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Thursday, July 21, 2011

postheadericon Lawmakers tweet end of the space era

5:15 PM | เขียนโดย leonook | Edit Post

Several politicians used Twitter to mark the landing of the last space shuttle on Thursday morning.

The shuttle Atlantis, NASA's 135th shuttle voyage, touched down at 5:57 a.m. EDT at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA @nasahqphoto tweeted a photo of the historic landing, saying, "Atlantis touches down at Kennedy Space Center Check it out!! http://flic.kr/p/a5FASB"

The White House tweeted congratulations, as did the vice president's office.

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Several members of Congress took to the Twitterverse to express mixed emotions about the past and future of space exploration.

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