Wake-up calls date back to the Gemini program in the 1960s, when mission controllers began using music to greet crews at the ...

NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus flies through the Rafaello module, filled to the brim with supplies, during the last space shuttle mission (STS-135) to the International Space Station. Space shuttle ...

Digital Journal — NASA says its scheduled launch of Atlantis on Aug. 27 has been given the green light after safety reviews of the shuttle were completed. “We set the launch date for the 27th, I think ...

Robert Satcher,Mission Specialist-4 for NASA's Space Shuttle "ATLANTIS" answers questions during the Terminal Count- down Demonstration Test [TCDT] at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 20 ...

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is marking America's 250th anniversary with a monthlong series of events celebrating ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring ...

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 ...

NASA's Space Shuttle program was a great idea in concept, but flawed execution led to its demise. Here are the problems it ...

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin reiterated Tuesday that the US space agency will not launch shuttle Atlantis if the problem of insulation foam remain unsolved. Speaking at a press conference at ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...