Final Mission for Atlantis
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NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are hard at work and making history, as the space shuttle Atlantis completes its final mission.
STS-135 mission specialist Sandy Magnus is surrounded by an ocean of supplies and equipment in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module.
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Space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank is seen during its release following the successful launch of the STS-135 mission.
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STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson is pictured at the commander's station on the flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis during the mission's initial day of activities in Earth orbit.
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STS-135 mission specialist Rex Walheim and pilot Doug Hurley survey just a portion of the large 'inventory' of supplies aboard space shuttle Atlantis en route to the International Space Station.
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STS-135 mission specialist Sandy Magnus is pictured on the flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis during the flight's second day of activities in Earth orbit.
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STS-135 pilot Doug Hurley is pictured on the middeck of space shuttle Atlantis during the flight's second day of activities in Earth orbit.
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This view captures a reunion among six NASA astronauts, three Russian cosmonauts and a Japanese astronaut in the International Space Station's U.S. Node 2 following a July 10 docking of space shuttle Atlantis and the station.
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STS-135 mission specialist Rex Walheim and Commander Chris Ferguson are pictured on the forward flight deck space shuttle Atlantis.
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STS-135 pilot Doug Hurley moves around supplies and equipment in the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module during the fourth day of flight for Atlantis' four person crew.
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This image of Atlantis' payload bay was photographed by the STS-135 crew from inside the crew cabin. The orbiter boom sensor system and a portion of the remote manipulator system's robot arm are visible in the frame, exposed during a busy third day in space for the astronauts.
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This is one of a series of images showing various parts of space shuttle Atlantis in Earth orbit as photographed by one three crew members -- half the station crew -- who were equipped with still cameras on the International Space Station as the shuttle 'posed' for photos and visual surveys and performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver.
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Space shuttle Atlantis is seen over the Bahamas prior to a perfect docking with the International Space Station.
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This is one of a series of images taken by the station crew of space shuttle Atlantis in Earth orbit. Seen at the rear of the cargo bay is the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, packed with supplies and spare parts for the orbiting outpost.
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Parts of Atlantis' main engines are visible in this image, which is one of a series of images taken during the back flip or rendezvous pitch maneuver.
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Backdropped against a mostly blue Earth scene, part of the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, the stabilizer of space shuttle Atlantis and the orbital maneuvering system pods are seen in this view photographed by one of the STS-135 crew members using windows on the spacecraft's flight deck during the mission's second day of activities in Earth orbit.
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A window on space shuttle Atlantis' flight deck frames this scene featuring the Atlantic Ocean-Tropic of Cancer area south of Florida, including some of the 2700 islands that constitute the Bahamas.
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Spacewalker Mike Fossum rides on the International Space Station's robotic arm as he carries the robotic refueling mission experiment.
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Astronaut Ron Garan took this image during a spacewalk conducted on Tues., July 12, 2011. It shows the International Space Station with space shuttle Atlantis docked on the right and a Russian Soyuz on the far left.
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With his feet secured on a restraint on the space station remote manipulator system's robotic arm, or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Ron Garan, expedition 28 flight engineer, carries the pump module, which was the focus of one of the primary chores accomplished on a six and a half hour spacewalk.
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Following the six-hour, 31-minute spacewalk of NASA, astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum and five members of the joint shuttle-station crew pose for photographs in the quest airlock of the International Space Station.
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On Atlantis' middeck, mission specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus discuss the large tasks of moving supplies on the joint shuttle and International Space Station complex during flight day six for the four shuttle crew members.
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One of the STS-135 Atlantis crew members took this photo of the Southern Lights or Aurora Australis while visiting the International Space Station.
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Seven astronauts, six from NASA and one from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, and three Russian cosmonauts participate on in a special meal on the space shuttle Atlantis' middeck on flight day seven.
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This panoramic view was photographed from the International Space Station toward Earth, looking past space shuttle Atlantis' docked cargo bay and part of the station, including a solar array panel.
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The Expedition 28 crew and the STS-135 Atlantis astronauts take a break from a busy day in space to pose for a portrait aboard the orbiting complex's Kibo laboratory of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on flight day 8 of the STS-135 mission.
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The crews of STS-135 and Expedition 28 float on the International Space Station with a U.S. flag that was flown on the first space shuttle mission, STS-1, in 1981.
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When asked by a reporter if she noticed a difference in the International Space Station on her current visit with the Atlantis STS-135 crew, versus an earlier lengthy visit, STS-135 Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus mentioned the cupola's addition, which was not on the station during her earlier stay there.
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Inside the Zvezda service module on the International Space Station, space shuttle Atlantis and station crew members take a break from an extremely busy work agenda for photos and a social period.
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This image shows STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module on flight day 10 of Atlantis' final mission for the Shuttle Space Program.
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On flight day 10 with transfer chores wrapped up, STS-135 Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus is pictured on the middeck of Atlantis less than 24 hours before the shuttle is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station.
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This picture of space shuttle Atlantis was photographed from the International Space Station as the orbiting complex and the shuttle performed their relative separation in the early hours of July 19, 2011.
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This image provided by NASA-TV shows the pilot's point of view from space shuttle Atlantis just before touch down on approach to runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, July 21, 2011.
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In this image provided by NASA-TV, space shuttle Atlantis touches down on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., after completing the final space shuttle flight of the thirty-year program Thursday morning July 21, 2011.
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Space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, July 21, 2011.
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Space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, July 21, 2011.
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In this image taken from NASA-TV space shuttle Atlantis sits glowing in this infra-red image after coming to a stop on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, July 21, 2011.
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