CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA moved shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad on Thursday for a flight next month to the Hubble Space Telescope after being waylaid by a pair of tropical storms. Atlantis ...

NASA savored the return Wednesday of Atlantis and its astronauts from a near-perfect space station mission _ then quickly revved up anticipation for another shuttle launch next month. It’s been years ...

NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis will deliver distinctly European technology to the International Space Station when it sets off into space this week. Atlantis, which is scheduled to blast off Friday for ...

The shuttle Atlantis touched down before dawn on Thursday, marking the sunset of NASA's 30-year space shuttle program. Landing came at 5:57 a.m. ET, less than an hour before sunrise at NASA's Kennedy ...

Launch of the shuttle Atlantis on a mission to service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope has been moved up one day to May 11. Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis is ready for its spotlight — well, almost. The retired NASA orbiter, which is set to go on public display June 29 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor ...

Caught in a scheduling squeeze, NASA has decided to try to launch space shuttle Atlantis on Friday without replacing a troublesome electrical component. Friday is the last launch day available before ...

Space shuttle Atlantis with its seven-member crew launched at 2:01 p.m. EDT Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Atlantis’ 11-day mission will ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station on Monday with a 2:28 p.m. EST launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space ...

The upcoming mission will tack on 12 days, 186 orbits, 4 million miles and four astronauts. Atlantis made its debut in 1985 as the fourth in NASA's vaulted space shuttle series, and went on to launch ...

CAPECANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA?s shuttle Atlantis is ready to haul a new Europeanlaboratory toward the International Space Station (ISS) this week, top missionmanagers said Tuesday. Atlantisand its ...

NASA is targetingan early June launch for its space shuttle Atlantis and will complete repairsto the orbiter's hail-battered external fuel tank rather than replace the15-story vessel with a pristine ...