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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 7755705, member: 28299&quot;]Time sure does fly.&nbsp; 10 years ago today, July 8, was the last launch of a space shuttle, specifically the shuttle <i>Atlantis</i>.&nbsp; The mission was numbered STS-135, and landed on July 21, 2011.&nbsp; The first shuttle flight, by <i>Columbia</i>, was in April 1981, so the shuttle flight program lasted for 30 years.&nbsp; While the shuttle never lived up to its billing as safe, easily reusable and inexpensive, it did produce quite a few space &quot;firsts&quot; and unquestionably pushed forward the boundary of space exploration.&nbsp; For all its faults, the shuttle was unquestionably &quot;an American icon&quot;.&nbsp; Post a coin or medallion that has either the date 1981 or 2011, or a coin or medallion that has a picture of the space shuttle.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a picture of STS-1 launching, signed by its Commander John Young.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328680[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328678[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328679[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a picture of STS-135 returning to Earth, the last time a shuttle landed from orbit.&nbsp; The picture was taken from the International Space Station, which would NEVER have existed if the shuttle had not provided the muscle and capacity to build it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328681[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328676[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328677[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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