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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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