Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Space shuttle Atlantis has landed back on Earth, bringing to a close America's 30-year orbiter programme. The vehicle ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA’s entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring a ...

A chapter in United States history closed this morning as the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down for the final time. The return flight was successful, with excellent weather easing the crew's return ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...

HOUSTON — Atlantis docked with the international space station yesterday, as engineers continued to review photographs of a section of peeled-back thermal blanket on the space shuttle. Atlantis ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis was hauled to the launch pad early Wednesday, a major step toward a mission to resume construction of the international space station for the first time ...

Through all those space shuttle missions, from the earth to places like the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and other spots not yet accessible by the airlines, none of those ...

Something "size of a pea" could puncture Atlantis on mission to repair Hubble. May 13, 2009 — -- A myriad of space debris combined with a 21-inch scratch across delicate thermal tiles has the ...

Weather across Kennedy Space Center is observed 'go,' and hopefully conditions will remain that way for the next 40 minutes or so -- long enough for space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of four ...