Atlantis, astronauts ready; weather maybe not
(AP) -- NASA fueled space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Friday on the final flight of the 30-year program, even though stormy weather threatened to delay the launch.
(AP) -- NASA fueled space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Friday on the final flight of the 30-year program, even though stormy weather threatened to delay the launch.
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2011
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Thunderstorms threatened to delay NASA's last space shuttle launch set for Friday with lightning striking near the pad as astronauts descended on Cape Canaveral by the dozens on the eve of the historic flight.
Space Exploration
Jul 7, 2011
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(AP) -- Thunderstorms are still threatening to delay NASA's last space shuttle launch, set for Friday.
Space Exploration
Jul 7, 2011
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(AP) -- A somewhat generational battle over NASA's future is escalating even as NASA is about to close the book on the space shuttle era.
Space Exploration
Jul 6, 2011
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(AP) -- The weather isn't cutting NASA any breaks, not even for the last space shuttle launch.
Space Exploration
Jul 6, 2011
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When NASA's 30-year-old space shuttle program is shuttered following the Atlantis mission in July, the University of Colorado Boulder will look back at a rich relationship filled with triumph and tragedy and look ahead to ...
Space Exploration
Jul 5, 2011
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Showers and thunderstorms are likely to force a delay to this week's planned final launch of the space shuttle, NASA's weather officer said on Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Jul 5, 2011
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(AP) -- The four astronauts who will close out NASA's space shuttle program are at their Florida launch site, eager for a Friday takeoff.
Space Exploration
Jul 4, 2011
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(AP) -- The last space shuttle launch ever is set for July 8.
Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2011
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A scare triggered by orbital debris that on Tuesday came within a couple of hundred metres (yards) of the International Space Station (ISS) sheds light on an acutely worsening problem.
Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2011
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