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Josh Byerly/STS-132 Commentator: Space shuttle Atlantis now traveling 389 miles per hour,

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it is now on final approach to the Kennedy Space Center.

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During this point in the flight, the shuttle's descent rate is 20 times steeper than a commercial airliner.

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Its angle of attack, more than seven times steeper. Now under one minute to go in Atlantis' flight.

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Atlantis now beginning what is known as the pre-flair maneuver, it will pull the nose up a little bit right before it hits the runway.

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Its speed now 320 miles per hour. The gear is down and locked. Main gear touchdown.

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Atlantis' nose being now rotated down toward the runway. Chute being deployed.

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And nose gear touchdown. Space shuttle Atlantis now comes home to the Kennedy Space Center for the final time.

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In 25 years, 32 flights and more than 120 million miles traveled. The legacy of Atlantis now in the history books.

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Ken Ham/STS-132 Commander: And Houston, Atlantis, we have wheelstop.

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Charlie Hobaugh/CAPCOM: Copy 
wheelstop. Atlantis, Hock, that landing was

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something that your Air Force crewmates should have really been proud of.

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That looked pretty sweet. For you and your crew, that was a suiting end to an incredible mission.

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I'm sure that station crew members hated to see you leave, but we're glad to have you back. You guys executed flawlessly.

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And not only that you had a great time doing 
it, that was very evident from the ground.

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And everybody down here really enjoyed working with you.

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With that, we'll get you back to work. We'll meet you in the post-landing page 5-3, there are no Deltas.

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Ken Ham/STS-132 Commander: OK, Scorch. Thanks and thanks to all you guys too.

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We'll go to 5-3 and we'll finish up post-landing and turn this incredible machine back over to

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the ground teams to put it back in the barn for a little bit.

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Charlie Hobaugh/CAPCOM: We concur.

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