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Picture with "atlantis." >> this is the last flight rollout. the next time they'll roll out it will be to go to a museum. >> reporter: has worked on the shuttle program before the orbiters ever flew, testing engines, or as he says, blowing things up. he says he never got used to seeing the orbiters every day. what will be hard is not seeing them. >> you look at some of the detail on it, man, it's amazing. it's absolutely amazing. >> reporter: only a handful of workers walked with the final space shuttle crew. many workers were given several scheduled times to stop by. they thought there would ...

Finished all they do there. the tanks that's going to fly on "atlantis" was actually manufactured before and they did a switch and any way. it flew pretty well. worked fine. >> those guys are really unsung heroes. those guys literally stayed with that tank throughout the storm and that was the only places in the city that was dry. >> another piece of history's going to happen here tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. shuttle "atlantis" that you flew on twice is going to roll from the orbiter processing facility to the assembly building, where it will be taken vertical. >> it's getting ready for its las...

Know, nasa put up a curtain all around that area so that you really can't see anything over there. any camera men or women with long lenses wouldn't be able to get a shot her of the other families up there. mike and i were just talking, you just had separation from the external tank, so literally, they're in space. >> they're on their own. gotten rid of the motors, just the orbiter for the next 16 days. >> that tank has an interesting history, right? >> that thing goes back aways. the one that survived the katrina hurricane. >> it was damaged during katrina out in louisiana at the plant and na...

let's listen in. >> all three are still in good shape as are all of the other sims aboard the orbiter. a team of flight controllers watches over all the systems. 4:20 into the flight. "endeavour's" traveling 5500 miles per hour. altitude 63 miles traveling downrange, about 335 feet in altitude. environmental and control systems officer here reporting a good flash evaporator system reporting cooling to equipment aboard the vehicle. traveling into space on the forward flight deck is mark kelly and greg johnson. between and behind them, flight engineer -- >> to ato. rog roger. >> "endea...

Made a unprecedented u-turn right around where we are headed back just three miles away from the shuttle. >> shepard: we don't know whether congresswoman gabriel giffords will be able to stay there or return or whatever? >> she could if she wanted to but her office says that is still to be determined. we do know that she met 10 minutes with president obama this afternoon with the congresswoman her husband mark kelly and mother and brother kelly's twin brother. they did release a short statement her office did afterwards saying congresswoman gabriel giffords is disappointed that endeavor was un...