The space shuttle Atlantis lands in the

The space shuttle Atlantis lands in the pre-dawn hours on July 21, 2011 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ending its 13-day mission. Atlantis touched down for a final time Thursday, ending its last mission to the International Space Station and bringing down the curtain on NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program. The shuttle and its four-member US crew landed safely at Kennedy Space Center at 5:56 am (0956 GMT), closing an era of human space exploration for the United States and leaving Russia as the world’s only taxi to the ISS. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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