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Shuttle Atlantis heads to Florida

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Channel: The Telegraph · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Nasa's third and last surviving space shuttle moves to its retirement home after a 10-mile road trip from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Atlantis, which ended the 30-year-old space shuttle program with a final flight last year, will be the star attraction of a new $100 million exhibit at the privately operated Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex adjacent to the Nasa spaceport.
Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, which operates the visitors attraction, plans to suspend the 154,000-pound spaceship from the ceiling with its cargo bay doors open to simulate the vehicle in orbit.
Atlantis, which flew 33 missions, is the third and last operational space shuttle to become a museum piece.

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