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 ...

Space shuttle Atlantis is marking its own final plannedflight by flying its flag. Thousands of the red, white, and blue"ATLANTIS" flags, miniatures of the type flown over the launch padeach time ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA's Space Shuttle program was a great idea in concept, but flawed execution led to its demise. Here are the problems it ...

(AP) -- How would you look after 120 million miles? Atlantis might appear a little scuffed up to outsiders as it heads into retirement after a quarter-century of spaceflight. But to the trained eyes ...

The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew are on their way to the International Space Station after lifting-off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center September 9. Atlantis' flight, STS-115, will ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The last space shuttle to soar makes its museum debut this weekend, and it's the belle of NASA's retirement ball. The Atlantis exhibit opens to the public Saturday at Kennedy ...

This story was updated at 1:38 p.m. EST. The space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of six arrived atthe International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday to drop off some massive spareparts for the orbiting ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis, the final orbiter among NASA's winged fleet to fly in space, launched on its new mission Saturday as the centerpiece of a $100 million tourist attraction ...