... Unloading a space shuttle -- for the last time. ... So, spaced about 4 hours apart these 4 images of the solar system's most distant gas giant cover one Neptune day. ... For the last time, the US Space Shuttle has approached the International Space Station (ISS). Following a dramatic launch from Cape Canaveral last week that was witnessed by an estimated one million people, Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-135 lifted a small crew to a welcome rendezvous three days ago with the orbiting station. ...