Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on NASA's last shuttle mission, STS 135, 2011

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Space shuttle Atlantis is seen as it lifts off from NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A at 11:29 EDT. 

The launch of Atlantis on the STS-135 mission, is the final flight of the Shuttle Program.

Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls


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