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NASA's Final Space Shuttle Flight Lifts Off From Cape Canaveral

Caption: HOUSTON, TX - JULY 08 In this handout image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Flight controllers on sit behind their consoles in shuttle flight control room (WFCR) at the Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center before the launch of NASA space shuttle Atlantis July 08, 2011 in Houston, Texas. Atlantis is embarking on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station where it will deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts. This will be the final launch of the space shuttle program, which began on April 12, 1981 with the launch of Colombia. (Photo by Bill Stafford/NASA via Getty Images)
Date created: 08 Jul 2011
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