Space Shuttle Rising . ... Credit Copyright: NASA Explanation: What's that rising from the clouds? The space shuttle. ... Images of the rising shuttle and its plume became widely circulated over the web shortly after Endeavour's final launch in 2011 May. The above image was taken from a shuttle training aircraft by NASA and is not copyrighted . Taken well above the clouds, the image can be matched with similar images of the same shuttle plume taken below the clouds . ...