‘Four. . . three . . . two . . . one. We have ignition . . . and lift-off.” For more than half a century, that countdown sequence has signaled the start of another daring plunge into the unknown– what ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--In the dwindling hours of the shuttle program's last visit to the International Space Station, the Atlantis astronauts detached a bus-size cargo module from the space ...

Leaving the International Space Station behind for the last time, the shuttle Atlantis' crew undocks and gears up for re-entry and landing Thursday to close out NASA's 135th and final shuttle flight.

Thisstory was updated at 12:47 p.m. ET. Thespace shuttle Atlantis has begun the trip home from orbit. The shuttle's sixastronauts bid farewell to the International Space Station early Sunday after ...

The last launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis resonates with millions of Americans, but few have "pride of involvement" as the program winds down, like Salvador Lucio of Ventura County. "Amazing to see it ...

Astronauts aboard Atlantis and the international space station closed the hatches between their spacecraft on Sunday with an emotional farewell exchange that set the stage for the shuttle's departure.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) | After a week together, the crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station said goodbye Tuesday and closed the hatches between them. Atlantis will ...

Sadly, this week marks the end of Stargate Atlantis filming. David Hewlett (the great Rodney McKay) Twittered his goodbye yesterday from the set, “Shooting the last scene, of the last episode, of ...

For more than half a century, that countdown sequence has signaled the start of another daring plunge into the unknown — what we’ve come to know as “The Right Stuff.” Now that sound will only be a ...