Space shuttle <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100412010000" title="Atlantis" href="/topic/us/florida/palm-beach-county/atlantis-PLGEO100100412010000.topic">Atlantis</a> lifts off from Pad 39A at the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL000170" title="Kennedy Space Center" href="/topic/science-technology/space-programs/kennedy-space-center-PLCUL000170.topic">Kennedy Space Center</a> in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLREC000051" title="Cape Canaveral" href="/topic/travel/tourism-leisure/cape-canaveral-PLREC000051.topic">Cape Canaveral</a>, Fla. It is the 33rd flight for Atlantis and the 135th and final shuttle mission overall.

( John Raoux / Associated Press / July 8, 2011 )

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. It is the 33rd flight for Atlantis and the 135th and final shuttle mission overall.

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