SCIENCE CELEBRATES THE HISTORIC FINALE
OF THE NASA SHUTTLE PROGRAM WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE
EVENT LAST SHUTTLE: OUR JOURNEY
~ Special SCIENCE
Presentation Airs on Friday, July 8, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT,
Featuring Same-Day Footage of the Final Shuttle Launch
from Kennedy Space Center ~
July 2011
Silver Spring, MD --
On July 8, 2011, history will be made as the shuttle
Atlantis lifts off on the final flight of NASA's Space
Shuttle program. Thirty years after the first shuttle
launch, the eyes of the world again will be on Kennedy
Space Center as an unforgettable period of science,
wonder and imagination comes to an end.
Upon its return to Earth,
Atlantis will join the fleet's other three vessels in
retirement immediately following touchdown. In celebration
of this awe-inspiring moment, SCIENCE presents the world
premiere special event, LAST SHUTTLE: OUR JOURNEY on
Friday, July 8, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The all-access
special, one year in the making, also will feature same-day
footage of the launch, filmed from Kennedy Space Center.
See the film promotion at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlzcTn7tnNo.
As the sun sets on the shuttle
program, it also will mark the end of a way of life
for a generation of NASA staff whose lives have largely
revolved around these magnificent vehicles for decades.
NASA has granted SCIENCE unprecedented access in order
to tell the untold stories of those who have devoted
their lives to the shuttle missions. Space exploration
will always be a priority for SCIENCE, despite the end
of the space program.
LAST SHUTTLE: OUR JOURNEY
features interviews with key players in the NASA Space
Shuttle program, including the four crew members of
the last Atlantis flight: Mission Specialists Sandy
Magnus and Rex Walheim, as well as Commander Chris Ferguson
and Pilot Doug Hurley. In addition, LAST SHUTTLE: OUR
JOURNEY includes interviews with Captain Bob Crippen,
the celebrated pilot of the first Atlantis mission;
Jerry Sheehan, NASA's director of engineering; and Joe
Chaput and John Fishbeck with NASA's marine operations.
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