Hubble, Atlantis and the moon...

Delayed two days by stormy Florida weather, the shuttle Atlantis glided to a smooth California landing Sunday, closing out a successful mission to overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope with a picture-perfect Mojave Desert touchdown.
With commander Scott Altman and pilot Gregory C. Johnson at the controls, Atlantis crossed the coast of California northwest of Los Angeles on a steep descent to Edwards Air Force Base, rattling the countryside with twin sonic booms.

As Altman flared the shuttle's descent and pulled its nose up slightly on final approach, Johnson lowered the landing gear and Atlantis settled to a smooth touchdown at 11:39:05 a.m. EDT to close out NASA's final mission to Hubble.

Credit text : William Harwood Photo: NASA

Once upon a time, a human being set foot on the moon for the first time.

It took place almost 40 years ago, on July 20th 1969. Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and last but not least Michael Collins. But - they were not alone...