Aviation News

2011-05-31

LIVE VIDEO: Space Shuttle Atlantis Rolls to Launch Pad While Endeavour Makes Late Night Landing

A big night ahead of us as Space Shuttle Atlantis is rolled slowly out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) toward launch pad 39A for what will be the final Space Shuttle launch in early July, while Space Shuttle Endeavour will be landing later on at 2:35am EST.

Watch the replay video of Endeavour landing in our in-depth coverage.

Watch live progress of both this evening, courtesy of NASA:



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