Atlantis landing end of an era
By Irene Klotz | China Daily | Updated: 2011-07-22 07:41
The space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday. Atlantis glided home through a moonlit sky for its final landing, completing a 30-year odyssey for NASA's shuttle fleet. Joe Skipper / Reuters |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - The space shuttle Atlantis glided home through a clear moonlit sky on Thursday to complete a 13-day cargo run to the International Space Station and a 30-year odyssey for NASA's shuttle program.
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