US SPACE-SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BEGINS ITS FINAL MOVE

US Space Shuttle Atlantis begins its final move on November 2, 2012 as crews move it from its temporary parking in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the Center's Visitor Center for permanent display. The spacecraft traveled 125,935,769 miles(202,673,974kms) during 33 spaceflights, including 12 missions to the International Space Station. Its final mission, STS-135, closed out the Space Shuttle Program era with a landing on July 21, 2011. AFP PHOTO/Bruce Weaver (Photo credit should read BRUCE WEAVER/AFP via Getty Images)