The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise, 1977. From The Atlantic's The History of the Space Shuttle.
A little heads up for those of you who didn't know: STS-135, the last ever shuttle mission, launches at 15:26 GMT this Friday. Given how exciting it was to watch the launch of STS-134 online a couple of months ago – one of those rare communal twitter experiences where it seemed everyone was looking at the same thing at the same time – I'm just a little bit goose-bumpy about this.
Be there or don't.
Update on 2011-07-08 13:49 by Daniel Gray
It looks like its been pushed back to 16:26, but don't take my word for it – watch the whole thing live.
Update on 2011-07-11 10:15 by Daniel Gray
STS-135 is now in space! Follow her continuing adventures on the NASA website.