The Space Shuttle Program has come to end and with it the age of the transportation to and from the Space Station for the United States.
As Atlantis began her decent across the clear early morning sky on July 22nd, I got up early. 6:57 a.m. EST was touch down, but for me, that mean 6:35ish a.m. I needed to be out and on the lookout.
I stood there and watched Atlantis cross the early morning sky, lit up by the moon and I wondered, in all of those 135 flights into space --- My thoughts were interrupted by the famous “boom – boom.” “The shuttle is here!” one last time.
Did a quilt ever make the journey into space?