NASA began the countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115 at noon EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, at the T-43 hour point. During this mission, Atlantis’ crew will resume the ...

It was a productive day for the six astronauts onboard Atlantis. The crew inspected the shuttle’s heat shield, prepared for docking to the International Space Station and readied spacesuits for the ...

HOUSTON — Four astronauts will turn the international space station into an orbital construction zone during three complicated spacewalks . Working in teams of two, the spacewalkers and their fellow ...

A Herculean effort by the launch team here and shuttle engineers across the U. S. took the orbiter Atlantis to the precipice of its launch window, but allowed the STS-115 astronauts to begin revival ...

After days of waking up in quarantine, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis woke up in weightlessness for its first full day in space. The six-person crew of Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris ...