Card No. 27

The answers

1. Since 1910

   A British sports car with a body frame made of ash wood

   Still going

   Still made. Morgan's Plus Four and Plus Six sit on a bonded aluminium chassis but keep an ash body frame. The company builds about 630 cars a year.

2. Since 1981

   NASA's winged, reusable spacecraft

   Done for 2011

   The shuttle program flew 135 missions. Atlantis made the last landing at Kennedy Space Center on July 21, 2011, at 5:57 a.m.

3. Since 2003

   NASA's Spitzer infrared space telescope

   Done for 2020

   Spitzer was shut down on Jan 30, 2020, after 16 years. It was planned for 2.5 to 5 years, and kept working for over a decade after its liquid helium ran out in 2009.

4. Since 1930

   TWA, the airline Howard Hughes controlled

   Done for 2001

   American Airlines bought TWA in 2001. Its final flight, Flight 220 from Kansas City to St. Louis, flew on December 1, 2001.

5. Since 1989

   The Mirage casino and its fake volcano in Las Vegas

   Done for 2024

   The Mirage closed July 17, 2024, and the volcano was torn out right after. Hard Rock is putting up a guitar-shaped hotel tower where it stood.