Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/miles-o-brien-on-the-last-shuttle-launch Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Miles O’Brien has covered more than 40 space shuttle launches. He led CNN’s coverage of the loss of space shuttle, Columbia, and he co-anchored astronaut John Glenn’s return-to-space mission with television news legend Walter Cronkite. And it’s with mixed emotions that he readies this week to report on the final liftoff of NASA’s last remaining shuttle, Atlantis.