Space shuttle Atlantis is on the final leg of its cross-country ferry flight back to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.



Atlantis on top of its modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft departed Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi at 4:37 p.m. EDT (3:37 p.m. CDT). The flight to Kennedy is expected to take about an hour and 50 minutes.



Weather permitting, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft will approach Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility from the south, providing a fly-by of Space Coast beaches before landing at about 6:30 p.m. EDT.



Atlantis’ arrival will be broadcast live on NASA Television.

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