THE public will be able to watch a piece of history unfold today when the CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory screens live the last take-off of the space shuttle.

AS YOU read, Space Shuttle Atlantis stands on Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre, its black nose pointed towards the heavens, one last mission beckoning.

THE crew of the international space station welcomed Atlantis’ six astronauts on board yesterday after the space shuttle arrived carrying the first new addition for the orbiting laboratory in more than three years.

NASA yesterday postponed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on a mission to restart construction of the International Space Station after a fuel sensor failed, officials said.

About 6,000 people flocked to a city-sponsored job fair in New York for the multitudes of people thrown out of work by the World Trade Centre disaster.