Nasa shuttle Atlantis docks with International Space Station for last time - Telegraph.co.uk

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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Space shuttle astronauts will check for damage - USA Today

by NASA/Bill Ingalls, AP

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, right, and other management look on from Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center (LCC) as space shuttle Atlantis launches from pad 39A on Friday, July 8, 2011, at the Kennedy Space Center Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis is the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA. (AP Photo/ NASA, Bill Ingalls)

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