Visitors watch the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis launch through the windows of the Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center as it begins the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station February 7, 2008 in Merritt Island, Florida. (photo by NASA Photo via Planetpix)

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Visitors watch the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis launch through the windows of the Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center as it begins the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station February 7, 2008 in Merritt Island, Florida.

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Location: Merritt Island, Florida
Photo credit: © NASA Photo / Alamy / Afripics
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