Given the unstable weather that rolled through most of the east coast, we didn't think they would be able to light the candles. However, at the last moment the clouds parted and launch commenced. Upon landing, Atlantis will be retired for museum use, and the space program will try to find it's new identity in a time of massive national debt and cutbacks.ATLANTIS GETS WEATHER BREAK-LAUNCHES ON FINAL PROGRAM MISSION.
Given the unstable weather that rolled through most of the east coast, we didn't think they would be able to light the candles. However, at the last moment the clouds parted and launch commenced. Upon landing, Atlantis will be retired for museum use, and the space program will try to find it's new identity in a time of massive national debt and cutbacks.