On the first day of the final US shuttle mission, astronauts inspected the hull of the Atlantis and so far, there have been no reports of any damage.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew reached the International Space Station at 12:47 pm ET on Sunday, stated NASA.
Space Shuttle Atlantis is carrying two iPhone 4s to the ISS (International Space Station) for experimentation.
With Friday's lift-off of the Atlantis being the final shuttle launch for NASA, science is expected to turn to the private sector to get into space. But for some computing needs, NASA has turned to the private sector already, using smartphones to run some experiments.
NASA is going to the private sector for the next era of manned space missions.
With the last launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, what is the future of space travel?
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Atlantis has been in space 32 times since 1985, and orbited the earth 4,648 times, but she's about to make her last journey.
Here are some options for Friday's historic last launch and flight for the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
With the final U.S. space shuttle mission set to blast off on Friday, Russian vehicles will be the only option for American astronauts.
The five orbiters - Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour - have flown more than 130 times, carrying over 350 people into space and traveling more than half a billion miles, more than enough to reach Jupiter.
NASA Final Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 11:26 am EDT on July 8, which will be the final flight in the 30-year shuttle program. And now, what is next For NASA?
NASA space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station at 11:26 am EDT on July 8, which will be the final flight in the 30-year shuttle program.
NASA has planned about 14 DISCOVER-AQ flights through July for a mission to enhance the capability of satellites to measure ground-level air quality from space.
NASA space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station at 11:26 am EDT on July 8, which will be the final flight in the 30-year shuttle program.
NASA space shuttle Atlantis has been officially cleared for July 8 launch to the International Space Station at 11:26 am EDT, which will be the final flight in the 30-year-old shuttle program.
Six astronauts took shelter inside two Soyuz capsules when a piece of space debris came close to the International Space Station on Tuesday.
Sleep is essential to human well-being whether on Earth or in the orbit. It is difficult to sleep in a strange place, especially when you are far from home.
Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ, said Tuesday that he will be retiring from NASA after 25 years of working with the space agency.
Three weeks after landing the Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of its final voyage, Captain Mark Kelly said he’ll be retiring from NASA and the U.S. Navy to be with his wife, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, as she recovers from gunshot wounds suffered in January, Reuters reported.
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said NASA has been an absolute case study in why bureaucracy can't innovate.