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Fireworks burst in the air over space shuttle Atlantis after it arrived at its new home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's nest.
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Photographers take pictures of space shuttle Endeavour as it sits atop launch pad 39A after arriving from the Vehicle Assembly Building to prepare for Mission STS-134 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday, March 11. The launch of Endeavour is scheduled for April 19 with Mission Commander Mark Kelly and five other crew members aboard. Kelly is the husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a shooting in Tucson, Arizona in January.
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