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for three decades the united states has

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processed launched and operated the

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world's first and only reusable

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the space shuttle is an engineering and

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operational marvel ferrying men and

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women from around the world into space

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in its 30 years of flight the shuttle

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has proven itself to be the most

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this remarkable spaceship has been the

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platform from which many of the world's

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great scientific instruments have been

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deployed

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it has carried astronauts who have

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launched and repaired satellites that

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it has enabled technology demonstrations

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and allowed space-based research in

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physics and medicine and materials

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science

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and has allowed the creation of a

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partnership of nations from around the

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world to assemble a world-class national

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research laboratory in orbit around our

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with the final flight of shuttle

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atlantis and its crew of four astronauts

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the space shuttle era comes to a close

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and america and the world bids a final

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farewell to a sleek and one-of-a-kind

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ship that has helped history unfold in

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it all started more than three decades

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two americans john young and robert

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crippen blast off on a winged space

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plane named columbia

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now more than 30 years later with the

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33rd and final flight of atlantis nasa

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adds a fitting coda to the space shuttle

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sts-135 mission will help ensure

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humankind can continue to live and work

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atlantis carries the rafaello

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multipurpose logistics module or mplm to

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deliver a year's worth of supplies and

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spare parts for the international space

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the orbiter delivers a system designed

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to remotely test the robotic refueling

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of satellites and return a failed

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from a historical perspective the

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sts-135 astronauts are the first crew of

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retired navy captain chris ferguson

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commands atlantis crew as he makes his

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third trip to orbit

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he first blew on atlantis as the pilot

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of sts-115 in 2006

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then returned to orbit as commander of

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the pilot of atlantis is marine corps

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colonel doug hurley

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his first space flight sts-127

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coincided with the 40th anniversary of

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apollo 11 in 2009.

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he will be at the controls as atlantis

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undocks from the iss for the shuttle's

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historic departure from the station

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dr sandy magnus is mission specialist

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a veteran of two space flights she

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served as iss science officer for

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expedition 18.

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she first flew on atlantis during

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mission specialist 2 is retired air

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force colonel rex walheim this is his

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the flight of atlantis marks the 37th

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the flight was originally manifested

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only as the launch on need rescue

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mission for sts-134

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which at the time was scheduled as the

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shuttle's final flight

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with the launch of atlantis there will

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be no rescue shuttle standing by

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in case of an unexpected problem or

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ultimately returning to earth aboard a

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series of russian soyuz spacecraft

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america's leadership ultimately

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recognized the value of one additional

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shuttle mission and the sts-135 flight

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plan evolved into an historic 12-day

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mission delivering valuable equipment

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it's an effort to posture the space

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station for about a year

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put it in a good position until we can

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cargo resupply system up and running on

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flight day four the crew of atlantis

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will install the rafaella logistics

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module moving van to the iss

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the station crew and shuttle astronauts

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will unpack about 15 000 pounds of cargo

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for the current and future iss crews

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repacking rafaela with over 12 000

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pounds of shuttle related equipment

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that's on board magnus serves as

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the very first most important rule is do

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what sandy says because sandy's lived up

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there and she's our load master so she

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where things go and we'll figure out

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ways to to make that shell game happen i

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mission is the space station software

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perform a little i guess sleight of hand

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robotics refueling payload which will be

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tested using the space station's dexter

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hand capable of performing fine minute

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the payload will be its first workout to

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see how well it can perform

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on flight day 5 the crew of atlantis

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will support one station-based spacewalk

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thanks to the shuttle's ability to

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opportunity to study the cause of the

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pump's failure while we're in the

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payload by attaching the pump module to

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the logistics carrier will retrieve this

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experiment for the special purpose of

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the robotics community to show the

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ability to do remote refueling and other

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dexterous attacks that might be involved

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guaran will install the robotics

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destiny lab it really is the chance to

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show how well the spdm can function in

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over the past three decades hundreds of

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thousands of people have dedicated their

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time energy and passion and in many

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instances their lives as the shuttle was

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they are the people who have made the

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nasa team and the space shuttle program

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such a remarkable success from sts-1

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their legacy lives on as the shuttle

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leaves behind a fully assembled and

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operational space station to see a

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completed space station up there is

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really a testament to not only ingenuity

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of all the engineers and scientists and

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people on the ground who work in the

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space station but also the people who

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worked on the space shuttle that could

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make such an incredible reusable space

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so i have it has a holds a special place

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in my heart for the people who who have

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worked on atlantis for so long i think

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it's special for them that it will be

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the last mission you want to represent

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the thousands and thousands of people

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careers i i don't know how many people

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is incredible and we'll do our best to

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to finish this program the way it

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deserves to be finished nothing means

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more i think to all four of us than to

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to honor that legacy and and and go out

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best of mission as we can fly it'll be

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an emotional moment i think for for a

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lot of folks who have seen

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the shuttle essentially build the better

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that this will be the final time it

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how remarkably dedicated they are that