Space Shuttle Atlantis. [Photo: NASA] Many are calling it “the end of an era”. The Space Shuttle Program is about to close its doors as NASA and the space industry goes in other directions. As the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four astronauts for the final space shuttle mission, STS-135, will answer reporters’ questions at 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 31, as shuttle Atlantis is moved to its ...

The STS-135 crew landed Space Shuttle "Atlantis" for the last time July 21, 2011, after a successful mission to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. Here the crew ...

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 ...

In 1981, when the shuttle program was in its infancy, many thought it seemed unreal. Now, as Atlantis readies to take the program's final flight,... In May, when the space shuttle Atlantis was moved ...