The weather is looking good for NASA's final planned liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

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 is getting hit up for extra launch passes, and mission stickers and pins are flying off the shelf. Another Twittering crowd is descending on the space center. Even science ...

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 ...

A fireworks display heralds the arrival of space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. See collectSPACE.com ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — The Space Shuttle Atlantis is back at the launch pad after more than two months of extensive fuel tank repairs as NASA primes the spacecraft for a June 8 launch towards the international ...

A lawsuit filed by the former concessionaire for Yosemite National Park against the federal government has raised a seemingly unrelated query: Who owns Space Shuttle Atlantis? The retired NASA winged ...

NASA’s last-ever space shuttle, Atlantis, rocketed skyward Friday, carrying four astronauts into space. The Associated Press reports: Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA’s ...

NASA — A drop in storm intensity has caused the U.S. space agency NASA to return the shuttle Atlantis back to the launch pad after it was being pulled toward its hangar for shelter. The reversal means ...