Shuttle Atlantis STS 132 Amazing Shuttle Launch Experience

Kennedy Space Center, May 14th, 2010. I was privileged to travel to the Kennedy Space Center, to watch the launch of Atlantis, on what was then, the final scheduled flight of the orbiter (STS132). This video is my homage to the shuttle program, through the indepth experience of a single orbiter launch. I believe we should be thankful for the Atlantis orbiter, all her astronauts, the countless NASA staff who made her fly, and the American people who created a space vehicle of extraordinary power and grace. This footage incorporates numerous camera views from the ground, the footage I took during launch, and video and audio from NASA showing the orbiter stack itself, during takeoff and flight in order to experience the preparation and the resulting eight and a half minute exhilarating ride into space. In places, the timeline of the actual events has been extended slightly to allow viewing of several different viewpoints of the same moment and better experience the amazing feat