Atlantis touchdown concludes the Space Shuttle program

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TOUCHDOWN! Atlantis Lands for the Final Time
21 July 2011, 05:57 AM EDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Atlantis glided down to Earth and slowed to a stop here on the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

The orbiter arrived less than an hour before dawn, heralding the end of the 30-year space shuttle program. Four astronauts returned to Earth aboard the spaceship, which flew the 135th shuttle mission, called STS-135.

--Clara Moskowitz

The end of an era, for the USA and manned spaceflight as well as the Shuttles.