Atlantis shuttle arrives for last time at International Space Station
The Guardian / Reuters
10-Jul-2011

The US space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Stationon Sunday to deliver a last batch of supplies to the orbiting outpost on the final flight of the shuttle programme.

Commander Chris Ferguson gently eased Atlantis into its parking slip on the station's Harmony node, capping a two-day journey that began with an emotional send-off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre on Friday, watched by about one million spectators.

"Welcome to the International Space Station for the last time," station flight engineer Ron Garan radioed to the crew.

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