Final Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis 🚀

On July 8, 2011, space shuttle Atlantis was launched for the final time. This short video includes STS-135 footage from the television broadcast, NASA engineering cameras, and an on-board recording of the orbiter crew cabin. The audio features crew communications during the launch. Edited by Ivan Myles. Footage provided by NASA. Presented for non-commercial educational and informational purposes in accordance with NASA media usage guidelines.

Clips in the upper panel are presented at 60 frames per second; the crew cabin video is 30 frames per second. For optimal viewing check the YouTube player's quality settings; it often defaults to a lower resolution and frame rate.