Visitors to the Shuttle Atlantis exhibition can try their hand at simulators modeling space shuttle dockings, robotic arm operations, and landings. The simulators were built to closely resemble the ...

The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early on Sunday after astronauts fitted it with new solar panels designed to boost the station’s power-generating capacity. The ...

Despite the closure of an emergency landing strip in Morocco due to security concerns, Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis is still a go, NASA says. The landing strip was closed because there ...

The shuttle Atlantis docked with the international space station this afternoon, while experts assessed the impact of damage to a small region of heat shielding on the ship's tail section for a second ...

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin reiterated Tuesday that the US space agency will not launch shuttle Atlantis if the problem of insulation foam remain unsolved. Speaking at a press conference at ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis and six veteran astronauts blasted off on Friday from the Kennedy Space Centre to deliver a Russian module and spare parts to the ...

After a nearly 10-day stay at the international space station that included construction work and a computer meltdown, space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to begin its return trip to Earth. The shuttle ...

Leland Melvin said that flying a space shuttle was significantly less nerve-wracking than being racially profiled by the ...

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 ...