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FINAL FLIGHT   The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday.  The flight is the 135th and final planned mission for NASA’s shuttle program; the ship carried four astronauts and 8,000 pounds of spare parts and supplies to the International Space Station at speeds reaching 15,000 miles an hour.  (Photo: Morry Gash / AP via the New York Times)