Lunar Lander, circa 1964

Lunar Lander at 1964 World's Fair

The “color me!” version. (Not really.)

Final Fire

Space Shuttle Atlantis launching for the last time (STS-135)

Looking back at Atlantis.

Slow Pan

Space Shuttle Atlantis

Atlantis invites you to oggle her mechanical wonders.

The End

Space shuttle Atlantis makes one final landing - end of STS-135, end of the space shuttle program.

Even Grand Finales have endings.

Building Atlantis

Atlantis Gets Its Name

A blast from the early-80s shuttle-building past.

Atlantis Rolls

Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls out for the last time.

Sounds like a spacey sushi menu item.

Coming Home

Apollo 8 Coming Home, by Robert T. McCall, 1969, oil on canvas.

An artist’s first glimpse of the lunar far side.

Against the Night

Docked One Last Time - Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134

Absolutely 100% NOT Photoshopped.

Three Months Later

Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off, February 24, 2011

Further reflections on Discovery, tweetups and launch photos.

The Need For Flight

Space Shuttle Endeavour in orbit, May 2011

And the mystery of hanging suspended above the world below.