Space Shuttle Atlantis

NASA shared images of a mission from a decade ago on its Twitter and Instagram handles. It was on this day back in 2011 that space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Check out the photos here.

Five years after Atlantis completed the space shuttle program's final voyage, NASA is still at least a year away from launching its astronauts from US soil.

When Atlantis returned to Earth on July 21, 2011, everyone knew there would be a lengthy gap.

Boris Morukov, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor who led an extraordinary experiment in which volunteers simulated a flight to Mars while never leaving a Moscow car park, has died at 64, his scientific institute said Friday.

The last US space shuttle to soar makes its museum debut this weekend.

Space shuttle Atlantis' final journey to retirement is down broad industrial avenues, most of them off-limits to the public. So Friday's trek won't replicate the narrow, stop-and-go turns Endeavour encountered last month while navigating downtown Los Angeles.

The four-member crew blasted off on a 12-day mission just before 11:30 a.m. The four -- all shuttle veterans -- are on their way to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.

Space shuttle Atlantis is back on Earth, and the shuttle era is over. Atlantis and its four astronauts glided through the twilight on Thursday and landed in Florida shortly before sunrise. Hundreds gathered near the runway to welcome Atlantis home - and to bid NASA's 30-year space shuttle program goodbye.

NASA astronauts and engineers fended off tears as Atlantis made its final approach toward Earth on Wednesday, bringing an end to the 30-year shuttle program and closing a chapter in human spaceflight.

A space shuttle left the International Space Station for the very last time on Tuesday, heading home to end the 30-year run of a vessel that kept astronauts flying to and from orbit longer than any other US rocketship. Atlantis slipped away as the two spacecraft soared nearly 250 miles above the Pacific.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station got a very long-distance call from US President Barack Obama, who joked that he thought he was dialing out for pizza.

Space shuttle Atlantis Sunday arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) for one final visit.

As the miles melted between Atlantis and the International Space Station (ISS), the emotions grew - in orbit and on the ground.At Mission Control on Sunday, lead flight director Kwatsi Alibaruho declared "this is it" as he gave the OK for the final docking in space shuttle history. Flashbacks to the shuttle's very first space station docking - with...

The four-member crew blasted off on a 12-day mission just before 11:30 a.m. The four -- all shuttle veterans -- are on their way to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.

For the last time, the engines of a space shuttle roared, the ground rumbled, and the shuttle Atlantis rose off the launching pad and quickly disappeared into the gray, overcast sky. By dawn on Friday, cars and Winnebagos lined the sides of roadways with the prime views as hundreds of thousands of people came to watch the 135th and last flight in t...

NASA shared images of a mission from a decade ago on its Twitter and Instagram handles. It was on this day back in 2011 that space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Check out the photos here.

Five years after Atlantis completed the space shuttle program's final voyage, NASA is still at least a year away from launching its astronauts from US soil.

When Atlantis returned to Earth on July 21, 2011, everyone knew there would be a lengthy gap.

Boris Morukov, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor who led an extraordinary experiment in which volunteers simulated a flight to Mars while never leaving a Moscow car park, has died at 64, his scientific institute said Friday.

The last US space shuttle to soar makes its museum debut this weekend.

Space shuttle Atlantis' final journey to retirement is down broad industrial avenues, most of them off-limits to the public. So Friday's trek won't replicate the narrow, stop-and-go turns Endeavour encountered last month while navigating downtown Los Angeles.

The four-member crew blasted off on a 12-day mission just before 11:30 a.m. The four -- all shuttle veterans -- are on their way to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.

Space shuttle Atlantis is back on Earth, and the shuttle era is over. Atlantis and its four astronauts glided through the twilight on Thursday and landed in Florida shortly before sunrise. Hundreds gathered near the runway to welcome Atlantis home - and to bid NASA's 30-year space shuttle program goodbye.

NASA astronauts and engineers fended off tears as Atlantis made its final approach toward Earth on Wednesday, bringing an end to the 30-year shuttle program and closing a chapter in human spaceflight.

A space shuttle left the International Space Station for the very last time on Tuesday, heading home to end the 30-year run of a vessel that kept astronauts flying to and from orbit longer than any other US rocketship. Atlantis slipped away as the two spacecraft soared nearly 250 miles above the Pacific.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station got a very long-distance call from US President Barack Obama, who joked that he thought he was dialing out for pizza.

Space shuttle Atlantis Sunday arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) for one final visit.

As the miles melted between Atlantis and the International Space Station (ISS), the emotions grew - in orbit and on the ground.At Mission Control on Sunday, lead flight director Kwatsi Alibaruho declared "this is it" as he gave the OK for the final docking in space shuttle history. Flashbacks to the shuttle's very first space station docking - with...

The four-member crew blasted off on a 12-day mission just before 11:30 a.m. The four -- all shuttle veterans -- are on their way to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.

For the last time, the engines of a space shuttle roared, the ground rumbled, and the shuttle Atlantis rose off the launching pad and quickly disappeared into the gray, overcast sky. By dawn on Friday, cars and Winnebagos lined the sides of roadways with the prime views as hundreds of thousands of people came to watch the 135th and last flight in t...