KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--In the dwindling hours of the shuttle program's last visit to the International Space Station, the Atlantis astronauts detached a bus-size cargo module from the space ...

Leaving the International Space Station behind for the last time, the shuttle Atlantis' crew undocks and gears up for re-entry and landing Thursday to close out NASA's 135th and final shuttle flight.

HOUSTON — The last astronauts to fly on a space shuttle have boarded their spaceship for the return trip to Earth and closed its hatch on the International Space Station for the final time. The ...

The last launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis resonates with millions of Americans, but few have "pride of involvement" as the program winds down, like Salvador Lucio of Ventura County. "Amazing to see it ...

Thisstory was updated at 12:47 p.m. ET. Thespace shuttle Atlantis has begun the trip home from orbit. The shuttle's sixastronauts bid farewell to the International Space Station early Sunday after ...

As the shuttle age draws to a close after 37 dramatic rendezvous, their crews held a moving ceremony, exchanging embraces and kisses before shutting the hatches separating them for a final time at ...

Astronauts aboard Atlantis and the international space station closed the hatches between their spacecraft on Sunday with an emotional farewell exchange that set the stage for the shuttle's departure.

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