NASA Announces Prelaunch Events And Countdown Details For Final Shuttle Flight

News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.,…

Atlantis’ Closeouts Under Way

Today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians at Launch Pad 39A will begin the…

Seaside Sunrise

The sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean silhouetting space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank and solid…

NASA Twitter Followers Will Fly Shuttle Simulator During Tweetup At Johnson Space Center

So you think you can pilot the space shuttle? NASA will give 30 of its Twitter…

Shuttle and Crew Preparations Under Way for Final Flight

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians at Launch Pad 39A Thursday night wrapped up…

NASA Will Host 150 People For Tweetup At Launch Of Jupiter-Bound Mission

NASA will host a two-day launch Tweetup for 150 of its Twitter followers on Aug. 4…

First TV Image of Mars

A 'real-time data translator' machine converted a Mariner 4 digital image data into numbers printed on…

NASA, NSF Collaborate to Develop Advanced Robotics

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will take the lead with NASA and two other federal agencies…

SOFIA Successfully Observes Challenging Pluto Occultation

On June 23, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) observed the dwarf planet Pluto as…

STS-135 Countdown Rehearsal Complete

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning, the four Atlantis astronauts put on their…