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 ...

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex today began the two-day process of unwrapping the Atlantis orbiter from the protective shrink wrap that has encased the priceless artifact during ...

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The space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida on Wednesday, ending a mission highlighted by delivery of Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International Space Station. Commander Steven ...

Thirty years of flight by NASA's space shuttles will end once Atlantis returns home from this last mission. The space agency will be looking to deeper space exploration, but the future is still ...

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On July 8, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final mission. Atlantis was the last of NASA's space shuttles to fly into space. It went on 33 missions since 1985, ferrying astronauts to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA officials decided Saturday to delay the launch of space shuttle Atlantis by 24 hours to give engineers more time to determine whether one of the most powerful lightning ...

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 ...

SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — Space shuttle Atlantis docked with the international space station on Friday to deliver the $1.4 billion science laboratory Destiny to its new home. Atlantis latched onto ...