Space Shuttle Rising . ... Credit Copyright: NASA Explanation: What's that rising from the clouds? The space shuttle. ... Images of the rising shuttle and its plume became widely circulated over the web shortly after Endeavour's final launch . The above image was taken from a shuttle training aircraft and is not copyrighted . Taken well above the clouds, the image can be matched with similar images of the same shuttle plume taken below the clouds . ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...