11-05-10 Atlantis Shuttle to Soar for Final Time FridayFrom top mission controllers on through the ranks of astronauts and shuttle workers,reverence reigns over the upcoming last flight of the space shuttle Atlantis -- the first of NASA's final shuttle missions this year.Atlantis is set to make her 32nd and final planned launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.The mission is the third-to-last shuttle flight ever.The orbiter is slated to carry six astronauts and a new Russian science module to the International Space Station."There is a little bit of reverence that the mission will be conducted with given that it's the final planned flight of Atlantis," said NASA lead shuttle flight director Mike Sarafin. |