Space Shuttle Atlantis. [Photo: NASA] Many are calling it “the end of an era”. The Space Shuttle Program is about to close its doors as NASA and the space industry goes in other directions. As the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has set the news conferences, events and operating hours for the news center for the final scheduled launch of space shuttle Discovery.

HOUSTON — NASA announced the winners of its “Original Song Contest” after six weeks of public voting. The songs will awaken the STS-134 astronauts aboard space shuttle Endeavour during their ongoing ...

As Space Shuttle Atlantis prepares to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) for her STS-135 mission on Friday, signalling the end of the Space Shuttle era, a new era in robotic satellite ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On July 21, 2011, space shuttle Atlantis landed for the final time at ...

How many times does a single event define a decade all by itself? In recent memory, it’s only really happened a couple of times, once on September 11th, 2001, and once more precisely 40 years to this ...

The NASA orbiter launched into space for the last time on July 8, 2011. Space Shuttle Atlantis carried its final payload to the International Space Station (ISS) after 30 years and 135 missions. The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says blogs and tweets will be part of the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis and its mission to the International Space Station. The ...

Every time you lose your mind staring at an eye-popping Hubble image, be sure to thank the crew of the space shuttle Discovery that delivered the space telescope into orbit in 1990. Lego is ...

NASA announced crew assignments Thursday for the STS-122 space shuttle mission, which is scheduled for October 2007. Navy Cmdr. Stephen Frick will command the shuttle Discovery that will be delivering ...