Space Shuttle Atlantis hat bringing together a country long-separated

bringing together a country long-separated by the politics of the Cold War

playing golf and pretending to sleep on crossbeams

and rail buffs can visit the former royal train station in Ballater

rival publisher of The Herald

To millions of Americans the future seemed altogether bereft of hope

Space Shuttle Atlantis hat bringing together a country long-separatedIn a blaze of fire and smoke, Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39 A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its final mission, bound for the International Space Station, July 8, 2011. The Atlantis was a workhouse, embarking on 33 missions over a period of 25 years. "For the last time, the engines of a space shuttle roared, the ground rumbled, and the shuttle Atlantis rose off the launching pad and disappeared into the clouds," wrote The Times. "By