Jul 8, 2011
Watch the last Shuttle launch live
UPDATE: The Orbiter made it into orbit, the live stream is now ended. I’ll replace the video embed with a Youtube clip to re-run the launch…
A group of us skipped a high school physical education class to watch the very first shuttle launch way back when. At the time, we assumed they’d be launching a couple of Orbiters every week thereafter (that was the plan, apparently). But, that wasn’t to be. Now, you can watch the last ever Shuttle launch, live with Sciencebase courtesy of NASA’s Ustream, assuming the weather holds…
T-5 minutes
Crew Orbiter access arm being retracted about….now…
T-9 minutes and counting
Clear to launch…