THE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT BLOG: From the Space Shuttle to Beyond

A HISTORIC MOMENT... Shown below is a photo taken during today's spacewalk, which will be the final one to ever occur during a shuttle flight. Expect this image to grace textbooks and other media in the near future.

The orbiter Atlantis and the International Space Station...as seen by NASA astronaut Ron Garan using a fish-eye lens on his camera on July 12, 2011.