Soaring To Orbit – Looking Back at ET
Just before ascending to Earth orbit, the space shuttle Atlantis dropped off its external fuel tank and one of the six STS-132 crew members onboard photographed a series of still images. Liftoff was at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010, from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration high res (0.5 M) low res (36 K)
Just before ascending to Earth orbit, the space shuttle Atlantis dropped off its external fuel tank and one of the six STS-132 crew members onboard photographed a series of still images. Liftoff was at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010, from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration high res (0.5 M) low res (36 K)