Atlantis lands safely, ending US Space Shuttle program

"Atlantis touched down for a final time Thursday,
ending its last mission to the International Space
Station and bringing down the curtain on NASA's
30-year space shuttle program.

The shuttle and its four-member US crew landed
safely at Kennedy Space Center at 5:56 am
(0956 GMT), closing an era of human space
exploration for the United States and leaving Russia
as the world's only taxi to the ISS."

See:

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/...era_99 9.html