Atlantis leaves on last museum move

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On Friday, space shuttle Atlantis left on its last move and the final delivery of an orbiter to a museum for exhibit. Atlantis, riding aboard a 76-wheel NASA transporter, exited Kennedy Space Center’s 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at dawn and was expected to pull up to the center’s visitor complex 12 hours later. Once there, Atlantis will roll into a new $100 million facility, opening to the public in 2013.

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