Visitors to the Shuttle Atlantis exhibition can try their hand at simulators modeling space shuttle dockings, robotic arm operations, and landings. The simulators were built to closely resemble the ...

The shuttle Atlantis departed the international space station late Saturday, ending an eight-day linkup to equip the orbital base with a $164 million spacewalk portal. Atlantis and its five-member ...

Atlantis' homeward-bound astronauts paid tribute Tuesday to their space shuttle, close to winding up its final journey after a quarter-century of flight. Commander Kenneth Ham noted that Atlantis has ...

HOUSTON – The astronauts flying on the last mission of NASA's space shuttle program will spend today (July 13) unpacking a big cargo pod full of supplies that will help keep the International Space ...

The STS-135 crew landed Space Shuttle "Atlantis" for the last time July 21, 2011, after a successful mission to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. Here the crew ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a high flying repair job to the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to come home Friday morning. The only problem was the weather.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The International Space Station got a year s worth of groceries in a giant shopping cart on Monday, courtesy of the astronauts on NASA s final shuttle flight. Astronauts Sandra ...

Walking below the shuttle Atlantis on display, the orbiter's protective heat shield tiles are visible, dinged and scratched from traveling through Earth's atmosphere. A slide in the Space Shuttle ...