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Space shuttles Atlantis, left, and Endeavour face each other as the Endeavour backs out of the Orbiter Processing Facility and Atlantis is moved out of the Vehicle Assembly Building Aug. 16, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Endeavour will be moved to the California Science Center as a permanent exhibit and the Atlantis will be kept at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

It's a space shuttle face-off!

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It is such a pity that these two elegant craft did not have the opportunity to face each other in space flight. Sorry to see an end to a wonderful career. God Speed Atlantis and Endeavour. May you spend the rest of time being enjoyed by all who enjoy viewing such wonders of technology

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Reply#1 - Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:04 PM EDT
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