Narrator: Even after NASA’s Space Shuttle Program comes to an end, the agency will have the unique opportunity to share its unparalleled tale of flying the world’s first reusable spacecraft . . . and ...
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex today began the two-day process of unwrapping the Atlantis orbiter from the protective shrink wrap that has encased the priceless artifact during ...
The space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida on Wednesday, ending a mission highlighted by delivery of Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International Space Station. Commander Steven ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA’s entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world ...
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See the metal guts of a satellite in this wild X-ray view | Space photo of the day for Dec. 4, 2025
Using a high-energy X-ray system, they turned the satellite effectively transparent, revealing fuel and gas tanks, hidden ...
On July 8, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final mission. Atlantis was the last of NASA's space shuttles to fly into space. It went on 33 missions since 1985, ferrying astronauts to ...
Shuttle lands in Calif. after rainouts in Fla. and mission to repair Hubble. May 24, 2009— -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, concluding a 13-day flight to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, came in for ...
Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans of Texas, want the space shuttle Discovery to be moved to Space Center Houston from its current location at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington D ...
The shuttle blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida into a clear blue sky on time at 2:20 pm (1820 GMT). Several minutes after the launch, Atlantis’s twin white solid rocket boosters were separated ...
Jean Wright's work as a seamstress wasn't typical: this "Sew Sister" had a mission of keeping NASA's Space Shuttle and its astronauts safe. She sewed with materials that could withstand up to 3,200 ...
(Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off on Monday for an 11-day mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, where the seven-member crew planned to install and repair instruments, replace ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida on Wednesday, capping a 12-day mission to deliver a new module to the International Space Station before NASA retires ...
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