July 8th - on this day in 2011, the final launch of the Space Shuttle program took place when Atlantis lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. The final Space Shuttle crew included only four astronauts: Commander Christopher Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists, Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim. On this last mission the Space Shuttle carried 12,890 kg of payload mass to the orbital outpost. | NASAS

Final Flight of Space Shuttle Program | STS-135 Atlantis Launch | Crew Camera & Sound On July 8, 2011, space shuttle Atlantis was launched for the final time. This short video includes STS-135 footage from the television broadcast, NASA engineering cameras, and an on-board recording of the orbiter crew cabin. The audio features crew communications during the launch. Edited by Ivan Myles. Footage provided by NASA. Presented for non-commercial educational and informational purposes in accordance w