The six-member crew of the space shuttle Atlantis have been sealed inside the orbiter at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, and NASA launch teams proceed with a smooth countdown to the launch, which is ...

HOUSTON - It may have been the final big official event of the last space shuttle mission, but a welcome-home and thank-you party Friday for the crew of Atlantis wasn't dwelling on any sad ending.

Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry. Columbia was just 16 minutes from landing at the Kennedy Space Center, when Mission ...

Jan. 28, 1986, 7 spacefarers were killed when shuttle Challenger exploded midair after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

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 ...