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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis backs toward the open door of the transfer aisle of the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis is being moved to the VAB from Orbiter Processing Facility-2. Atlantis will be stored temporarily in the VAB while transition and retirement processing resumes on shuttle Endeavour in the processing hangar. Endeavour is being prepared for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. A groundbreaking was held Jan. 18 for Atlantis' future home -- a 65,000-square-foot exhibit in Shuttle Plaza at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. For additional information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle. Photo credit: NASA/Charisse Nahser