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The space shuttle Atlantis astronauts [from left] mission specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, pilot Doug Hurley and commander Chris Ferguson acknowledge well-wishers after leaving the operations and checkout building en route to the launching pad at the Kennedy Space Center on July 8 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis was the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA.](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2011/09/07/20110907-201928-pic-465717879_s878x642.jpg?7d9eab96afaae5ed923418f66ed060ae269abea7)
ASSOCIATED PRESS The space shuttle Atlantis astronauts [from left] mission specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, pilot Doug Hurley and commander Chris Ferguson acknowledge well-wishers after leaving the operations and checkout building en route to the launching pad at the Kennedy Space Center on July 8 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis was the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA.
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