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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Current and former NASA astronauts, including some who flew on missions aboard space shuttle Atlantis, pause for photographs before accompanying Atlantis into the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The astronauts walked the final portion of the shuttle’s 10-mile journey route. At far right, dressed in suits, are NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and Kennedy Director Robert Cabana, both former astronauts. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis will 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