STS-132 ready for launch - third-to-last scheduled shuttle launch

[Doctor_K]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Space Shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad prepped and ready to go for an International Space Station assembly flight, to attach the Russian Rassvet mini-research module.

It is the third-to-last launch for the Space Shuttle program and the last flight of Atlantis, the fourth of five orbiters originally built.

All flights are historic!

As a native of the Space Coast, I grew up watching the shuttle lift off from my backyard for almost 15 years.  I was raised with the shuttle program.  While I feel its time has probably come, I still will miss the aura, prestige, and mystique that surrounded the STS.

[mtraininjax]

Give me a Go-no-go for launch!

[Doctor_K]

WHAT A COOL SIGHT!  Saw it in the Southeast for a good minute or so on the way up. 

Beautiful launch!

[fsujax]

nice view as it was heading to space from Downtown! I love it every time.

[copperfiend]

Just watched it from my office. Another reason I love living in Florida.

[danno]

We went up to the roof of our building in Southpoint and had a great view.