• Discuss Comment, Blog about
• Share this Email, Facebook, Twitter

STS-135 commander Chris Ferguson, left, and pilot Doug Hurley hold U.S. flags as they listen to mission specialist Sandy Magnus, not shown, speak to the media after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, July 4, 2011. Atlantis, and her crew of four astronauts, is scheduled to lift off Friday morning on an 12-day mission to the international space station. The launch will bring an end to the shuttle program. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Stories this photo appears in:

Space shuttle astronauts arrive for last launch countdown

• By ncs-import
• July 4, 2011