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Thursday, July 21, 2011

6 a.m. July 21 -- historic moment -- safe landing SHUTTLE ATLANTIS -- ends era for NASA vehicle usage

posted as Bulletin as Space Shuttle brings astronaut crew to Florida landing --

Shuttle Ends Its Final Voyage and an Era in Space


The last space shuttle flight rolled to a stop at 5:58 a.m. on Thursday, closing an era of the nation’s space program.

It was the 19th night landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to end the 135th space shuttle mission. For Atlantis, the final tally of its 26-year career: 33 missions, accumulating just short of 126 million miles during 307 days in space.
A permanent marker will be placed on the runway to mark the final resting spot of the space shuttle program.

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