Visitors to the Shuttle Atlantis exhibition can try their hand at simulators modeling space shuttle dockings, robotic arm operations, and landings. The simulators were built to closely resemble the ...

Despite the closure of an emergency landing strip in Morocco due to security concerns, Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis is still a go, NASA says. The landing strip was closed because there ...

The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early on Sunday after astronauts fitted it with new solar panels designed to boost the station’s power-generating capacity. The ...

Weather across Kennedy Space Center is observed 'go,' and hopefully conditions will remain that way for the next 40 minutes or so -- long enough for space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of four ...

After a nearly 10-day stay at the international space station that included construction work and a computer meltdown, space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to begin its return trip to Earth. The shuttle ...

The shuttle Atlantis docked with the international space station this afternoon, while experts assessed the impact of damage to a small region of heat shielding on the ship's tail section for a second ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis and six veteran astronauts blasted off on Friday from the Kennedy Space Centre to deliver a Russian module and spare parts to the ...

A larger-than-life look into feats of manufacturing.

Walking below the shuttle Atlantis on display, the orbiter's protective heat shield tiles are visible, dinged and scratched from traveling through Earth's atmosphere. A slide in the Space Shuttle ...