Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 21, 2011 - Weather forecasts are favorable for the last landing under the Space Shuttle program, mission control official Leroy Caine said. The Atlantis shuttle, which undocked from the International Spa
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 21, 2011 - The shuttle Atlantis cruised home for a final time Thursday, ending its last mission to the International Space Station and closing a 30-year chapter in American space exploration.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 21, 2011 - The commander who brought shuttle Atlantis to a final homecoming Thursday said US space exploration would carry on, as he lauded the vessel for changing the way we view the world.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 21, 2011 - Atlantis touched down for a final time Thursday, ending its last mission to the International Space Station and bringing down the curtain on NASA's 30-year space shuttle program.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 20, 2011 - The end of the US space shuttle program brings the start of a new chapter for the remaining orbiters, which will soon take up residence as museum pieces in Florida, Virginia, California and New York.
Washington (AFP) July 20, 2011 - NASA astronauts and engineers fought off tears Wednesday as Atlantis made its final approach toward Earth, bringing an end to the 30-year shuttle program and closing a chapter in human spaceflight.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 20, 2011 - The US space shuttle is part cargo truck, part passenger bus, part airplane built for orbit, and has known soaring highs and devastating lows during its 30-year career.
Moscow, Russia (XNA) Jul 20, 2011 - A Russian Zenith-3M rocket with an observation satellite blasted off early Monday, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The rocket with Fregat-SB upper stage and Russian astrophysical obse
Denver CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2011 - Through a new agreement, United Launch Alliance (ULA) will provide technical information to NASA about using the Atlas V rocket to launch astronauts into space. The announcement was made Monday at U
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 20, 2011 - The US space shuttle is the most complex and costly flying machine ever built. It helped build a pioneering space outpost but also kept Americans confined to low Earth orbit for 30 years.
Washington (AFP) July 19, 2011 - The crew of Atlantis undocked Tuesday from the International Space Station, wrapping up the last visit by a US shuttle to the orbiting outpost and setting its sights on an emotional homecoming.
Washington (AFP) July 19, 2011 - Shuttle Atlantis inched away from the International Space Station early Tuesday for a final time, undocking from the outpost to begin its historic return to Earth, NASA officials said.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 18, 2011 - Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts brought with them a historic U.S. flag that flew aboard shuttle Columbia on America's first shuttle flight, STS-1 in 1981, the National Aeronautics and Space Admini
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 18, 2011 - Russia launched early on Saturday a Proton-M rocket carrying a Kazakh and a U.S. communications satellites from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said. T
Washington (AFP) July 18, 2011 - NASA said Monday that it had reached an agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to try to adopt the Atlas V commercial rocket to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 18, 2011 - The last Atlantis shuttle which docked with the ISS this week is due to return to Earth on July 21st . From then on, astronauts and cargoes will be delivered to the ISS by Russian Soyuz spaceships.
