The crew - Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim - had arrived at the launch pad’s White Room at 8:06 a.m. “But Russia will be busy actually executing the dream.” “America will continue the dream,” the launch director said as Atlantis lifted-off on its 33rd and last flight. “The sense of history, the legacy of what has happened here over three decades, is palpable,” a Mission Control spokesman said before the launch, noting that “30 years and three months ago, it was Columbia on the launch pad awaiting lift off.” If the Russians don’t take over NASA, who will?” said Carney. “We need the Russians to build ships and work with NASA so that some of our American astronauts can go to Russia and then fly to our International Space Station. Meanwhile, the Russians will be taking over the worldwide space missions. President Obama said that he wants to work on new space mission that will begin sometime in 2014 or 2024 or “whenever.” He wants to go to Mars some day. “We are not closing NASA,” said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, “we are transferring the employees to Moscow.” government and hired by the Russian government. When the Atlantis returns to the United States 10,000 NASA employees will be fired by the U.S. ET Friday morning despite threatening weather - marking the final launch after 30 years for NASA’s storied fleet of shuttles. Space shuttle Atlantis displayed its power and majesty one final time, rocketing into space from Kennedy Space Center at 11:26 a.m. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – After the Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the last time, President Obama sold NASA – and all its parts – to Russia.
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