Countdown to the end of the space shuttle

Did you know NASA’s space shuttle program ends this year? There are only four scheduled missions left, all to the International Space Station.

One of those missions blasts off tomorrow: STS-131, using the Space Shuttle Discovery. You can read all about the mission and crew here. Take advantage while you can! After STS-131, there are only three space shuttle missions left.

Mission patch for STS-131, listing the names of the crew members and showing the space shuttle in the middle of a complicated “rendezvous pitch maneuver” to link up with the International Space Station, courtesy of NASA.