KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - After a cliffhanger countdown, the space shuttle Atlantis thundered to life and majestically rocketed into history Friday, putting on one last sky show for spectators ...

Against grim weather odds, space shuttle Atlantis and her four-person crew made history on Friday, blasting off from the launch pad and soaring into the clouds, bound for space and the International ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA is fueling space shuttle Atlantis for its final journey. Atlantis is set to blast off Friday afternoon with six astronauts and a load of supplies for the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The space shuttle Atlantis, carrying a crew of six, a Russian docking module and critical spare parts, vaulted into orbit Friday on a 12-day space-station assembly mission, the ...

NASA has set Space Shuttle Atlantis’ launch for Friday, Sept. 8, at 11:41 a.m. EDT. Shuttle program managers made the lift-off decision after reviewing more detailed data on a problem associated with ...

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Kennedy Space Center, Florida: For the last time, the engines of a space shuttle roared, the ground rumbled, and the shuttle Atlantis rose off the launching pad and quickly disappeared into the gray, ...