CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis is ready for its spotlight — well, almost. The retired NASA orbiter, which is set to go on public display June 29 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's space shuttle Atlantis has again reached its "final stop," and this time, it's for good. On Friday (Nov 2.), the space agency's last shuttle to fly in space became the ...

The upcoming mission will tack on 12 days, 186 orbits, 4 million miles and four astronauts. Atlantis made its debut in 1985 as the fourth in NASA's vaulted space shuttle series, and went on to launch ...

NEW YORK — NASA engineers and mission managers are weighing their options on how best to fix thousands of hail dings in the foam-covered fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. William Gerstenmaier, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA now is targeting Wednesday, Oct. 14, to move space shuttle Atlantis to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. First motion of Atlantis from Kennedy’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA's last space shuttle voyage, dodging bad weather and delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators on hand to ...

NASA savored the return Wednesday of Atlantis and its astronauts from a near-perfect space station mission _ then quickly revved up anticipation for another shuttle launch next month. It’s been years ...