Atlantis has rolled over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for mating operations ahead of her July mission to the International Space Station (ISS) – the final scheduled shuttle mission. NASA ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on July 8, 2011 on STS-135. It was the last launch of the 30-year space shuttle program that began in 1981. Atlantis and its four-man crew ...

HOUSTON — If anything should happen to the Space Shuttle Atlantis once it reaches the international space station, or if the orbiter is deemed unsafe to return to Earth, NASA has developed an ...

Bringing more than five tons of supplies and equipment, the shuttle Atlantis caught up with the International Space Station Sunday, pausing 600 feet below the lab complex for a spectacular, ...

I used to live on the other coast of Florida and it was pretty neat - you could see the launches. Not much of them, but you could see them, especially night launches. Saw Challenger go boom outside a ...