In pictures: Atlantis space shuttle makes final landing in Florida
SPACE shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth for the last landing of the 30-year programme today.
• The space shuttle lands at Kennedy Space Center just before sunrise
A big crowd gathered near Nasa's landing strip to watch history unfold.
Nasa is ending its shuttle programme with Atlantis' successful space station resupply mission.
Atlantis blasted into orbit on July 8 and landed on the 50th anniversary of Gus Grissom's suborbital flight.
It was a true homecoming for Atlantis as the next-to-youngest shuttle will remain at Kennedy Space Centre and be put on display.
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• Atlantis makes contact with the runway after its epic journey.
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• The landing brings to a close the 30-year era of the space shuttle program that began in 1981, and has included 135 missions.
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• The shuttle and its four-member US crew landed safely at Kennedy Space Center at 5.56am local time.
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