalgia there for a moment
shit sts-135 pilot Doug Hurley there along with sandy Magnus moving a fairly
large size heat exchanger through the station
there's quite a bit of equipment being moved from the MPL em into the station
but also quite a bit be moved from the station back into the MPL em as well as
Atlantis is mid dec to the crew is well underway getting all of these materials
and supplies transferred from one carrier to another
this is Mission Control Houston spacewalk preparations continue in the
equipment long section of the quest airlock you see mike fossum slithering
his way into the upper torso of his extra vehicular Mobility unit not the
easiest task in the world but with the assistance of satoshi furukawa on the
left and Atlantis commander Chris Ferguson on the right for Fossum is now
on secured in the upper torso portion of a suit
flexing his arms to make sure he's comfortable and a good view from another
camera in the quest airlock
as you watch Fossum on the right and garen on the left of flexing their legs
part of this exercise a pre-brief protocol
good are you guys ready baby was born ready
probably already and covers open you can eat let the air like if you want
all right be attaching an anchor hook to the office external be rings are you
ready to rock and roll
ready to have room for somebody that could work
we have started out installing the new Colt tools or the contingency operation
lappa tools on to the back side of the pump module platform those went right
into position
what a great team working together to get that designed those tools work
flawlessly
i will put much will hung up just a little bit on the external storage
platform before we got it released he gave it to one more a little try with
the PG t boult in turn it also he gave it a the book
yeah you can the whole thing came loose and now
ok you can see it starting to move like job guys
first we're going to be for the court regular shit that it's about 1,500
pounds so it's a it takes quite a bit to move
ok running already looked at the whole model let's do it 49er fans very close
to us
yeah
here you see Ron controlling the whole thing on the robot arm and notice he's
just very slowly turning the whole thing over
it started out in one orientation kind of a heads-up orientation and he needed
to turn it a hundred eighty degrees around so that when you got down to the
payload bay he'd be a heads down in the payload Bay and could install the pump
module when he got down there now clear of external storage platform number two
headed down to Atlantis as payload day where the pump module will be secured on
a trust support structure at the very back of the bay for the trip back home
and an engineering evaluation to determine what caused the pump two fail
on the night of July thirty-first last year
there are three spare pump modules residing on various locations on the
International Space Station for use in the future should another one go down
it's looking spaceship two days
thank you
like fall
some is preparing the work site at the mission peculiar support structure as
it's called the cargo trust basically at the back of the cargo bay of Atlantis
just above him is ron garan holding on to the pump module and its support
attachment mechanism
jewel in its attachment mechanism now aligned to a comparable attachment
mechanism on this trust at the rear of Atlantis's cargo bay
guys there
with the pc a weekend in DC and go pick up a complete
and you guys are clear were a TFR a grand opening
has this robotic refueling mission the RM in his hands he's on the end of the
stations are moving out of Atlantis's payload Bay
all right post compared to help you search that careful red light on the
thought here you see the robotics refueling mission just about to be
installed and hand it off to the dexter arm over on the lab nadir know that
everybody at Goddard was holding their breath you're making sure that we were
all sending them good wishes and we were able to get it installed onto the dexter
just fine but it was off to install the missy or the materials ISS experiment
the small portion of that called the or mate 16 photos of that that's material
samples that are exposed to the ram and wake of space
from there we went on to work on the grapple fixture that had the little wire
sticking out through one of the latch stores you can see it getting cleared
there and then pulled out of the way that won't just like the tree it could
not
it was just like watching train IAM video to see how well this went just
like we had planned it doesn't always go that well but today it sure did and we
were glad to see it
our final task on the EPA was installing the thermal cover here you see it coming
out of the bag you think of it a great big comforter coming out of the honor
replacement so are you bag here you can see it in its final configuration
strapped down
scut nine velcro straps that hold it into position and that about the time
that they had it installed in this configuration the thermal officer in the
front room
in the Mission Control Center stood up and turned around and said I can already
see it starting to take effect and he had already seen in his data just that
fast so that's very successful project
i would like to thank the field a lot of teams each artwork all came into play
the CVA but the problem let a magnificent team of people that put
together a lot of stuff that they have to do it in the hard way with our own
eyes that we've drawn to me traveling a lot and not even in country the same
time together a lot they had to work really hard and then it really really
well integrated don't fit together
with all of the products at the pieces that really came together
from water the whole team promotional team to figure out how to get that thing
back
well hold out of work by a lot of a lot of teams around the country really
that really all folks that came together and today and that's what made the
difference
this close
yeah
good morning Atlantis this is elton john we wish you much success on your mission
and a huge thank you to all the men and women at NASA who worked on the shuttle
for the last three decades
don't worry help me God
music wages while that is that truly fantastic
we are absolutely honored that you took the time to join the crew this morning
and wake us up
the spectacle of yesterday's a six-hour 31 minutes spacewalk by mike fossum and
ron garan has morphed into what essentially is a blue-collar day for the
10 crew members on board as we move into the heart of the mission and what this
flight is really all about and that is namely the transfer of almost a year's
worth of supplies from Atlantis's cargo module the raffaello multi-purpose
Logistics Module that was attached on monday to the earth-facing port of the
harmony module of the International Space Station through the use of the
station's robotic arm
ron garan is continuing to work on the waste and hygiene compartment which is
the station's toilet
he is a swapping out some air hoses and some other components of that particular
device
hey that's the great thing about the space flight
you know one day you're doing that the most outrageous thing humans have ever
done in a spacewalk it the next day you're fixing toilets and packing boxes
this is michael stipe from Mario
we wish you much success on your mission and thank all of the women and then at
NASA who worked on so for three decades from birth
a very good morning to you
as you can see a variety of crew members are gathering down in the mid dec of
Atlantis to prepare a variety of cuisine that constitutes the all-american meal
that you've been hearing about this all-american meal again was conceived in
honor of this final shuttle mission of Atlantis and and prepared to buy the
food lab folks here at the Johnson Space Center quarter
the crews all-american menu beginning with crackers brie cheese and sausage
the main course featuring grilled chicken southwestern corn and baked
beans and the camera ps2 resistance will be apple pie for dessert instead the
station crew will also have barbecued brisket as its entree
I'm telling you I've done a lot of these interviews as well
few of them from space the technology now is amazing
the picture guys you look like you're in a studio maybe an Omaha Nebraska
something note this shot is so clear is that the whole - are you really in space
though
yeah I don't know we're gonna have to do something for you
oh yeah I can do that watch this
can everybody float around for that was really cool crisp look at her
I think I think saying his hair is pretty much a dead giveaway
there you go there's a post for you right there
good morning guys wake up a good look on this your last mission
well don't then that
thank you for that method sad all around the world was off , connie music and boy
you can rest assured there's people all about the earth are brothers music cds
Atlantis is please stand by for the White House
hello hello this is the international space station
well because President Obama who am I talking to hello mr. president you're
talking to the increment 28 crew and the crew of the space shuttle atlantis now
that's funny because I was just dialing out for pizza and uh I I didn't expect
to have to end up in space is there is a it's really an honor and a privilege
that you took some time out of your busy day to meet with this
well listen it is wonderful to talk to you and I appreciate you guys taking out
the time from from your mission
I always want to just let everybody know how personally proud I am of you an
amazing feat you guys are accomplishing in space and I was here and in the Oval
Office watching you guys take off last fri
we're all watching as a the ten of you work together as a team to conduct
spacewalks and manage experiments and do all the things that are necessary to
keep the space station humming your example i think means so much . too just
to your fellow Americans but also to your fellow citizens on earth and and
the space program has always embodied our sense of adventure and exploration
and encouraged as you guys work in a really harsh environment and I know that
there have been thousands who poured their hearts and souls into American
space shuttle program over the last three decades they are following this
journey with special interest and to them and all the men and women of NASA
I want to say thank you you you helped our country leave the space age and you
continue to inspire us and Captain Ferguson I realize that you're a veteran
previous flights but it must be pretty special to be the commander on the last
flight of the historic shuttle program
absolutely mr. president and just let me say on behalf of all of the
international partners aboard the international space station right now
we're all just absolutely honored and privileged to represent our our home
countries in this multinational effort and to answer your question sir yes it
is
it is an extreme pleasure to be a just a part of this fine crew of four who will
represent our country on the the final space shuttle mission scheduled for an
undocking here in just a few days in a landing at the kennedy space center in
in a little less than a week
yeah
and good morning to the Stennis Space Center thank you for that lovely
greeting
they're going for transfer good evening sandy go ahead for transfer
k / all these compounds I shall everything complete in the am PM and
it's actually talk for me is the phone on of all the encounters full foam is
random home in our cars what they came up or so for fall
hats off to you and your crew you guys have done an outstanding job and of
course is a little bit left to do for tomorrow but that's nothing compared to
the job you guys already done
well it doesn't we want one thing but everybody . of course i mentioned before
we have a good plan
you really did a lot of great time working with that and it if you guys
would have been such a good job and the folks that can't be good stuff back and
keep track of all the small things that would have been a nightmare for that
really did go smoothly for all that we were working really hard and we can't
even tell you how much we appreciate all the work you guys on the ground planning
this out
I can only say we enjoyed it in some weird way
totally understand
yeah
with some of the hardest working most positive people who had made some
incredible things happen in states like we thank you
that good or good work into the great same space yeah you said we've gathered
everybody here at the note to forward hatch
we have we have a couple different things we'd like to do today
the first of which is a is a pretty special presentation and that
presentation is a special flag that flag was handed to me personally just a few
days before launch in the crew of sts-135 the final shuttle mission
brought it to enter to the international space station and since we've been here
we've prominently displayed the flag on the floor fight back
we actually had it there a little bit earlier on for a public affairs event
but Doug and I Rex and sandy
we just really like it symbolized what we were all here for and we left it
there permanently
and I think it made us feel good we have that flag that flag is significant not
only because we brought it up on this flight
but because it also flew on sts-1 this lag represents not just a symbol of our
national pride and honor but in this particular case it represents a goal
this flag also will be flown prominently here by the forward hatch of no.2 to be
returned
- earth once again by an astronaut that launches on a u.s. vehicle
hopefully in just a few years
- nation like on the big loop station is ready for undocking Atlantis copies
physical separation Houston do you copy
undocking confirmed
at 128 a.m. central time
Atlantis weighs anchor from the International Space Station for the last
time
twelve and a half years of shuttle missions to build and service a
million-pound complex at an end part of the international space station for the
last time
thank you for your 12 doctor-patient to the idea that the capping off 37 space
shuttle mission to construct full orbiting research facility is you guys
got speed top landing or feedback on our in the fall
hey thanks Ron us so its lead and to the station commander entre por think oh
well we appreciate your hospitality again
they want to get everything accomplished is a great thing it's got a right to
stand back and for just a moment to admire and take pride in its work from
our unique vantage point right here perched above us we can see the
international space station is a wonderful accomplishment
before the end of the Cold War enabled many nations to speak one in space that
the is now in its third year of utilization will never forget the role
the Space Shuttle played in its creation like a proud parent we anticipate great
things to follow from the men and women who build operate and live there in this
unique vantage point we can see a great thing has been accomplished
so y SS make it sprout
a few minutes after Atlantis reaches the point six hundred feet directly in front
of the station the international space station will begin at you all maneuver
of 90 degrees under the control of russian segment thrusters that your
maneuver will occur while Atlantis is in a period of about twenty seven minutes
of station-keeping directly in front of the complex one so the station has yada
to the proper orientation
doug hurley will begin a 600-foot radial fly around of a half lap around the
complex
while Magnus and while I'm use digital cameras with high-powered lenses to snap
away
collecting imagery of the longitudinal axis of the station its modules and its
components and take advantage
you'll be happy to know you looked this good from the size you do for the front
expertise
not sure how to answer that one thanks
almost directly above the International Space Station
you can see the varying views the solar rays that are angled through the beta
gimbal assemblies to optimize solar array absorption of sunlight that to be
converted into electricity on the far right of the axis of the space station
that is the harmony module in the horizontal position basically as you
look at this view that's where Atlantis was doc - and on either side those two
large modules at the bottom as the European Space Agency's Columbus
laboratory and on the top of harmony as you look at this view from directly
above the space station is the larger Japanese segment of the complex the Kibo
module in its external experiment platform
and i think the line is from a big loop where essentially complete with our fly
around will be coming out underneath you and I should have a good view from the
cupola
I'm not sure what we're going to break down the big loop but at any time soon
we just wanted to give you a final like a bike
I think you will be watching it on me up some windows and now you guys look
really good on the heart of what we can see
and again thank you so much for all that you guys have gone for a fuck they're
really really appreciate it
hey Fergie from the Ulf seven orbit one team in the ISS mission control room
here in Houston
we just want to let you know that it's been a pleasure and honor to support
this the 37th mission of the space shuttle to the ISS and we're proud to be
the last in a countless line of Mission Control teams that have had the honor to
watch over the ISS while discovery and an endeavor and Atlantis had visited
over the last 13 years from this room we've watched and supported as the
shuttle has enabled the station to grow from the nasal a humble single module
that was grappled by the shuttles arm to a stunning facility that is so large
that some is nuts have even momentarily gotten lost in it you can you can take
it from me
so of course where the ISIS wouldn't be here without the space shuttle so while
we have the communication link up for the last time we wanted to say thank you
and farewell to the Magnificent machines that delivered assembled and staffed our
world-class laboratory in space
so fergie chunky sandy and Rex get home safely and enjoy the last couple days in
space shuttle Atlantis
yeah
for more information and to the great folks at the kennedy space center of
care for these vehicles for the last 30 years the rest of the morning to you
Chris Ferguson commander of the final mission of the 30-year space shuttle
history I i want to ask you what do you see as the future of the American space
program where we were we were just gotten if the other day
you know I hate making like a like a sort of an ending and I suppose to what
degree it is you know that they feel significant for the hardest vaults are
sold the human spaceflight program for about 30 years and have a little sad to
see it go away
but you know we have anything systems to operate maintain your extraordinary
complete and in order to go beyond because of course the cell can only stay
in low Earth orbit in order to go beyond low-earth orbit again we're going to
have to pause and we're going to have to sand down and we're going to have to
help those resources that we use to fund and operate the space shuttle
so we can build another vehicle and we're going to go beyond again someday
have a point sitting on a not too far distant future and will turn over this
world worth north order of business is a vacation servicing business to the
commercial companies but hopefully in the not too distant future you're going
to be a heavy one vehicle manufactured and by our commercial partners designed
by NASA and partnerships and we're going to go back to the moon back to Mars
so the future is very bright but at the moment farmer because we are saying
goodbye to an old friend
and if I could just close this last question to you what's your message to
all those people to thousands of people over the years that have been such an
instrumental part of the shuttle program as you now say goodbye to this program
after 30 years from now really the heart for the space program is that people
that work in the day for them at the group of people
I'm like any other
field i guess because everyone's gonna happen so dedicated they work so hard to
take it apart and it's true
other people have been the United States at work and I aspect of the safe
remember going through the people I've met are another country through my work
with the international space station and everything you remember people will try
to passionately believe in space I to dedicate their life to it and it's
because of these people that the shuttle program was so successful for the last
30 years we were able to do amazing things that we were able to do and it's
going to be people with the international space station has been so
successful and will continue to be successful and the same group of people
you have will carry forward the momentum in the event we get us out of little bit
to these other destinations that actually talking about earlier
dressed to bid you goodnight I think I speak for everyone in the room when I
say we all feel very privileged to have been a part of the 135 team with you
also speaking for everyone really in the space shuttle program that we're so
proud of how you've represented us really to the whole world on this final
shuttle mission your professionalism and excellence have been really the best
kind of tribute to the space shuttle and the many people who are part of history
so will bid you goodnight safe travels and we'll see you back in houston for
the celebration of making thank you that was really a very kind of you i am you
know
42 years ago today the Armstrong walked on the moon and I consider myself
fortunate that i was there to actually remember the event i think that the
probably a lot of folks in that room who didn't have that of a privilege Iran of
and I can only hope that that they will come for them someday
it's that it's kind of interesting to be here on the final night of a full
mission
don't quite know what to think we're just trying to take it all in I thought
quote that i thought was really good and it's very appropriate on the 42nd
anniversary of the United States is present from the moon and that's it them
I pray that our nation on Sunday find the courage to accept the risks and
challenges to finish the work that we started
oh yeah did a a farewell to your bikini I don't think we're supposed to see you
tomorrow
I hope you don't and let's just plan on this being being our final shift and
when you go out the door
like I said to orbit one you know take a look back at the mission control room
and make a memory today from the planet
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good morning Atlanta and the wakeup music this morning before the entire
crew and was also for all the men and women who put their heart and soul into
the shuttle program for all of these years
thanks and with a little plastic patriotic song so quick
what will likely be the shell final day in orbit
Thank you Thank You America for supporting this program and then we'll
be on the ground here in a few short hours .
planning Houston everything is looking fantastic
therefore you are go for the deorbit bond and you can maneuver on time
great thanks go for the tuber maneuver
now looking over the shoulder of pilot Doug Hurley on the flight deck of
Atlantis this pilot point of view camera
Atlanta soon we'll be going subsonic
first view through infrared cameras at the Kennedy Space Center
commander Chris Ferguson now flying Atlantis
piercing the pre-dawn sky is the Space Shuttle announces its arrival at the
launch site with its signature sound of twin sonic booms having gone subsonic
for the last time will be different
Atlantis build inside the pre flare maneuver executed
landing gear down and locked
main gear touchdown
surely now deploying the drag chute
Ferguson rotating the nose gear down to the deck
nose gear touchdown having fire the imagination of a generation a ship like
no other its place in history secured the Space Shuttle pulls into port for
the last time its voyage at an end
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missing the previous person in the world for over 30 years
they said altered its place in history and comfortable and happy you will stop
and we'll take this opportunity to congratulate you Atlantis as well as
thousands of passionate individuals across this great spacefaring nation who
truly empowered this incredible spacecraft which for three decades has
inspired millions around the globe
job well done America ok first bird great words those little things the way
we view the world and the things that way with your universe
we have a motion today but one thing is indisputable America is not going to
stop exploring
Thank You Columbia challenger discovery endeavour and our ship Atlantis
thank you for protecting it and bring it in program to 50 and above all these
problems and native american and the commander is now leaving the crew
transport vehicle along with our other astronauts in greeted by our NASA
Administrator and our Center Director Bob Cabana
you know it's
great day to be here and to welcome the sts-134 crew back home
I personally want to salute them and everybody who has been involved in this
program
it's been 30 year journey that has been absolutely incredible and i want to say
that all of us stand on the shoulders of some pretty giants known any better than
this
I they have come to be known as the final four and they did an absolutely
incredible job if you had an opportunity to watch any time during the mission
they were like resources the whole time so they made us very proud you know
we've been exploring since early in our country's history and what forget his
crew did this time was kinda close out this era of our exploration and but I
want everybody who was involved in this to feel incredibly proud of what you did
and what your role was like me they got an opportunity to do the flying but we
are an incredible debt of gratitude to the thousands literally tens of
thousands if not hundreds of thousands of folk around the country who made all
this possible
I had a chance to talk to some of you this morning and you know we were lining
up the convoy
I thank you again for everything you've done the things that we've done have set
us up for exploration of the future but I don't want to talk about that right
now I just want to salute this crew
welcome them home let him know how much we are how proud we are of them in
fergie is you to come on up and talk for your prove it thank you very
thank you thank you
Charlie we really appreciate the those remarks
I'll tell you what you know flying in space is a real dream but flying in
space it has a lot more to do with who you do it with then then what you do and
these three folks are axons and Sandy and Doug
I'll tell you if commander couldn't ask for three better people to go and and
perform an aggressive and to a certain extent historic mission I mean there is
that there's no doubt that there is a lot of a lot of attention paid to this
mission because it does bring to a final close
30 years of space shuttle history
I'm going to speak on behalf of them and just say that we're all three of us are
four of us were honored to be a part of this but ultimately it's everyone who's
worked on the show program although we got to take the ride
we sure hope that everybody who has ever worked or touched or look at or envy or
admired a space shuttle was able to take just a little part of the journey with
us
we're going to put Atlantis in a museum now along with the other three orbiters
for generations that will come after us to admire and appreciate and hopefully I
want that picture of it of a young six-year-old boy looking up at a space
shuttle in a museum and and say you know daddy I want to do something like that
when I grow up or I want our country to do fantastic things like this for the
continued future and if we set those steps right now and they continue with
that that next generation of space explorers than I i consider our job here
complete
so again on behalf of the crew thank you so much for the time in the attention
and for the folks at KSC
thank you for this fantastic vehicle it performed absolutely wonderfully
not a glitch and it's it's just as pristine as it was I hope on the day
that we took it
barring maybe a door to the WCS which opened up a little bit on entry but the
that everything is wonderful the vehicle is great and thank you very much
she just killed us
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