The NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis launches from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station July 8, 2011 in Merritt Island, Florida. (photo by Smiley N. Pool via Planetpix)

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The NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis launches from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station July 8, 2011 in Merritt Island, Florida.

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