Preflight interview: Rex Walheim, Mission Specialist
07/08/11 NASA — Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off July 8 on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis carries a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. The STS-135 astronauts are: Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Berkeley Engineering alumnus Rex Walheim. Read a pre-flight interview with Rex Walheim here.