Walking below the shuttle Atlantis on display, the orbiter's protective heat shield tiles are visible, dinged and scratched from traveling through Earth's atmosphere. A slide in the Space Shuttle ...

The space shuttle Atlantis on Friday successfully launched for the last time and is now zooming toward the International Space Station for a 12-day mission that will bring NASA's 30-year shuttle ...

Jean Wright's work as a seamstress wasn't typical: this "Sew Sister" had a mission of keeping NASA's Space Shuttle and its astronauts safe. She sewed with materials that could withstand up to 3,200 ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Space shuttle Atlantis has landed back on Earth, bringing to a close America's 30-year orbiter programme. The vehicle ...

Upon completion of Atlantis' assembly, the new orbiter is moved from Rockwell's Palmdale facility to NASA's Dryden Flight and Research Facility on April 9, 1985. Basked in sunlight, Atlantis is rolled ...

NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle, which launched dozens of times from Florida, may not be relocated to Houston for display.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- After months of delay, NASA cleared space shuttle Atlantis for a Monday launch to the Hubble Space Telescope. Mission managers concluded Saturday that Atlantis is ready to ...

The 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster cast a shadow over NASA's annual Day of Remembrance event inside the Space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA called off Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after detecting problems with a pair of fuel gauges in its big external tank, a recurring problem ever since the ...