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 ...

The countdown for the final space shuttle launch began yesterday at 1 p.m. EDT, starting at the T-43 hour mark. However, the weather forecast looks less than favorable for Friday’s launch, with only a ...

NASA is giving a front-row seat view of the final Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-135 launch to 150 of the agency’s Twitter follows, it announced on Friday. Tweetup registration opens at noon on June 1 and ...

Yahoo College & High School Sports is powered by On3, delivering expert recruiting, NIL, and transfer portal news. After 30 years of service, NASA's fleet of three space shuttles is standing down for ...

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 ...

STS-135 commander Chris Ferguson, left, looks on as fellow crew members, from left, pilot Doug Hurley, mission specialist Sandy Magnus, and mission specialist Rex Walheim, wave American flags after ...

NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson had already flown into space twice. But he remembers feeling "absolutely astounded" by how quickly Atlantis vaulted off the launch pad in July 2011, kicking off America's ...