Space shuttle Atlantis is off to one of the smoothest starts of a mission in the 30-year history of NASA's shuttle program, which ends with this same voyage, agency officials said. Atlantis launched ...

THAT ANNIVERSARY. WESH 2’S MARLEI MARTINEZ ALSO SPOKE WITH THOSE ASTRONAUTS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL. MARL:EI TAKING A WALK INTO THE PAST, JUST LIKE THEY DID EXALYCT A DECADE AGO, ASTRONAUTS ...

Assuming the weather cooperates, a crew of four will lift off Friday morning on the very last flight ever for NASA's space shuttles. Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time ...

NASA will start the launch countdown for Space Shuttle Atlantis’ STS-115 mission at 8 a.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 3, at the T-43 hour point. During this mission, Atlantis’ crew will resume construction of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA’s entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world ...

Two spacewalking astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Monday to attach a delicate communications antenna during a tricky service call. Atlantis shuttle astronauts Garrett ...

An image shared on Facebook appears to show a shuttle launching into space. "Meet NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis making its way into Space," reads the Aug. 10 post's caption. "Space Vehicles like ...