The last voyage of the space shuttle
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Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen after the rotating service structure rolls away from the pad at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. , Thursday July 7, 2011. The space shuttle Atlantis and a four member crew are scheduled to launch on Friday, July 8, and on the final space shuttle launch for NASA.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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