CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off on its final flight next week. NASA's top managers agreed Wednesday to set May 14 as the launch date. Liftoff will be at 1:20 p.m.

At the time, NASA was preparing to launch the space shuttle, Atlantis, in June 1995 on a mission to dock with the Russian Mir ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA officials decided Saturday to delay the launch of space shuttle Atlantis by 24 hours to give engineers more time to determine whether one of the most powerful lightning ...

Six-man crew to land in Florida Wednesday as shuttle program winds down. May 31, 2011— -- The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are scheduled to return to Earth early Wednesday morning, ...

Good News: NASA's final space shuttle Atlantis has successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday and restocked it with vital supplies (enough provisions for astronauts to be good ...

On July 8, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final mission. Atlantis was the last of NASA's space shuttles to fly into space. It went on 33 missions since 1985, ferrying astronauts to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis' 12-day mission was marked with exhausting days, minor aggravations and one big success: a 17 1/2-ton addition to the international space station, ...

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Something "size of a pea" could puncture Atlantis on mission to repair Hubble. May 13, 2009 — -- A myriad of space debris combined with a 21-inch scratch across delicate thermal tiles has the ...

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