Remembering the Space Shuttle

銘記“亞特蘭蒂斯”號

Cocoa Beach surfers watch from the water as the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from nearby Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 8, 2000.The shot was among those chosen by National Geographic editors as the most unforgettable pictures from the entire NASA shuttle program.

2000年9月8日，“亞特蘭蒂斯”號航天飛機從美國佛羅里達州的肯尼迪航天中心發射升空。在附近的可可海灘，海上的沖浪愛好者目睹了“亞特蘭蒂斯”號飛向云霄的景象。美國《國家地理雜志》的編輯將這幅照片評為美國宇航局航天飛機計劃最令人難忘的照片之一。

In July Atlantis completed STS-135, the final shuttle mission in the program's 30-year history." The space shuttle has been with us at the heart and soul of the human spaceflight program for about 30 years, and it's a little sad to see it go away," STS-135 mission commander Christopher Ferguson told reporters in a televised interview from the International Space Station.

7月，“亞特蘭蒂斯”號完成STS-135任務。這是歷時30年的航天飛機計劃的最后一次太空任務。STS-135任務指揮官克里斯托弗·弗格森在國際空間站接受采訪時說：“航天飛機是近30年的人類太空飛行計劃的核心和靈魂，看到它們退役，我難免感到一絲傷感。