Nasa is winding down its 30-year-old shuttle programme before embarking on something new.
The event generated the kind of excitement seldom seen on Florida’s Space Coast on such a grand scale — despite a delay of two weeks because of an electrical problem.
Monday’s countdown was close to perfect, and the shuttle quickly disappeared into thin, low clouds.
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