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Space shuttle Atlantis by the numbers

After 25 years, 32 flights, 4,648 orbits around the earh, and 120,650,907 million miles traveled, the space shuttle Atlantis makes its final touchdown.

Space shuttle Atlantis returns home safely

The space shuttle Atlantis returned back to Cape Canaveral in Florida this morning after its final scheduled mission.

Final day in orbit for space shuttle Atlantis

The six astronauts flying aboard space shuttle Atlantis are working Tuesday to prepare their spacecraft for its final planned return home.

Space shuttle Atlantis gets one last inspection before re-entry

Astronauts gave the space shuttle Atlantis's heat shield a final inspection Monday in preparation for their return to Earth.

Atlantis astronauts aboard International Space Station honor Isaac Newton

The Atlantis crew brought along a photo of Isaac Newton, as well as a chip of wood from the famous apple tree that inspired his law of gravity, which they let float freely.

Shuttle Atlantis astronauts are on third spacewalk at International Space Station

Two of the Shuttle Atlantis crew are on a spacewalk, working outside the International Space Station this morning to finish a battery upgrade service call on the station's solar arrays.

New International Space Station room 'about the size of a small Winnebago'

The Space Shuttle Atlantis has delivered a new room module to the International Space Station. The Russian-built module will double as a research workspace and a docking port.

Spacewalk 2: Two astronauts floating outside space station after fixing snagged cable

After waking up to the Rolling Stones, two astronauts have begun 7-hour outside space mission.

Space shuttle Atlantis launches successfully on last scheduled flight (VIDEO)

On its last mission the space shuttle Atlantis will bring 3,000 pounds of US supplies to the International Space Station, as well as a Russian module.

Space shuttle Atlantis embarks on its final mission

After this flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis there are only two space shuttle missions left before the orbiters are retired.

Will this be final flight for space shuttle Atlantis? Maybe not.

Friday's launch marks the final mission for Atlantis, with the space shuttle program ending in November. But as the emergency backup shuttle, it will be ready for another flight, if needed.

NASA's Mr. Fixits give Hubble Space Telescope life-prolonging hardware

One small (space) step for Hubble

Astronauts make a giant leap toward repairing the telescope in the first of five spacewalks.