The shuttle docked with the International Space Station at 11:07 am (1507 GMT), just over an hour after the spacecraft performed its habitual slow backflip so that the ISS crew could take pictures of Atlantis's heat shield before clasping onto the lab, NASA said.
"Welcome to the International Space Station for the last time," said ISS flight engineer Ron Garan after the linkup took place 240 miles (386 kilometers) high over New Zealand.
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