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Wordless Wednesday: Final Space Shuttle Landing, July 21, 2011

Final Space Shuttle Flight, Atlantis Mission STS135, Kennedy Space Center, Fla., July 21, 2011

Attending NASA Tweetup for the Endeavour launch in April and May was amazing. Viewing the final space shuttle launch EVER was incredible. Invited to watch the space shuttle landing was an honor and humbling.

This week’s Wordless Wednesday post is this video of Atlantis’ landing on July 21, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. I admit the video isn’t great at all – it’s mostly of darkness, but I love the audio. It still gives me goosebumps listening.

To add dimension (and hide my poor video skills) I incorporated tweets from some of the NASA Tweetup participants along with other tweets with the #NASATweetup tag.

Again, thanks to Eileen Ludwig of Freelance Tourist: Travel Tips for the invite.

Enjoy!

Jenn

Jennifer A. Huber is an award-winning travel and outdoor blogger and writer in Southwest Florida. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., a hiking trail led her to a career path in the tourism industry for more than 30 years. She spent a decade with a park management company in Yellowstone, Death Valley, and Everglades National Parks. She founded the travel blog, SoloTravelGirl.com with the goal of inspiring others to travel alone, not lonely. The unexpected death of her former husband in 2008 reminded her how short life is. His passing was a catalyst for sharing her experiences with the goal of inspiring and empowering others to travel solo. Jennifer holds a Travel Marketing Professional certification from the Southeast Tourism Society, is a certified food judge, member of the NASA Social community, and alum of the FBI Citizens Academy. When not traveling, she is either in the kitchen, practicing her photography skills, or road tripping with her dog, Radcliff.

3 thoughts on “Wordless Wednesday: Final Space Shuttle Landing, July 21, 2011”

Eileen Ludwig says:

July 28, 2011 at 10:27 am

Very Nicely put together. Unique with the tweets and audacious audio of the commentator is a treasure to keep

Eileen
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Solo Travel Girl says:

July 29, 2011 at 11:45 pm

Thank you! I actually layered the audio I took with my iPhone with the Flip camera video. Lot of editing but came out okay 🙂

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