Crew Prepares for Final Shuttle Landing Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:41:03 PM MDT
Space shuttle Atlantis’ wakeup song for landing day was “God Bless America” by Kate Smith, played at 9:29 p.m. EDT, for the entire crew and all the men and women who have worked for the shuttle program over the years. Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim will begin deorbit preparations a little before 1 a.m. EDT for their planned landing at 5:56 a.m. at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The STS-135 landing ground tracks for Thursday’s two Kennedy landing opportunities are here: http://1.usa.gov/qtBmwx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r26_CSzk3Xw
Misty eyes here...
When posted, the actual wake-up call and music will appear here:
http://www.archive.org/details/STS-135