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 ...

NASA says it will try to launch Atlantis on the first space shuttle mission of the year in early June, almost three months later than originally planned, so that technicians can finish repairing its ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a high flying repair job to the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to come home Friday morning. The only problem was the weather.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Atlantis thundered away on its final voyage to orbit Friday, hoisting an experienced crew of six and a full shipment of space station gear. Atlantis sped ...

A 4-inch gap in the shuttle’s thermal blanket doesn’t appear to be major problem. This image made from NASA TV on Saturday shows a 4-inch gap in a heat-protecting blanket on shuttle Atlantis. The crew ...

Weather across Kennedy Space Center is observed 'go,' and hopefully conditions will remain that way for the next 40 minutes or so -- long enough for space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of four ...

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 ...

Good News: NASA's final space shuttle Atlantis has successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday and restocked it with vital supplies (enough provisions for astronauts to be good ...

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 ...