CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. | With a cry from its commander to "light this fire one more time," the last shuttle thundered into orbit Friday on a cargo run that will close out three decades of triumph and ...

While the launch was a first for the young brothers, it also marks the end of the decades old shuttle program, which retires after Atlantis touches down following its mission to the International ...

HOUSTON — After a busy week in orbit, the astronauts on shuttle Atlantis will enjoy some much-deserved time off along with some good food and a song from the band R.E.M. today (July 14). The four ...

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 ...

NASA Fuels Up Atlantis for Final Launch Published May 14, 2010 • Updated on May 14, 2010 at 6:21 am Forecasters said there is a 70 percent chance of good weather for the scheduled afternoon launch of ...

Completing a tradition that dates back more than 30 space shuttle missions, the four astronauts flying on NASA's final shuttle flight added their insignia to several of the walls aboard the ...

Aboard Atlantis on Friday, this last crew will make NASA’s 135th and final shuttle flight. It will be years before the United States sends its own spacecraft up again. Commander Christopher Ferguson, ...

NASA is aiming to launch the final space shuttle mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope a day earlier than planned to avoid a potential schedule conflict at the Florida launch site, officials ...

"Americans have been driven to explore beyond the horizon ever since the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In the twentieth century, that drive took us to the moon and inspired dreams of setting foot ...