HOUSTON — If anything should happen to the Space Shuttle Atlantis once it reaches the international space station, or if the orbiter is deemed unsafe to return to Earth, NASA has developed an ...

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 ...

In 1981, when the shuttle program was in its infancy, many thought it seemed unreal. Now, as Atlantis readies to take the program's final flight,... In May, when the space shuttle Atlantis was moved ...

Well, as Neil deGrasse Tyson pointed out in his twitter feed, at least it's not the end of the era of space flight. Just the US's era of launching people. For now (fingers crossed!). I started off ...

In May, when the space shuttle Atlantis was moved to its launch pad, STS-135's flight engineer, Rex Walheim, got a bit emotional. "That is the most graceful, beautiful vehicle we've had to fly in ...

In a couple of days, the end of the era of Space Shuttles will begin. For better or worse, they got us in space and enabled a bit of science along the way. Weather permitting, Atlantis will hit its ...