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Verso l'OPF ....

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Completing the Mission

After completing the STS-135 mission, space shuttle Atlantis is rolled over to the Orbiter Processing Facility shortly after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis and the STS-135 crew completed a 13-day mission to the International Space Station and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program, early Thursday morning, July 21, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Overall, Atlantis spent 307 days in space and traveled nearly 126 million miles during its 33 flights. Atlantis, the fourth orbiter built, launched on its first mission on Oct. 3, 1985.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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Discovery .... l'ultimo volo ....

Dal "Daily Report" dell' AFA - Wednesday April 18, 2012

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Air Frame

The Shuttle Discovery arrives atop its modified 747 host at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., April 17, 2012.

The 747 ferried Discovery one final time, carrying it from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., to its new home at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center at the airport.

(AFA photo by Arie Church)

Inoltre .... dalla NASA ....

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Space Shuttle Discovery Flown Over the U.S. Capitol

Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, is seen as it flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Washington.

Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles.

NASA will transfer Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum to begin its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers.

Image Credit: NASA/Smithsonian Institution/Harold Dorwin

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Dalla NASA ....

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Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Udvar-Hazy

Space shuttles Enterprise, left, and Discovery meet nose-to-nose at the beginning of a transfer ceremony at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Thursday, April 19, 2012, in Chantilly, Va.

Space shuttle Discovery--the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles--will take the place of Enterprise at the center to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers at the center.

image Credit: NASA/Smithsonian Institution/Carolyn Russo