The shuttle blasted off almost on time, after concerns about the weather were overcome. Its mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to last 12 days.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA called off Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after detecting problems with a pair of fuel gauges in its big external tank, a recurring problem ...

Here is an infrared photo of the yesterday’s Atlantis launch. It was taken from the wilderness of Cabo Cañaveral as she cleared the tower on its mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope ...

In the final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program, Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off with a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for ...

The Space Shuttle Atlantis arrived at its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 8:54 a.m. EDT Wednesday on top of a giant vehicle known as the crawler transporter.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Space Shuttle Program managers have targeted Jan. 10 for the launch of shuttle Atlantis’ STS-122 mission to the International Space Station. “The workforce ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock up the International Space Station with several years' worth of spare parts. Mission managers ...

Last Launch is a stunning photographic tribute to America's space shuttle program. Dan Winters was one of only a handful of photographers to whom NASA gave close-range access to photograph the last ...

Watch this video for the Shuttle Atlantis launch to make repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope.