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• Downey Out to Launch for Atlantis' Final Flight

Photo Gallery DOWNEY, California -- Watching from a wall-size screen in the Columbia Memorial Space Center, Stan Barauskas could not help but shed tears at the sight before him Friday.

• Press Telegram
• July 08, 2011

• Nasa Set for Atlantis Launch

This has been a weird year for the U.S. space agency, more notable these days for contributing a story line for the TV series Law & Order than for spaceflight. NASA bosses hope a June 8 launch of the shuttle Atlantis and a successful mission to the international space station will fade some of the past months' more sensational scenes.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• November 07, 2007

• Applications for New Awards (Fiscal Year 2010): European Union-United States Atlantis Program

• FR, January 08, 2010
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• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• November 28, 2011

• Homes for Shuttles Are Announced ; Kennedy Space Center Will Keep Atlantis Orbiter.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- When space shuttle Atlantis returns from its final mission in July, it's coming home to stay at Kennedy Space Center. NASA administrator Charles Bolden made the announcement that the visitors center will get to keep and display Atlantis for visitors and for the thousands of Kennedy Space Center workers who spent their careers launching the shuttles into orbit over the past three decades.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• April 14, 2011

• ; Atlantis Touches Down for Last Time

Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph Thursday, bringing an end to NASA's 30- year shuttle journey with one last, rousing touchdown that drew cheers and tears. Thousands gathered near the landing strip and packed Kennedy Space Center, and countless others watched from afar, as NASA's longest-running spaceflight program came to a close.

• The Washington Times
• July 22, 2011

• Nasa Clears Atlantis for Its Final Liftoff

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis has been cleared for liftoff. Mission managers on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the countdown to proceed toward Friday afternoon's planned launch. It will be 32nd and final flight for Atlantis.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• May 13, 2010

• Weather May Pose Problem for Atlantis' Return

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Atlantis' heat shield is safe enough for the shuttle to return to Earth, mission managers decided Wednesday, a day before the space shuttle was scheduled to land in Florida. A forecast for thunderstorms appeared to be the main obstacle. For the shuttle's first landing opportunity at 11:55 a.m. MDT today, thunderstorms were predicted to be within 34 miles of the landing strip at Kennedy Space Center and clouds within 8,000 feet, both violations of flight rules.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• June 21, 2007

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• Business Wire
• April 06, 2009

• Nasa's Atlantis Moves to Launch Pad May 31 for Final Shuttle Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Space shuttle Atlantis will begin moving to its launch pad at 8 p.m. EDT on May 31, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The six- hour rollout from Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building is a major milestone as Atlantis is prepared for the final shuttle launch targeted for July 8. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• May 20, 2011