Remembering the Space Shuttle

铭记“亚特兰蒂斯”号

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，“亚特兰蒂斯”号航天飞机从美国佛罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心发射升空。在附近的可可海滩，海上的冲浪爱好者目睹了“亚特兰蒂斯”号飞向云霄的景象。美国《国家地理杂志》的编辑将这幅照片评为美国宇航局航天飞机计划最令人难忘的照片之一。

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，“亚特兰蒂斯”号完成STS-135任务。这是历时30年的航天飞机计划的最后一次太空任务。STS-135任务指挥官克里斯托弗·弗格森在国际空间站接受采访时说：“航天飞机是近30年的人类太空飞行计划的核心和灵魂，看到它们退役，我难免感到一丝伤感。