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The space shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure (RSS) was rolled back at launch pad 39a on July 7, 2011 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Friday, Jul. 08, 2011

Open quoteHave you done your rain dance for the day?Close quote

  • ALY MENDOZA,
  • manager of tanks and booster-rocket vehicles for NASA's space shuttle Atlantis; bad weather threatened to delay the launch of the final flight, though the shuttle had been fueled
Photo: Bill Ingalls / NASA via Getty Images | Source: New York Times

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