A dozen astronauts and cosmonauts from the space shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station are well along in the latest mission to prepare the station for operations without shuttle support.

The final NASA Space Shuttle crew reunited under Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the 15th anniversary of STS-135.

The last of NASA's space shuttles to move into a museum will roll over to its Florida retirement home in one week's time. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's ...

(AP) Space shuttle Atlantis isn’t going far to its retirement home at Kennedy Space Center’s main tourist stop. But it might as well be a world away for the workers who spent decades doting on ...