President Obama and the First Family toured NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Orbiter Processing Facility-1 on April 29, where space shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for STS-135, the shuttle program’s final mission. Obama also visited Kennedy’s Launch Control Center where he met with space shuttle Endeavour’s six STS-134 crew members.
The Obama’s visit originally was planned around Endeavour’s STS-134 launch attempt, which was scrubbed just hours before its scheduled liftoff at 3:47 p.m. EDT. Following an almost thee hour visit, the President and family departed from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
