The failure of a water valve during the most recent shuttle flight probably won’t delay next week’s planned launch of the shuttle Atlantis, NASA officials decided Thursday. “It’s not a fleetwide ...

Astronauts installed a platform Friday for new reclining seats to be used aboard Atlantis next year when the shuttle picks up three passengers from the Russian space station Mir. After its current ...

For more than two years, the space shuttle Atlantis was shackled to the ground as it underwent the spacecraft equivalent of a 50,000-mile checkup.But just before noon on Thursday, Atlantis broke free ...

After soaring down from orbit through temperatures as high as 2,500 degrees, the space shuttle Atlantis was still packing a cold one on its back when it landed this week. Despite the heat of re-entry ...

With the closure of the “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” ride at Disneyland in 1994, you just knew Disney was waiting for the release of “Atlantis” to create a whole new underwater world. The time has ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- This day in Huntsville history: 10 years ago: Space shuttle Atlantis shed very little foam from its external tank during its mid-November launch, NASA officials said. That was ...