The Space Shuttle

Atlantis became the final orbiter to make a supersonic slide back to Earth, heralded by twin sonic booms.

Space shuttle astronauts aboard the International Space Station will answer videotaped questions from middle school students participating in NASA's Summer of Innovation initiative. The event is scheduled to air live on NASA Television at 7:09 a.m. EDT on Sunday, July ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — Sweet and sour. That's how Apollo 16 astronaut and moonwalker Charlie Duke described to me how he felt about the ending of the shuttle orbiter program NASA has operated for 30 years.

TITUSVILLE — Three cheers for Atlantis and her crew, literally.

If you needed to sum up your feelings of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' final flight in one word, what would it be?

Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday, dodging bad weather and delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators.

The Florida Highway Patrol recommends for anyone who plans to travel to watch the shuttle launch of Atlantis to allot plenty of time for travel and to expect traffic delays.

A hole may need to open in the clouds at just the right time for Atlantis to fly on the final shuttle mission Friday morning.

Some helped design, build and salvage the machines; another wants to help those losing their jobs as the program ends.

The countdown to the final shuttle launch began Tuesday, but Atlantis and up to a million launch spectators may have to contend with stormy weather Friday morning.

Shuttle weather officer Kathy Winters said Tuesday there's a 60 percent chance that rain or thunderstorms will delay Friday's planned liftoff of Atlantis.

With Atlantis' launch ending three decades of flying the Shuttle Orbiter, some of the nation's best-known astronauts are speaking out.

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With Wednesday's landing of Endeavour, just one more space shuttle flight remains, putting an end to 30 years of Florida shuttle launches and more than 535 million miles of orbits controlled at Houston's Johnson Space Center. Now a sense of ...

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