After a cliff-hanger countdown, the space shuttle Atlantis rockets into orbit Friday, putting on one last show for spectators jamming area roads and beaches to witness NASA's 135th and final shuttle ...

Mission STS-135 for the space shuttle Atlantis marks the end of the three-decade U.S. shuttle program and a fundamental shift in focus for NASA. After a cliff-hanger countdown, the space shuttle ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA’s last space shuttle voyage, dodging bad weather and delighting ...

Space shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) touches down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), completing its 13-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and the final flight ...

When space shuttle Atlantis lifts off later this week onwhat NASA has planned to be its final flight, helping to launch it will be arocket booster segment that first flew 25 years ago on the orbiter's ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA’s last space shuttle voyage, dodging bad weather and delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators on hand ...

This comprehensive debunking of the idea that Atlantis is an actual historical location by classicist Kershaw (A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths) begins with Plato, the sole ancient source of the ...

Unlike the Atlantis legend, these islands weren't sunk by angry gods A DOOMED group of sunken islands found far below the ocean’s surface has been linked to the legendary “lost” Atlantis – though it’s ...

Atlantis, Paradise Island, a 2,300-room resort in the Bahamas, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Here's a slice of trivia, courtesy of the Atlantis archives: • Food for thought: Since the resort ...