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Atlantis closed out the 30 year Space Shuttle Program on this day 15 years ago, as STS-135 concluded in the dark on the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Commander Chris Ferguson (Christopher Ferguson) with the tribute to Atlantis and her sister ships at wheels stop.

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