Space shuttle Atlantis closed in on the 120 million-mile mark as its final voyage neared an end and astronauts inspected their ship in advance of Wednesday's landing. The laborious survey was carried ...
The space shuttle Atlantis, the last of NASA's winged orbiters to fly in space, goes on public display at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex Saturday, the centerpiece of a $100 million facility ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mission STS-135 for the space shuttle Atlantis marks the end of the three-decade U.S. shuttle program and a fundamental shift in focus for NASA. After a cliff-hanger countdown, the space shuttle ...