The space shuttle Atlantis roared into space on November 16th to begin a vital 11-day delivery run to the International Space Station. The liftoff was the second-to-last planned flight for the 24-year ...

HOUSTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Space shuttle astronauts Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher Jr. whizzed through their first spacewalk of the STS-129 mission Thursday in 6 hours, 37 minutes. The spacewalk ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says blogs and tweets will be part of the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis and its mission to the International Space Station. The ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis launched today on an 11-day mission to deliver 14 tons of supplies, science experiments and spare parts to the International Space Station as the outpost transitions from ...

Robert Lee "Bobby" Satcher, Jr. is a physician, chemical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He became the first orthopedic surgeon in space during STS-129. He participated in 2 spacewalks during STS-129, ...

At 9:44 a.m. local time, Atlantis touched down safely in Florida after an 11 day flight in Earth orbit, ending mission STS-129. She'll be cleaned up for one final mission -- STS-132, slated for May ...

Space shuttle astronauts Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik and Barry Wilmore visited the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on January 14, 2010. They had recently returned from space ...

During a post-landing press conference held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations said, “This has just been an amazing mission.