A Great Endeavour

Face to face with adventures in space and time

Images of the Space Shuttle have ranged from conceptual drawings in children’s books on interstellar travel to iconic photographs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The sight of the shuttle’s engines bursting into life on the launch pad and illuminating the night was breathtaking while watching her robotic arms reaching into space to capture a satellite was once the stuff of fiction.

Sadly, even more indelible is the memory of the conflagration that consumed the Challenger shortly after launch and the comet-like loss of the Columbia as it attempted to re-enter our atmosphere. Both were stark reminders that the pursuit of new boundaries has never been without challenge, risk and loss.