Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The astronauts who flew the final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program reunited at Kennedy Space Center to commemorate the 15th ...

If it were up to the crew of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program, they would have kept flying. Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A on ...

CAPE CANAVERAL (nasa) – The Space Shuttle Atlantis has blasted off for an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis lifted-off Monday afternoon from Cape Canaveral, Florida after a ...

To the pleasure of NASA's partners in the international space station, prospects were good for an on-time liftoff of shuttle Atlantis and Europe's long-awaited Columbus lab ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. — With its aging space shuttle fleet facing mandatory retirement in two years, NASA planned to launch the first of 13 final flights today after a two-month delay. NASA started ...

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The astronauts who flew the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program reunited at Kennedy Space Center to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Atlantis’ historic last flight. Space Shuttle Atlantis ...