The International Space Station seen from the space shuttle Endeavour

The International Space Station seen from the space shuttle Endeavour

If you’d been aboard space shuttle Endeavour’s mission in 2011, you might've had a chance to snap a photo of the International Space Station, too. This was to have been the final mission for NASA’s lauded space shuttle program, and it was Endeavour’s swan song. But like a movie detective a few days from retirement, one last space shuttle mission was booked before the end of the year, and Atlantis got the job.