CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is getting hit up for extra launch passes, and mission stickers and pins are flying off the shelf. Another Twittering crowd is descending on the space center. Even science ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--The space shuttle Atlantis roared to life and raced into orbit Monday on a critical mission to deliver 15 tons of equipment and spare parts to the International Space ...

The space shuttle Atlantis takes its final planned spaceflight, from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station. It caps off a 25-year career of flying in space. May 23: This photo shows an ...

Assuming the weather cooperates, a crew of four will lift off Friday morning on the very last flight ever for NASA's space shuttles. Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time ...

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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 ...

(AP) -- How would you look after 120 million miles? Atlantis might appear a little scuffed up to outsiders as it heads into retirement after a quarter-century of spaceflight. But to the trained eyes ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It would not be a proper Florida theme park attraction if you didn't exit through the gift shop. But the souvenir station that awaits guests inside the new "Space Shuttle ...

NASA’s last-ever space shuttle, Atlantis, rocketed skyward Friday, carrying four astronauts into space. The Associated Press reports: Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA’s ...