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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Employees admire space shuttle Atlantis as the landing convoy crew makes the vehicle safe for towing to its processing hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis' final return to Earth on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida occurred at 5:57 a.m. EDT. Completing the 13-day, 5.2-million-mile STS-135 mission, Atlantis secured the space shuttle fleet's place in history and brought a close to NASA's Space Shuttle Program. STS-135 delivered spare parts, equipment and supplies in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis, which has spent 307 days in space, orbited Earth 4,848 times and traveled 125,935,769 miles. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett