Video: Watching the Space Shuttle Atlantis Do A Flip In Space

07/11/2011

For those of us who have been ardent watchers of all things related to space exploration, this video of the Space Shuttle Atlantis doing a 360-degree rotation from the current STS-135 mission is pretty darn cool - beautiful to see!

A couple of stills I captured from the video:

YouTube ‪Atlantis Performs RBAR Pitch Maneuver‬‏

YouTube ‪Atlantis Performs RBAR Pitch Maneuver‬‏ 5

YouTube ‪Atlantis Performs RBAR Pitch Maneuver‬‏ 1

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