Take a rare glimpse inside the space shuttle Atlantis just before NASA powered it down forever in 2011. SPACE.com partner Robert Pearlman, editor of collectSPACE, snapped the photos.

It could probably go without saying, but for the record, the space shuttle mission shown on "Quantum Leap" did not happen. The episode "Atlantis" had Ben Song leap into the body of an astronaut.

On July 8, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final mission. Atlantis was the last of NASA's space shuttles to fly into space. It went on 33 missions since 1985, ferrying astronauts to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Atlantis returned from its final voyage Wednesday, closing out a quarter-century flying career and safely bringing back six astronauts from a successful ...

Video: Space shuttle Atlantis celebrates 10… Live Streams Local Space shuttle Atlantis celebrates 10 years at Kennedy Space Center By Brittany Caldwell, WFTV.com July 01, 2023 at 4:59 pm EDT ...

A new book details how design challenges, budget constraints and political considerations set the Space Shuttle up for disaster.

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz got language into President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" that creates a path for ...

An image shared on Facebook appears to show a shuttle launching into space. "Meet NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis making its way into Space," reads the Aug. 10 post's caption. "Space Vehicles like ...

Mary Cleave, shuttle astronaut who tracked climate change, dies at 76 Dr. Cleave was inspired to return to climate research after seeing deforested parts of the Amazon from space ...

The same year that The Verge came into being, another decades-long program was coming to an end. In July 2011, NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis, with a crew of four on board, blasted off from ...

When shuttle missions resumed in 1988, the first three flights had all-male crews until Dr. Cleave was chosen to ride the Atlantis again. Dr. Cleave in 1989 aboard the Atlantis for the second time.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis returned from orbit for the last time Wednesday, closing out a 25-year flying career and safely bringing back six astronauts who boosted ...