ICYMI: The launch of the Mars Science Laboratory earlier.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Space Shuttle Atlantis lands on July 21, 2011 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ending its 13-day mission. Atlantis safely touched down, bringing an end to the 30-year Space Shuttle program. (PHOTO: STAN HONDA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Atlantis’ launch from the cameras mounted on the solid rocket boosters. You see the boosters splashdown into the ocean too!
Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final liftoff, as STS-134. The youngest shuttle will soon permanently reside in California. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
PHOTO OF THE DAY, PART II (FOR NASA FANS): Astronaut Janet Kavandi, director of Flight Crew Operations for Johnson Space Center, leads President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, on a tour of the NASA Orbiter Processing Facility where they are preparing Space Shuttle Atlantis for the final mission, STS-135, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Friday. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
Save the date: Gabrielle Giffords’s husband, Mark Kelly, is set to launch April 29 on Space Shuttle Endeavour.
And the Space Shuttles Will Go To….
Discovery: Smithsonian Institution
Endeavour: California Science Center
Atlantis: Kennedy Space Center
