program has been with us, for 30 years. our entire adult lives and earlier today we saw it land there, as atlantis came back to earth and this was the scene right before the sun came up. >> ferguson, rotating the nose gear, down to the deck. nose gear touched down. bill: nicely done. peering through the darkness there, atlantis and the chute behind it and i hoped for a day time landing but there are great photos, and, congratulations to everybody down in florida, and, the best of luck as we follow the story. not only the coming months, in the coming years, how america's space program is carried out. there are big question now. patti ann: big changes, you can actually hear the choke in the man's voice when he gave his narration, how it was the end of an era. an it is. in any case, right now, the senate is debating the debt