Last Shuttle Astronauts Mark Fourth of July with Trip to Launch Site

NASA's final space shuttle crew took part in a press conference on June 22, 2011 while standing behind their spacecraft, Atlantis and Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A. From left to right : STS - 135 mission specialists Rex Walheim, Sandra Magnus, pilot Doug Hurley and commander Chris Ferguson.

With the 4th of July underway here at Cape Canaveral, Florida the four American Astonauts will fly NASA's final space shuttle mission and make an Independence Day arrival today at their Florida launch site.
Atlantis spacecraft marks a 30 year history.
So sad to see it all go, but more than that, to leave the space station in other hands is far too frightening to comprehend.