Economies of Scale
Photographers set up a line of remote cameras beneath launch pad 39A, as space shuttle Atlantis points purposefully skyward on the eve of her final launch.
Mission Quilt
NASA employees at the Kennedy Space Centre display a quilt in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building of every single mission patch dating back to 1981’s STS-1. Photo: Michael Spooneybarger.
Camera Wall
A wall of cameras line the shoreline of the press site at Kennedy Space Centre for the final launch of the space shuttle program.
Important Business
A gentleman conducts Important Business on his phone as Atlantis reaches for the clouds during the final launch of the space shuttle program.
Cloudburst
Space shuttle Endeavour disappears into the clouds 22 seconds after liftoff, seen across the water from the Banana Creek viewing site.
STS-134 RSS Rollback (timelapse)
The Rotating Service Structure is rolled back from space shuttle Endeavour for the first launch attempt, revealing the youngest orbiter in the fleet over the course of 45 minutes (click the play button to view the timelapse).