CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four astronauts for the final space shuttle mission, STS-135, will answer reporters’ questions at 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 31, as shuttle Atlantis is moved to its ...

At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, the four Atlantis astronauts set to fly the STS-135 mission begin their launch countdown rehearsal and related training. After the crew arrived at ...

HOUSTON — The four astronauts who landed aboard NASA's final space shuttle mission on Thursday returned home to Houston today (July 22), where they received a heroes' welcome. Space shuttle Atlantis ...

At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning, the four Atlantis astronauts put on their bright orange launch-and-entry suits and are traveling to Launch Pad 39A aboard the Astrovan, just as ...

NASA astronauts (from left) Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley and Chris Cassidy speak at a June 1 media event on the ISS, hold an American flag left on the station by the STS-135 shuttle mission nearly nine ...

This story was updated at 10:28 p.m. ET. NASA has announced the four astronauts who would fly the last-ever space shuttle mission next summer, should Congress approve the extra flight. Currently, only ...

The gap in US domestic crew launch capability is coming to an end as soon as next month, concluding a convoluted and painful path that ultimately began when Columbia was lost during STS-107. The last ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis. [Photo: NASA] Many are calling it “the end of an era”. The Space Shuttle Program is about to close its doors as NASA and the space industry goes in other directions. As the ...

In the middle of the final flight of NASA's space shuttle, President Obama called up to the International Space Station to congratulate the crew on their mission. During the call on July 15, 2011, ...