NASA's final shuttle launch.

 Today NASA launched their final space shuttle mission. The Atlantis will cap of the 30 year program of exploration, it has launched observatories, built International Space Station, and taught us more about how humans interact in space.
  The International Space Station is 220 miles east of Christchurch, New Zealand, Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:29 a.m EDT. Atlantis will reach the space station on Sunday.