Us Space Shuttle Atlantis

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  5 Years After Shuttle, NASA Awaits Commercial Crew Capsules

  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.

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  Russian Space Medic Who Led Mars Experiment Dies At 64

  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.

• Space shuttle Atlantis to 'go' for public viewing

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

• 'Godspeed', say astronauts as Atlantis begins last trip home

  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.

• Obama dials for pizza, gets space station

  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.

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  NASA ready for Atlantis launch, so is Twitter

  All systems are go for the launch of US space shuttle Atlantis, for a construction and delivery mission to the International Space Station. The blast off is scheduled for 1 am (IST) on Tuesday.

• Weather delays Atlantis return

  Heavy cloud cover and crosswinds forced the US space agency to put off the space shuttle Atlantis' return.