Space Shuttle Final Launch:  Atlantis July 8, 2011
Channel: Glen Kissel
Date: 12/07/2011

Positioned just three miles from the launch pad, this video presents the last few minutes of the countdown and the launching of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which is the final launching of a Space Shuttle.  This vantage point is the closest viewing site to the launch pad of any NASA employee, guest or press site allowed for this launch. 

The T minus 31 second mark in the countdown begins at the 4:40 point in the video. 

The launching was Friday July 8, 2011 at 11:29 a.m. EDT.