Visitors to the Shuttle Atlantis exhibition can try their hand at simulators modeling space shuttle dockings, robotic arm operations, and landings. The simulators were built to closely resemble the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After months of delay, NASA cleared space shuttle Atlantis for a Monday launch to the Hubble Space ...

Walking below the shuttle Atlantis on display, the orbiter's protective heat shield tiles are visible, dinged and scratched from traveling through Earth's atmosphere. A slide in the Space Shuttle ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA called off Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after detecting problems with a pair of fuel gauges in its big external tank, a recurring problem ever since the ...

美国国家航空航天局（NASA）宇航员苏尼·威廉姆斯（Suni Williams）在NASA服役近三十年后宣布退休，她的退休于2025年12月27日生效。威廉姆斯曾执行三次国际空间站（International Space Station, ISS）任务，创造了人类航天飞行领域的多项纪录。 NASA局长贾里德·艾萨克曼（Jared Isaacman）表示：“苏尼·威廉姆斯是人类航天领域的开拓者，她通 ...

After the foam strike doomed Space Shuttle Columbia, NASA quietly studied whether Atlantis could be rushed into orbit to rescue the crew before their air ran out. This is the sobering inside look at ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off its seaside launch pad on Monday, loaded with spare parts to keep the International Space Station flying after the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis' 12-day mission was marked with exhausting days, minor aggravations and one big success: a 17 1/2-ton addition to the international space station, ...