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A new civil year - an opportunity to summarize the year 2011 in science: the end of the era of shuttles, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Higgs boson

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American astronaut Sandy Magnus, of the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew, during the completion of the Strauss Water Purification Newsi in space and securing it in the storage compartment prior to landing. (Photo: NASA)

The Israeli water experiment was returned to Earth

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The photograph of the shuttle Atlantis immediately after its landing on July 21 at the Kennedy Space Center using thermal cameras (due to the darkness)

The space shuttle - the end. Atlantis landed safely

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Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 after leaving the space station. Photo: NASA

The Atlantis crew is preparing to land tomorrow

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Farewell ceremony with the participation of the members of the 28th crew of the International Space Station and the last crew of the space shuttle Atlantis in the Zavezda component of the space station, July 18, 2011

For the last time, the doors between the space shuttle and the International Space Station were closed

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Astronaut Sandy Magnus hovers inside the Rafale storage module, before unloading the cargo and transferring it to the space station, mission STS-135, July 2011

Israeli biomedical research on the International Space Station will be transferred today to the Atlantis shuttle for its return to Earth

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An unexpected computer failure required rebooting the central computer system of the Space Shuttle Atlantis

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Astronaut Sandy Magnus hovers inside the Rafale storage module, before unloading the cargo and transferring it to the space station, mission STS-135, July 2011

STS-135 Another day of transferring equipment from the Rafale module to the space station

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Astronaut Ron Garan prepares to spacewalk on mission STS-135, 12/7/2011. Photo: NASA TV

Life on the track goes back to normal: another day of transferring equipment from the shuttle to the station

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The opening of the doors between the space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station, 10/7/2011

Atlantis arrived at the space station for the last time

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Launch of the shuttle Atlantis for the last time, 8/7/2011. Photo: NASA

An Israeli biomedical experiment was launched on the last shuttle

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The moment of launch - Atlantis takes off for the very last time. From the broadcast on the NASA website

Absolutely last launch of a space shuttle

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Atlantis crew members prepare for launch, 8/7/2011, about two and a half hours before launch. Photo: NASA TV

15:55 - two and a half hours before the planned launch of Atlantis: the crew settles in the shuttle

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The space shuttle Atlantis awaits launch against the cloudy sky. Photo: Ken Kramer, Universe Today (C)

The weather disrupts preparations for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis and may cause a delay

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STS-135 crew members arriving in Florida for launch. From left: Commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley, and flight experts Sandy Magnus and Rex Wollheim. NASA photo/Kim Shifflett

The countdown has begun for the launch of the shuttle Atlantis in the flight that concludes the shuttle project

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The last landing of Atlantis, May 26, 2010. Photo: NASA

The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely in Florida for the last time

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The farewell of the shuttle crew and the Atlantis crew, May 23, 2010. Photo: NASA

Atlantis left the space station for the last time

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This is how the space shuttle Atlantis looked from the camera of one of the spacewalkers on May 21, 2010. Photo: NASA

The third and final spacewalk of the Atlantis mission has ended

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The Russian Rasbet mini-laboratory is transferred from the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station, May 10, 2010. Photo: NASA

The astronauts and cosmonauts on the space station installed a Russian laboratory

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The first spacewalk on mission STS-132' on May 17, 2010. Raisman (left) and Bowen exit the space shuttle.

The first spacewalk is over: an antenna connecting from space to the ground was installed and the two-armed robot Dexter connected

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The shuttle Atlantis docks at the space station, May 16, 2010. Photo: NASA

Atlantis docked at the space station - today (Sunday) the first spacewalk

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Launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for mission STS-132 - its last mission, May 14, 2010. Photo. NASA

The space shuttle Atlantis was successfully launched on its final mission

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A piece of the apple tree that is guilty of gravity from the Royal Society Archives

A British astronaut takes a piece of Newton's original wood in the space shuttle

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STS-132 athletics crew members: left to right Michael Goode, Garrett Raisman, Tony Antonelli, Ken Hamm, Steve Bowen and Pierce Sellers. Photo: NASA

The Atlantis astronauts arrived at the Kennedy Space Center for Friday's launch

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Banner of the Ramon Foundation scholarship for Israeli students to study at the International Space University

The flag of the Ramon Foundation scholarship for Israeli students to study at the International Space University will fly into space

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