Atlantis returns home
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is backdropped against the Andes Mountains near the border of Argentina and Chile prior to docking with the International Space Station, May 16, 2010. Photo taken May 16, 2010. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is backdropped against the Andes Mountains near the border of Argentina and Chile prior to docking with the International Space Station, May 16, 2010. Photo taken May 16, 2010. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls past rescue personnel during landing on runway 33 to end Mission STS-132 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls past rescue personnel during landing on runway 33 to end Mission STS-132 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Damage to tiles is marked underneath the space shuttle Atlantis by NASA tile engineer Dan Keenan after Atlantis landed, ending Mission STS-132 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Damage to tiles is marked underneath the space shuttle Atlantis by NASA tile engineer Dan Keenan after Atlantis landed, ending Mission STS-132 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
NASA technicians work on the space shuttle Atlantis after it landed, ending Mission STS-132 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. /Joe Skipper
NASA technicians work on the space shuttle Atlantis after it landed, ending Mission STS-132 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. /Joe Skipper
Astronaut Michael Good works in the space shuttle Atlantis' forward cargo bay seen through the orbiter's aft flight deck window, May 21, 2010. REUTERS/NASA Handout
Astronaut Michael Good works in the space shuttle Atlantis' forward cargo bay seen through the orbiter's aft flight deck window, May 21, 2010. REUTERS/NASA Handout
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on a mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 14, 2010. REUTERS/Pierre Ducharme
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on a mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 14, 2010. REUTERS/Pierre Ducharme
The crew of space shuttle Atlantis pose after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
The crew of space shuttle Atlantis pose after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is backdropped against the Earth prior to docking with the International Space Station, May 16, 2010. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is backdropped against the Earth prior to docking with the International Space Station, May 16, 2010. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
Astronauts Michael Good and Garrett Reisman (behind) work outside the International Space Station during the space shuttle Atlantis' third spacewalk of the STS-132 mission, May 21, 2010 REUTERS/NASA Handout
Astronauts Michael Good and Garrett Reisman (behind) work outside the International Space Station during the space shuttle Atlantis' third spacewalk of the STS-132 mission, May 21, 2010 REUTERS/NASA Handout
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is backdropped against the Earth prior to docking with the International Space Station, May 16, 2010. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is backdropped against the Earth prior to docking with the International Space Station, May 16, 2010. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
The Florida coast is in view in the heads-up display of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it approaches the Kennedy Space Center for landing, NASA TV May 26, 2010. REUTERS/NASA TV
The Florida coast is in view in the heads-up display of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it approaches the Kennedy Space Center for landing, NASA TV May 26, 2010. REUTERS/NASA TV
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi answers a question during a joint crew news conference joined by Space Shuttle Atlantis crew members wearing blue shirts and station crew members wearing red shirts, May 23, 2010. Pictured...more
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi answers a question during a joint crew news conference joined by Space Shuttle Atlantis crew members wearing blue shirts and station crew members wearing red shirts, May 23, 2010. Pictured in the front row are T. J. Creamer, Oleg Kotov, Noguchi, second row, Steve Bowen, Piers Sellers, Garrett Reisman, Alexander Skvortsov, Tony Antonelli, top row, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Michael Good, and upside down Mikhail Kornienko and Ken Ham. REUTERS/NASA TV
Space Shuttle Atlantis releases its drag chute after landing to end Mission STS-132 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Chris O'Meara/Pool
Space Shuttle Atlantis releases its drag chute after landing to end Mission STS-132 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Chris O'Meara/Pool
NASA technicians work on the space shuttle Atlantis after it landed, ending Mission STS-132, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
NASA technicians work on the space shuttle Atlantis after it landed, ending Mission STS-132, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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