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Space shuttle and Earth. Computer artwork of space shuttle Atlantis in flight over Earth. Atlantis was the fourth space shuttle built. Its first flight was in 1985. Between then and November 2006 it has completed 27 missions. It is scheduled to be retired in 2008. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/CHR 366 FRIEDRICH SAURER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY) === ===