Photo Gallery: Tribute to Atlantis' final journey

"You can't watch that vehicle roll by without thinking what an amazing achievement America has, that America can build something like that, put people inside and sling them off this Earth into space. It's absolutely amazing. And most of all you really see the grandeur when you witness a launch...You don't just see a launch, you experience a launch. You sit there and you watch it and you see it rise, then you start feeling it as it vibrates and you experience it. I wish all Americans see that."
-- Atlantis mission specialist Rex Walheim

Photos by Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now