金泰妍l音译歌词:Farewell journey of Atlantis

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Farewell journey of Atlantis



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A silent blast of white smoke shot out from under the colossal main engines, the briefest whimper came from the crowd, and the final flight of the world's most famous spaceship had begun. An intense orange light came next, as Atlantis rose impossibly fast from the ground, sending waves of heat and a chest-thumping staccato sound for miles in every direction.


Crowds of more than a million had gathered around the shores, bridges and roads of Cape Canaveral in Florida, all craning to catch a glimpse of history as the shuttle spread its wings for the final time.


In less than a minute after the engines had kicked into life, the gleaming shuttle had punched through the clouds, the only evidence of its existence a thick trail of unmoving smoke that connected the launchpad to the sky.


Defying poor weather conditions and a last-minute technical hitch, the orbiter blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre at 11.29am local time (4.29pm BST) on Friday on the 135th and final mission of the shuttle programme.


It was an emotional moment for the hordes who packed the beaches and roads of the Space Coast to watch a shuttle lift-off for the last time, and for managers of Nasa, who must plan for the next generation of spaceflight without the capability of launching its own astronauts for the first time in its 53-year history. The list of VIPs who had come to pay their respects to Atlantis included Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and musicians Diana Krall, Alan Parsons and Gloria Estefan.

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Atlantis and its crew of four astronauts are now heading for a rendezvous with the International Space Station on a 12-day mission to resupply the orbiting outpost, the construction of which was seen by many as the crowning achievement of the shuttle programme.


The final blast-off was nearly postponed. A tropical weather system hanging over Florida threatened thunderstorms and lightning in the vicinity that would have violated launch criteria. Nasa's weather officers had given only a 30% chance of favourable weather.


Breaks began to appear in the clouds about half an hour before the scheduled lift-off time, however, and the sun finally emerged, allowing the mission manager to resume the countdown.


The launch countdown was peppered with tributes to the shuttle's launch team. The "closeout crew" who locked the commander and his crew safely into the cockpit emerged from the white room – the environmentally controlled chamber that docks with the cockpit door – holding signs with the message: "On behalf of all who have designed and built, serviced and loaded, launched and controlled, operated and flown these magnificent space vehicles … Thank you for 30 years with our nation's space shuttles! Godspeed Atlantis! God bless America!"


But with just 31 seconds to go, the clock was stopped after a sensor falsely reported the shuttle's "beanie cap" covering the external fuel tank had not retracted, but it was a minor issue that delayed the launch by only three minutes. Despite the hitch, Nasa officials described the launch as "flawless".

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Atlantis then climbed through cloud on its nine-minute journey into orbit, leaving a thick plume of smoke in the air and shaking the ground with the rumble from its three powerful engines.


"I'm sat here with a tear in my eye," said Bill Nelson, a retired astronaut who flew a mission aboard the shuttle Columbia in 1986 and who is now a staunch defender of Nasa as US Senator for Florida.


"There's a lot of emotion here because an era is passing, and jobs are going with that passing. But in 30 years of space shuttle activity, look at what we've learned, look at the technologies we've developed."


The last launch brought an estimated $20m (£12m) boom to the local economy, which has suffered with up to 10,000 space centre workers losing their jobs with the passing of the shuttle era.


Officials claimed the crowds were as large as any previous shuttle launch, including the return-to-flight missions following the Challenger and Columbia disasters of 1986 and 2003, which claimed the lives of 14 astronauts.


Many observers were caught in huge traffic jams as they travelled to the coast, having been unable to book hotel rooms closer than Orlando, 50 miles to the west.

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Police predicted an afternoon of gridlock on the roads as people tried to get back to their hotels.


The mission, designated STS-135, is led by commander Chris Ferguson, flown by pilot Doug Hurley, and is carrying mission specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim. In the shuttle's cargo bay is the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module, which contains supplies and spare parts for the space station and its crew.


The flight – Atlantis's 33rd – also includes an experiment designed to demonstrate the tools and techniques required for robotic refuelling of satellites in space. The shuttle will dock with the space station on Sunday.


Speaking just before lift-off, Ferguson said: "The shuttle's always going to be a reflection to what a great nation can do when it dares to be bold and commits to follow through. We're not ending the journey today … we're completing a chapter of a journey that will never end."

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