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the space shuttle atlantis blasted off for the very last time and roared into space. >> liftoff. the final liftoff of atlantis on the shoulders of the space shuttle america will continue the dream. >> atlantis will rendezvous with an international space station and bring a year's worth of supplies to the six crew members currently aboard before returning to earth to officially mark the end of the program. so after 30 years, why is the space shuttle program coming to an end? what will nasa ace next great adventure be and could commercial space travel be on the horizon? here's a specia...

>> i'm anderson cooper. reporting tonight from the kennedy space center in florida. earlier today thousands upon thousands of people lined the atlantic coast in central florida to witness the last launch of an american icon as the space shuttle atlantis blasted off for the very last time and roared into space. >> liftoff. the final liftoff of atlantis on the shoulders of the space shuttle america will continue the dream. >> atlantis will rendezvous with an international space station and bring a year's worth of supplies to the six crew members currently aboard before returning to ear...

medal of freedom and the congressional gold medal. once again, the breaking news tonight, former first lady betty ford has died. betty ford was 93 years old. >> i'm anderson cooper. reporting tonight from the kennedy space center in florida. earlier today thousands upon thousands of people lined the atlantic coast in central florida to witness the last launch of an american icon as the space shuttle atlantis blasted off for the very last time and roared into space. >> liftoff. the final liftoff of atlantis on the shoulders of the space shuttle america will continue the dream. >> atla...

Cnn's john zarella's joining us from the kennedy space center in florida. john, tell our viewers what's going on. >> reporter: yeah, well, wolf, it's still uncertain as to how the president's new vision will affect the workers here at the kennedy space center and workers elsewhere in the aerospace industry, with the nasa contractors. a lot of folks i talked with right up until today are saying they don't know. they're going to be watching the president to see if 2,500 new jobs are added, if there's additional jobs, retraining programs for workers here that the president is talking about adding...