T-Minus One Last Time For America's Spaceship

Friday's dramatic launch of Atlantis ? the final liftoff for a shuttle ? sets the stage for years of suspense and debate over NASA's direction. Once Atlantis returns, the U.S. is likely to go at least four years before it once again has its own means to fly astronauts to space.

Miranda Kerr Mischa Barton Missi Pyle