Space Saga Irony

Did anyone at NASA realize the irony of Atlantis launching on May 14, 37 years to the day—almost to the same hour—that the last Saturn V lifted off from the same Pad 39A? What a sad confluence for the endings to the U.S.’s two best accomplishments in space. Killing the current manned spaceflight...

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