The drag chute is deployed as the space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida completing STS-135, the final mission of the NASA shuttle program, on Thursday, July 21, 2011. ( NASA Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool ) STS-135 Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its final landing 12

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