NASA's Final Space Shuttle Flight Lifts Off From Cape Canaveral
Spectators watch as Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off during the final space shuttle mission from the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral, Florida July 8, 2011. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Spectators watch as Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off during the final space shuttle mission from the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral, Florida July 8, 2011. This is the final launch of the space shuttle program, which began in 1981. The total miles flown by all of the space shuttles are 537,114,016. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)