Timeline Friday 8 July 2011

Events on Friday 8 July 2011 2

• 1918 – 2011 Betty Ford (1918-2011) Died 8 July 2011, aged 93 The former First Lady of the United States, wife of President Gerald Ford, was known for her openness about breast cancer and addiction, later founding the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse treatment. She died in Rancho Mirage, California. Her candor reshaped public discussion of addiction recovery.
• 2011 Space Shuttle program ends Final flight of Atlantis closes NASA's shuttle era NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on the program's final mission, STS-135, delivering supplies to the International Space Station before landing at Kennedy Space Center. The flight ended the 30-year Space Shuttle program, leaving the United States reliant on Russian spacecraft to reach the ISS until commercial vehicles came online. Atlantis was the fourth and last orbiter to fly.