{"id":7793,"date":"2011-07-21T21:37:10","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T04:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=7793"},"modified":"2011-07-21T21:37:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T04:37:10","slug":"end-to-the-final-shuttle-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/07\/21\/end-to-the-final-shuttle-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"End To The Final Shuttle Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sad that early this morning the Space Shuttle Atlantis landed for the very last time bringing with it a close the entire Space Shuttle program. No more “Right Stuff” adventures for a while. And now we have to rely on the Russians.<\/p>\n

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Official NASA photo<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sad that early this morning the Space Shuttle Atlantis landed for the very last time bringing with it a close the entire Space Shuttle program. No more “Right Stuff” adventures for a while. And now we have to rely on the Russians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-21H","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5970,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/04\/12\/exceptionally-important-date-in-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":7793,"position":0},"title":"Exceptionally Important Date In History","date":"April 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's date is one of great importance in human history. Amongst many other notable events, the Civil War began in 1861 at Ft. 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