Space Shuttle Atlantis's Last Launch

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  Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA's last space shuttle voyage, dodging bad weather and delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators on hand to witness the end of an era.
  
  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Morry Gash
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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Morry Gash
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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Denis Paquin
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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Denis Paquin
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Denis Paquin
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Tim Donnelly
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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/John Raoux
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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/John Raoux
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Terry Renna
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  Spectators watch space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Terry Renna
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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, July 8, 2011.
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  Bill Crantrell gives a thumbs up as the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
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  Doug Chambers raises his hands as space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Friday, July 8, 2011, in Titusville, Fla. on the last shuttle fight of the 30-year space shuttle era.
  AP Photo/David J. Phillip
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  Spectators watch the final launch of space shuttle Atlantis in Titusville, Fla., Friday, July 8, 2011.
  AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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  Spectators watch the final launch of space shuttle Atlantis in Titusville, Fla., Friday, July 8, 2011.
  AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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  Spectators watch the final launch of space shuttle Atlantis in Titusville, Fla., Friday, July 8, 2011.
  AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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  The Howard family from Huddersfield, England, walk along the Max Brewer Bridge before space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Friday, July 8, 2011, in Titusville, Fla
  AP Photo/David J. Phillip
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  Spectators watch the final launch of space shuttle Atlantis in Titusville, Fla., Friday, July 8, 2011.
  AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  Spectators watch as space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Friday, July 8, 2011, in Titusville, Fla.
  AP Photo/David J. Phillip
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  Spectators watch and take photographs as space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Friday, July 8, 2011, in Titusville, Fla.
  AP Photo/David J. Phillip
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  Spectators watch the smoke trail from the final launch of space shuttle Atlantis in Titusville, Fla., Friday, July 8, 2011.
  AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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  Spectators watch the final launch of space shuttle Atlantis in Titusville, Fla., Friday, July 8, 2011.
  AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Terry Renna
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Morry Gash
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Terry Renna
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/John Raoux
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  Weather clears, Atlantis blasts off on final flight

  

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  The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
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  In this photo provided by NASA, space shuttle Atlantis is seen through the window of a Shuttle Training Aircraft as it lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/NASA, Dick Clark
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  Phil Norfleet, who is from Tennessee, cheers while watching the space shuttle Atlantis launch from the Max Brewer Memorial Parkway in Titusville, Fla. on Friday, July 8, 2011.
  AP Photo / The Gainesville Sun, Matt Stamey
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  Vanessa Fabrega, who is from Texas, cheers as she watches the launch of space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla., July, 8, 2011.
  AP Photo/Julie Fletcher
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  Space shuttle Atlantis is seen as it launches from pad 39A on Friday, July 8, 2011 at the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/ NASA, Bill Ingalls
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  NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, right, and other management look on from Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center undefinedLCC) as space shuttle Atlantis launches from pad 39A on Friday, July 8, 2011, at the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/ NASA, Bill Ingalls
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  NASA Administrator Charles Bolden congratulates Launch Director Michael Leinbach, facing camera, in Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center undefinedLCC) shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis, STS-135, launched at the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  AP Photo/ NASA, Bill Ingalls
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