At approximately 8pm last night (AEST), the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre for the final time.
The 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was the 135th and final mission in the 30 year Space Shuttle Program, in which the shuttles:
Launched more than 300 astronauts into space.
Completed more than 20,000 orbits of Earth.
Docked at the ISS 35 times.
Read our coverage of the end of the Shuttle era here.
In the meantime, enjoy this selection of stunning photography from the Shuttle era:
Space Shuttle Columbia on the launch pad prior to the first Shuttle mission on April 12 1981.EPA/NASA
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Bay in preparation for the final Shuttle launch.Bruce Weaver/AFP
Robert L. Crippen and John W. Young, crew members from the first Shuttle launch in 1981.EPA/NASA
(L-R) Piers Sellers, Stephanie Wilson, Mark Kelly, Steven Lindsey, Lisa Nowak and Michael Fossum, prior to the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2006.EPA/NASA
Space Shuttle Endeavour on the launch pad prior to its final flight.Bruce Weaver/AFP
Final launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, May 16 2011.Don Emmert/AFP
US Space Shuttle Discovery begins the 100th shuttle mission on October 11 2000 as it climbs into orbit.Bruce Weaver/AFP
View of the International Space Station in orbit around Earth, taken from Endeavour flight STS-134.EPA/NASA TV
Space Shuttle Discovery in orbit around Earth in 2008.AFP/NASA
Final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.EPA/NASA TV
The Space Shuttle Discovery landing in 2004.AFP/Roberto Schmidt
Solid boosters are recovered following the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2000.Bruce Weaver/AFP
Wreckage from the Space Shuttle Challenger, destroyed shortly after take-off on January 28 1986.NASA
Debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia, destroyed on re-entry on February 1, 2003.Bruce Weaver/AFP
Earth, as seen by astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2009.AFP/NASA
Mission Specialist Michael Fossum being photographed by Mission Specialist Ronald Garan, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2008.AFP/NASA
Space Shuttle Atlantis as viewed from the ISS.NASA/AFP
The Aurora Australis as viewed from the ISS.Bruce Weaver/AFP
Astronaut Christer Fuglesang, mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2006.EPA/NASA
Space Shuttle Atlantis over the Bahamas, as viewed from the ISS.NASA/AFP
Space Shuttle Atlantis touching down for the last time.Topshots/AFP
