Mission complete: Atlantis returns, ends shuttle era.

"This photo of the shuttle Atlantis' re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere was taken this morning from the International Space Station.
(Credit: NASA astronaut Michael Fossum)"



"Atlantis swoops to a tire-smoking touchdown this morning at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
(Credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now)"


Verum audaces non gerunt indusia alba. - Ipsi dixit MCMLXXII