Space shuttle Atlantis heads for Florida landing

Astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis fired their ship's braking rockets on Friday to leave orbit and…

Atlantis leaves station as NASA eyes shuttles’ end

Space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Wednesday after a seven-day stay to deliver…

Homesick Canadian astronaut eager to see his family

Homesick after six months on the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk — who will…

Houston, we have a baby

Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new…

Astronauts step out to replace antenna

Astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis completed Thursday the first space walk of their mission, replacing a…

First space walk for Atlantis astronauts

Astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis began Thursday the first space walk of their mission to store…

Shuttle Atlantis docks with space station

The space shuttle Atlantis successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station and the hatch separating…

NASA, Microsoft take Web surfers to Mars

NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers.

NASA ready to work with China to explore space

NASA is ready to cooperate with China in space exploration, the head of the US agency…

U.S. shuttle Atlantis lifts off on mission to space station

The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Florida Monday carrying six astronauts on a mission…