Shuttle Atlantis’ rocket boosters arrive at Port Canaveral

Posted by brandoniswrite on October 29, 2011

NASA’s Liberty Star tows home Atlantis’ booster today. (Atkeison)The twin rocket boosters which launched NASA’s final space shuttle mission were returned back to Cape Canaveral on Sunday.As the first booster arrived at noon, it received a heroes welcome as a small fire boat pumped water up and out in a salute to the first arriving craft, Liberty Star.Standing on a pier next to the captain’s
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