NASA began the countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115 at noon EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, at the T-43 hour point. During this mission, Atlantis’ crew will resume the ...

It was a productive day for the six astronauts onboard Atlantis. The crew inspected the shuttle’s heat shield, prepared for docking to the International Space Station and readied spacesuits for the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA cleared six astronauts and their Atlantis orbiter for a Thursday landing after one last heat inspection found their spacecraft ship shape, a top shuttle official said today ...

HOUSTON — Four astronauts will turn the international space station into an orbital construction zone during three complicated spacewalks . Working in teams of two, the spacewalkers and their fellow ...

A Herculean effort by the launch team here and shuttle engineers across the U. S. took the orbiter Atlantis to the precipice of its launch window, but allowed the STS-115 astronauts to begin revival ...

Flight International online news 08:00GMT: Plans to use the International Space Station (ISS) as a safe haven if a Space Shuttle is seriously damaged will be rendered unviable after the expected March ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis launched successfully from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39B today for its 11-day International Space Station (ISS) assembly mission STS-115, during which its crew will install the ...

LAUNCH SET: NASA has decided to attempt a launch of Atlantis on the STS-115 mission on Sept. 8 following a delay caused by an electrical spike detected in a Freon coolant pump motor associated with ...

After days of waking up in quarantine, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis woke up in weightlessness for its first full day in space. The six-person crew of Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris ...