NASA’s Most Adorable Portrait & The Space Shuttle’s Final Journey

NASA astronaut portraits all look the same—until Leland Melvin changed the game. His 2009 portrait with his two rescue dogs, Scout and Jake, became an internet sensation.

Meanwhile, in 2012, the Space Shuttle Atlantis took its final ride home—not in space, but on the back of a modified 747. NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transported the retired orbiter back to Kennedy Space Center after one last landing.

Explore these incredible moments in space history in today’s video!