CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 21 (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis returned from NASA's final shuttle mission on Thursday, ending a 30-year era that opened the space frontier, exposed its dangers ...

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. -- Finding a break in the clouds, NASA's Atlantis space shuttle lifted off toward the International Space Station at 11:29 a.m. EDT on Friday, from launch pad 39A. This will ...

Photo: The drag chute is deployed as the space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing STS-135, the final mission of the NASA shuttle program, on Thursday, July 21, ...

Difficult to see in the darkness, Atlantis was greeted with cheers, whistles and shouts from the astronauts’ families and friends, as well as shuttle managers and NASA brass, who had gathered near the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle passed into history Thursday, the words "wheels stop" crackling over the cockpit radio for the very last time. In an almost anticlimactic end to the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) _ Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Friday after spending a week at the international space station installing a 44-foot girder. The weather ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After weeks of fuel line repairs, NASA's space shuttle is poised to end a three-month launch hiatus with today's planned liftoff to the international space station. Six ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis glided home through a clear moonlit sky on Thursday to complete a 13-day cargo run to the International Space Station and a 30-year ...