NASA's final space shuttle to fly in space will be exhibited to the public in a facility that bears simply the retired orbiter's name, officials announced on Thursday. NASA's Kennedy Space Center ...

Walking below the shuttle Atlantis on display, the orbiter's protective heat shield tiles are visible, dinged and scratched from traveling through Earth's atmosphere. A slide in the Space Shuttle ...

With the 2014 Olympic Games looming on the horizon, the world is preparing to display their national pride as they watch their best athletes compete. Of course, memorabilia surrounds the Olympics just ...

Atlantis astronauts may use a sewing kit normally reserved for spacesuits to repair a peeled-back thermal blanket near the spacecraft’s tail, NASA managers said Tuesday. The shuttle astronauts’ 11-day ...

The space shuttle Atlantis, the last of NASA's winged orbiters to fly in space, goes on public display at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex Saturday, the centerpiece of a $100 million facility ...

The upcoming mission will tack on 12 days, 186 orbits, 4 million miles and four astronauts. Atlantis made its debut in 1985 as the fourth in NASA's vaulted space shuttle series, and went on to launch ...