First launched in October 1985, Atlantis has docked at space stations, launched planetary probes, and last year visited the Hubble Space Telescope for a final overhaul. Bill Harwood has been covering ...

Mission Control had monitored storms throughout the early hours, but they dissipated by daybreak and remained at a safe distance. The cockpit erupted in cheers when Mission Control finally radioed up ...

Upon completion of Atlantis' assembly, the new orbiter is moved from Rockwell's Palmdale facility to NASA's Dryden Flight and Research Facility on April 9, 1985. Basked in sunlight, Atlantis is rolled ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis returned from orbit for the last time Wednesday, closing out a 25-year flying career and safely bringing back six astronauts who boosted the ...

On Friday, the Atlantis space shuttle is scheduled to blast off for its 32nd and last mission, but even after 25 years of spaceflight this middle child of NASA's current space plane fleet still has ...