While the work to erect the fourth wall to seal Atlantis in the building will take until mid-December to complete, the shuttle's lift will get under way by Nov. 11 and take a few days to accomplish.

The shuttle Atlantis rockets into orbit on a three-spacewalk mission to deliver 15 tons of spare parts and other equipment to protect against failures after the shuttle is retired.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis thundered away on its final voyage to orbit Friday, hoisting an experienced crew of six and a full shipment of space station gear.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Sept. 9 -- The shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Saturday on a long-awaited mission to resume assembly of the space station 3 1/2 years after the 2003 Columbia disaster. Running ...

An unidentified, apparently rectangular object orbiting below and at the same speed as the space shuttle Atlantis may have been shaken loose from the spacecraft, leading NASA officials to scramble ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis is ready for its spotlight — well, almost. The retired NASA orbiter, which is set to go on public display June 29 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A snagged cable forced Atlantis' astronauts to resort to a more inconvenient and less comprehensive method of inspecting their space shuttle Saturday as they sped toward a ...

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A movie starring actor Jason Ritter was being filmed as space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center."Atlantis" is being filmed in central Florida. It's ...

HOUSTON — The space shuttle Atlantis, with a preliminary clean bill of health, is about to make a 17-1/2-ton delivery. Astronauts Monday morning will use the shuttle's robotic arm to remove a giant ...