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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Atlantis is viewed by guests at Space Florida's Exploration Park where it paused during its 10-mile journey to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The stop will provide a viewing opportunity before completing the trip to its new home. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis is to be displayed at Kennedy's visitor complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles during 307 days in space over 33 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-6088

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Atlantis arrives at Space Florida's Exploration Park where it will pause during its 10-mile journey to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The stop will provide a viewing opportunity for guests before completing the trip to its new home. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis is to be displayed at Kennedy's Visitor Complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles during 307 days in space over 33 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition Photo credit: NASA/ Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-6066

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After a stop at Space Florida's Exploration Park to provide a viewing opportunity for guests before completing the trip at its new home, the space shuttle Atlantis continues its 10-mile journey to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis is to be displayed at Kennedy's visitor complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles during 307 days in space over 33 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-6094

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Atlantis arrives at Space Florida's Exploration Park where it will pause during its 10-mile journey to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The stop will provide a viewing opportunity for guests before completing the trip to its new home. In the foreground to the right is a future spacecraft that could take astronauts to space. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis is to be displayed at Kennedy's visitor complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles during 307 days in space over 33 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-6086

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Atlantis is viewed by guests at Space Florida's Exploration Park where it paused during its 10-mile journey to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The stop will provide a viewing opportunity before completing the trip to its new home. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis is to be displayed at Kennedy's visitor complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles during 307 days in space over 33 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-6087

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis moves through Space Florida's Exploration Park during its 10-mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Atlantis will stop in the park for a viewing opportunity for visitor complex guests before completing the trip to its new home. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis will be displayed in a new exhibit hall at the visitor complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles, completing 33 missions during 307 days in space. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-6078

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis approaches Space Florida's Exploration Park during its 10-mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Atlantis will stop in the park for a viewing opportunity for visitor complex guests before completing the trip to its new home. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis will be displayed in a new exhibit hall at the visitor complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles, completing 33 missions during 307 days in space. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-6073

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis arrives at its new home, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Atlantis completed its 10-mile journey from Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building with stops during the day for a transfer ceremony in Kennedy's Industrial Area and public viewing in Space Florida's Exploration Park. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis will be displayed in a new exhibit hall at the visitor complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles, completing 33 missions during 307 days in space. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-6102

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Guests line the NASA Causeway to catch a glimpse of space shuttle Atlantis as it approaches the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Atlantis is nearing the end of its 10-mile journey from Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building to its new home. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis will be displayed in a new exhibit hall at Kennedy's visitor complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles, completing 33 missions during 307 days in space. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-6096

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Atlantis approaches Space Florida's Exploration Park where it will pause during its 10-mile journey to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The stop will provide a viewing opportunity for guests before completing the trip to its new home. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis is to be displayed at Kennedy's Visitor Complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles during 307 days in space over 33 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition Photo credit: NASA/ Tony Gray KSC-2012-6065

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Atlantis approaches Space Florida's Exploration Park where it will pause during its 10-mile journey to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The stop will provide a viewing opportunity for guests before completing the trip to its new home. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis is to be displayed at Kennedy's Visitor Complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles during 307 days in space over 33 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition Photo credit: NASA/ Tony Gray

The Space Shuttle program was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972. The Space Shuttle system—composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel tank— carried up to eight astronauts and up to 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). When its mission was complete, the orbiter would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and lands as a glider. Although the concept had been explored since the late 1960s, the program formally commenced in 1972 and was the focus of NASA's manned operations after the final Apollo and Skylab flights in the mid-1970s. It started with the launch of the first shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, on STS-1. and finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011.

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U.S. Navy (USN) Electronics Technician Third Class Tony D. Kohler and other members of USN Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS TORTUGA (LSD 46) Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) team, armed with firearm simulators, cautiously come up a ladder looking for simulated stowaways and pirates during a recent VBSS drill. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class David J. Ham) (Released)

MASTER Sergeant Johnny Bartosh of the 317th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, chains down an MH-60G Pave Hawk on a ramp as Technical Sergeant Tony McGuire of the 305th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, checks for clearance between the top of the helicopter and the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft

[Tony Hellman, Sioux City Team, baseball card portrait]

Major (MAJ) Tom Alicata (left), USAF, Pilot, and MAJ Tony Piso, USAF, Co-Pilot, 76th Airlift Squadron (AS), Ramstein Air Base, Germany, call for weather update before takeoff in a VC-9C Nightingale

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis' main engines and solid rocket boosters ignite on Launch Pad 39A leaving behind a billow of steam as it lifts off on its STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis with its crew of four; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, lifted off at 11:29 a.m. EDT on July 8, 2011 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 is the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Kevin O'Connell KSC-2011-5422

Flooding - Baton Rouge, La. , May 19, 2011 -- Regional Administrator Tony Russell, Federal Coordinating Officer and Louisiana Recovery Office Acting Director Joe Threat walk to the Coast Guard Plane that will fly them over the Mississippi River to survey possible damages. FEMA/Daniel Llargues

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Falcon 9 rocket roars to life on Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:35 p.m. EDT, carrying a Dragon capsule to orbit. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, built both the rocket and capsule for NASA's first Commercial Resupply Services, or CRS-1, mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX CRS-1 is an important step toward making America’s microgravity research program self-sufficient by providing a way to deliver and return significant amounts of cargo, including science experiments, to and from the orbiting laboratory. NASA has contracted for 12 commercial resupply flights from SpaceX and eight from the Orbital Sciences Corp. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/living/launch/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington KSC-2012-5733

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flames from the solid rocket boosters on space shuttle Endeavour light up Launch Pad 39A as the vehicle races into the night sky on mission STS-123. The liftoff was on time at 2:28 a.m. EDT. Endeavour's crew will make a record-breaking 16-day mission to the International Space Station and deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre. Photo credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph, Tony Gray, Robert Murray KSC-08pp0753

EDWARDS, Calif. – Against a setting sun, space shuttle Endeavour undergoes recovery operations on Edwards Air Force Base in California after its landing. The orbiter convoy normally begins recovery operations in earnest about two hours before the shuttle is scheduled to land. Specially designed vehicles or units and a team of trained personnel “safe” the orbiter and prepare it for towing. Purge and Coolant Umbilical Access Vehicles are moved into position behind the orbiter to get access to the umbilical areas. The flight crew is replaced aboard the orbiter by exchange sup¬port personnel who prepare the orbiter for ground tow operations, install switch guards and remove data packages from any onboard experiments. After a total safety downgrade, vehicle ground personnel make numerous preparations for the towing operation, including install¬ing landing gear lock pins, disconnecting the nose landing gear drag link, positioning the towing vehicle in front of the orbiter and connecting the tow bar. The decision to land Endeavour at Edwards was made due to weather concerns at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the 52nd landing at Edwards, Endeavour touched down at 4:25 p.m. EST to end the STS-126 mission, completing its 16-day journey of more than 6.6 million miles in space. Endeavour will be returned to Kennedy atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, a modified Boeing 747 jetliner. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Landis, VAFB KSC-08pd3887

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Justin Niederhofer, crew chief, 86th Airlift Maintenance Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, assigned to the 322nd Air Expeditionary Group, marshals a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft at the Kigali International Airport, Rwanda, in support of Operation Silverback Express, on Oct. 23, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Tony R. Tolley) (RELEASED)

Santa Clause (CPT Mike D'Albertis, 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron) and SSGT Tony Thompson, loadmaster with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, watch as a Christmas Drop container is parachuted toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian airdrop effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

A Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 5 (VQ-5) plane director gives the stop command to the pilot of the Navy's first operational ES-3A Viking aircraft. The aircraft is being delivered to VQ-5

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