Space shuttle Atlantis has landed in the US for the last time, ending its final mission to the International Space Station and closing a 30-year chapter in American space exploration. The shuttle and ...

Riding piggyback on a specially fitted Boeing 747, the shuttle flew over San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge before heading south to take in the Hollywood sign and Disneyland, later landing at LA ...

THE COSTLY LEVIATHAN HAS BEEN GOBBLING CASH - AND LIVES - FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, AND THE END IS NOWHERE IN SIGHT, WRITES ROBIN MCKIE. Americans are about to mark the 20th anniversary of a tragedy that ...

After some last minute glitches, NASA's most journeyed space shuttle Discovery has blasted off on its final mission after three decades. The space shuttle Discovery blasted off Thursday in the United ...

Dr Morris Jones is an Australian space analyst and writer. As the US Space Shuttle program comes to an end this Friday, it\'s worth reflecting on its little-known twin on the other side of the space ...

Crew of the Atlantis space shuttle are preparing to land for one final time in an emotional homecoming in Florida tomorrow. Crew of the Atlantis space shuttle are preparing to land for one final time ...

WASHINGTON: Discovery on Thursday will become the first spaceship of the retired US shuttle fleet to enter its permanent home as a museum artifact, marking a solemn end to the 30-year US space flight ...

Debating whether to extend the Shuttle program highlights safety, budget, and NASA's ability amid reliance on private companies. However, one option [we examined] does provide for an extension of the ...

Nearly nine years after the final NASA space shuttle mission lifted off, two astronauts will put everything on the line to make history. Strapped into a bus-sized capsule, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Space Shuttle flew on 135 missions between 1981 and 2011. While the coin’s front displays the series’ Statue of Liberty image, ...