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Sunset on the shuttle program

Sunset on the shuttle program
Sunset on the shuttle program Space shuttle Atlantis sits on the launch pad prior to launch in November 2009. The twilight photo was used on the cover of NASA’s fiscal year 2011 budget as a nod to the final days of the shuttle program. Credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls