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Inside Shuttle Atlantis

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    Space shuttle prepares to go on permanent display at Kennedy Space Center visitor complex in Florida

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Standing this close to shuttle Atlantis to get a clear idea what a work -- she was the tiles that protected her crew and space.

Our -- not been -- but don't try to tell anyone hear the ship is less than beautiful.

They're very protective of -- they get a ready for permanent display at Kennedy Space Center and they are a little emotional about this old crap too.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Program and -- -- were on the bigger and better things.

But they all gave us a tour with smiles on their faces shared with -- some of the amazing things about this -- By the things that strikes you sitting in the commander's seat here on the flight deck is how tight it is it's very cozy and I'm in street clothes.

Hard to imagine what it would be like in a full space suit trying to pilot this thing back to earth.

Just one fact they always knew but no one else ever got to see up close things like this stick used to pile -- The wheels she landed on and the ship's massive engines.

For Mike Williams and others here just talking about their dwindling days -- Atlantis is tough every time somebody comes in and we do something that's the last time we're going to be doing this.

No shuttle will ever be in this building with them again once Atlantis -- the only solace.

She's not going far but I get homesick I wanna -- big -- things go the visitor center.

-- there as will millions of other adoring space bands in the future.

Things change progress comes can't stop -- top docs and it has been a great ride working out here fox 35 news.

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