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STS-132 mission: today Atlantic landed after the definitive bye to ISS

Cape Canaveral, Usa - Closed successfully its activity: after 25 years of service its future is in a museum. But maybe...

Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a 12-day journey of more than 4.8 million miles with an 8:48 a.m. EDT landing Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The third of five shuttle missions planned for 2010, this was the last scheduled flight for Atlantis. The mission, designated STS-132, delivered the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1 to the International Space Station....

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Rome, Italy, 05/26/2010 18:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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