Raw video: Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off

Space shuttle Atlantis launches from Kennedy Space Center for the last time. Raw video.

[MaryMacElveen]

I grew up in the space age and it is so sad not to see another liftoff. A dream died today. No more will we hear NASA's famous liftoff sequence. Many children dream of becoming astronauts. Now all they can do is look up at the stars and wonder what it would have been like.

[DiogoE]

space exploration will move on to the private sector