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The Space Shuttle Endeavour took its last flight yesterday as it roared into space from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-134 is the 25th and final space flight for Endeavour, it carries six astronauts and scientific gear to the space station. One of the equipment on-board the vessel, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is a USD 2 billion device intended to search for evidence of “dark matter”. Wired.com reports that a bobtail squid was an unlikely passenger.

STS-134 is the penultimate mission in NASA’s space shuttle program and in case you missed the live event like I did yesterday, here is a recap of day one, including the launch and some operations performed within the Endeavour.

For more STS-134 mission videos, visit NASA. Flight commander, Mark Kelly should be tweeting during the course of the mission, follow his handle, @shuttlecdrkelly and the official tweets from the Kennedy Space Center, @NASAKennedy.

[via NASA Multimedia]

For the couple of weeks that the FIFA Soccer World Cup will be running, South Africa is going to be the centre of the world. With the tournament a mere 34 days away, sportswear giant Nike has teamed up with awesome designer/illustrator Kronk (Cape Town FTW!) to create a range of clothing that represents Mzansi and our love for the beautiful game.

Nike released a 30-second spot showing Mzansi “bleed its colours” with the greens, blacks, and yellows of the national flag seeping through the city. Kronk plays a little cameo in the clip, check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHA4A760iFw

Kronk is one of six international artists who collaborated with Nike Sportswear to create an alternative national team kit. He was asked to make a crest, mascot, print, and typeface in his unique style. His designs were revealed at a media launch that happened earlier this week. For more info and images on that, hit the jump.