A foam strike 82 seconds after launch set Columbia on a fatal course, but a 2003 investigation explored a last-minute ...

A chapter in United States history closed this morning as the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down for the final time. The return flight was successful, with excellent weather easing the crew's return ...

The space shuttle Atlantis on Friday successfully launched for the last time and is now zooming toward the International Space Station for a 12-day mission that will bring NASA's 30-year shuttle ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off on its final flight next week. NASA's top managers agreed Wednesday to set May 14 as the launch date. Liftoff will be at 1:20 p.m.

The spacewalk, scheduled for Thursday, was postponed because of an unspecified medical concern with an unnamed astronaut.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The last space shuttle to soar makes its museum debut this weekend, and it's the belle of NASA's retirement ball. The Atlantis exhibit opens to the public Saturday at ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle passed into history Thursday, the words "wheels stop" crackling over the cockpit radio for the last time. In an almost anticlimactic end to the 30-year-old ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA officials decided Saturday to delay the launch of space shuttle Atlantis by 24 hours to give engineers more time to determine whether one of the most powerful lightning ...

In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue ...

NASA, always on the lookout for good publicity, has made a cottage industry out of the wake-up music it uses to rouse crews orbiting the earth. They recruit artists to record messages that are played ...