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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - From inside space shuttle Atlantis' crew compartment, NASA Kennedy Space Center workers are seen awaiting the vehicle's arrival to Orbiter Processing Facility-1. Atlantis is making its slow trek atop a large diesel-driven tractor to the processing facility, after being safed by about 150 trained workers on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway. Atlantis touched down on Runway 33 after 12 days in space, completing the 4.8-million mile STS-132 mission to the International Space Station. Inside the processing facility, Atlantis will be prepared for the unlikely event it is needed as a rescue spacecraft for the final planned shuttle flight, Endeavour's STS-134 mission. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov_shuttle. Photo credit: NASA_Troy Cryder