CNN Plans Special Coverage of Last Space Shuttle Launch

Posted Jul 6, 2011 by Walt Belcher

Updated Jul 6, 2011 at 10:07 AM

This release from CNN:

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper will lead the network’s team of reporters from Cape Canaveral, FL for the special live coverage of the final launch of the United States Space Shuttle program. Space Shuttle: Final Mission will air on CNN/U.S. and CNN International on Friday, July 8 from 10 a.m. to noon.  Former astronauts Cady Coleman and Senator Bill Nelson, and historian Douglas Brinkley will join CNN’s coverage.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 11:26 a.m. on Friday.. 

As in the past during major news events, thousands of people in New York Times Square will be able to watch CNN’s coverage of this historic moment.

More than one million spectators are expected to converge on Cape Canaveral to witness the final launch.