After a cliff-hanger countdown, the space shuttle Atlantis rockets into orbit Friday, putting on one last show for spectators jamming area roads and beaches to witness NASA's 135th and final shuttle ...

Mission STS-135 for the space shuttle Atlantis marks the end of the three-decade U.S. shuttle program and a fundamental shift in focus for NASA. After a cliff-hanger countdown, the space shuttle ...

In Harry Turtledove's latest alternate history epic, the world turns on a warped floorboard. In "Liberating Atlantis," a black man, Frederick Radcliff lives on a plantation in the southern part of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Space shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) touches down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing ...

Against grim weather odds, space shuttle Atlantis and her four-person crew made history on Friday, blasting off from the launch pad and soaring into the clouds, bound for space and the International ...

Atlantis poised to blaze path into history as it propels toward the heavens on its last mission Cape Canaveral: Atlantis is poised to blaze a path into history Friday as it propels toward the heavens ...

Nearly 1 million people, including 14 sitting members of Congress, were in and around Cape Canaveral Fla. Friday to watch Shuttle Atlantis launch toward the heavens and into the history books. After ...

In the dead of night, a streak of luminous light can be seen soaring across the pitch black sky as a moment of history is captured on camera. Videographer Noe Castillo captured the final re-entry of ...