Space Oddity

Atlantis is currently out flying its final mission in space, and when it lands, it will signal the end of the U.S. shuttle program and an end to its 30 years of space exploration and experimentation.

Incredible to think that David Bowie’s single Space Oddity was released on this day in 1969, just five days before the launch of Apollo 11—the mission that first put a person on the moon.

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