NASA's successful launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 8, 2011, at Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Aboard are four astronauts; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim delivering the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts for the orbiting outpost. 

It is Atlantis' final flight and the last Space Shuttle mission.

NASA photo by Fletcher Hildreth

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