reporter: workers didn t put atlantis back in the barn right away. instead, they allowed the shuttle to bask in the sunlight a little bit longer so workers could take in the end of this era. at the height of the space shuttle program there were 16,000 workers out here at the kennedy space center. the center director says by thth time all the layoff notices go out, only 9,000 will remain. at the kennedy space center, kevin oliver for abc news.s. historic moment yesterday, record crowd out there and parts of the shuttle will be relics in which is kind of cool. a lot of folks want the one of those shuttles to end up back in houston where they had the space center there. not to be. they ll have to come to new york. glad the guys are back home on the ground safely. me, too, definitely. a southern california man could go home as early as today with a new lease on life. frank murdoch is one of the few people in the world to receive three transplanted organs. he got a new lung 11 y