Via CNN.com: For the last time in the foreseeable future, a U.S. space shuttle undocked from the International Space Station. Space shuttle Atlantis separated from the International Space Station at 2:28 a.m. ET Tuesday, about 250 miles above Earth. It will return home Thursday from NASA’s final space shuttle mission. Read More
Kennedy Space Center (CNN) — Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Friday morning on the final mission of America’s 30-year shuttle program, a thunderously poignant moment that drew people from around the world to watch. Some of the thousands of onlookers chanted “U.S.A.” Others shed tears as Atlantis roared aloft atop its powerful rockets on what […]
