KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--The space shuttle Atlantis roared to life and raced into orbit Monday on a critical mission to deliver 15 tons of equipment and spare parts to the International Space ...

The space shuttle Atlantis takes its final planned spaceflight, from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station. It caps off a 25-year career of flying in space. May 23: This photo shows an ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Space.com NASA's final space shuttle to fly in space will be exhibited to the public in a facility that bears simply the retired orbiter ...

Today, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will open the doors to the world’s most comprehensive and interactive attraction devoted to NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program – Space Shuttle Atlantis.

The last launch of the space shuttle program happened nine years ago on July 8, 2011 when Space Shuttle Atlantis took off on STS-135 sending four people into space. One of them happens to be there ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Space.com There is a moment in the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex when a fantasy ...

Assuming the weather cooperates, a crew of four will lift off Friday morning on the very last flight ever for NASA's space shuttles. Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In a flight full of emotion, Atlantis made the final docking in shuttle history Sunday, pulling up at the International Space Station with a year's worth of supplies. The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The May 26 landing of NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis may have capped a successful mission slated to be the ship’s last trek to space, but the orbiter’s immediate future is not ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is getting hit up for extra launch passes, and mission stickers and pins are flying off the shelf. Another Twittering crowd is descending on the space center. Even science ...

The last launch of the space shuttle program happened 10 years ago on July 8, 2011 when Space Shuttle Atlantis took off on STS-135 sending four people into space. Ten years ago, Pilot Doug Hurley had ...

Three astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will roll out the welcome mat for NASA's Atlantis shuttle crew Sunday as their two spacecraft head toward an afternoon rendezvous ...