By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – “Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew returned to Earth on Wednesday, wrapping up a 5 million-mile journey highlighted by the successful delivery of a new European lab to the international space station.The shuttle and its seven astronauts landed at 9:07 a.m. at NASA’s spaceport at Kennedy Space Center, where the crew’s families and top space program managers gathered to welcome them home.”Did you watch this particular piece of history? I think more and more it becomes less and less noticed. If you were alive and old enough to understand, do you remember John Glenn and his near first assault on space?…