When it was flying in orbit, space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay was opened to deploy probes to the planets, send satellites circling the Earth, and deliver the parts to assemble a space station. Full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis is ready for its spotlight — well, almost. Full story
With just about four months remaining before its public debut, the "Space Shuttle Atlantis" exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida is taking shape — both inside and out. Full story
NASA's final space shuttle to fly in space will be exhibited to the public in a facility that bears simply the retired orbiter's name, officials announced on Thursday (Feb. 21). Full story
Now that the Enterprise is being placed at the Intrepid museum in New York City, NASA's two other remaining orbiters — Endeavour and Atlantis — are also headed to museum retirement homes soon. Endeavour, the agency's youngest shuttle, is the next to move. Full story
The volcano that may have given rise to the legend of Atlantis has awakened, researchers say. After a 60-year lull, Santorini awakened in January 2011 with a swarm of tremors, each magnitude 3.2 or less, new GPS research has revealed. Full story
After space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth for the final time on Thursday, 9,000 people lost their jobs at NASA. Former NASA employee Dean Pettit joins msnbc to talk about the situation.
America closed a chapter in its space history on Thursday. In a dramatic early morning landing, the space shuttle Atlantis came screaming into the Kennedy Space Center for the last time. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.
The space shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center, marking the end of NASA's 30-year space shuttle program.
The space shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center, marking the end of NASA's 30-year space shuttle program. NBC's Tom Costello reports.
NBC’s Tom Costello spoke with the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis on their last day in space.
See the high points of the last space shuttle mission and other cosmic marvels from July 2011.
Space shuttle Atlantis is moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Visitors Complex during a media event at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 29, 2012. The space shuttle, wrapped in a thick plastic coating for protection while the building is being completed, has be
Workers carry a banner full of signatures while following behind space shuttle Atlantis as it begins its trek to its new home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, early Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The spacecraft traveled 125,935,769 miles during 33 spaceflights, including 1
