Shuttle Landing

Shuttle Landing: Atlantis Astronauts Back On Earth

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 11.27.2009 | Technology


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an "amazing" flig...

Space Elevator Games: Teams Compete To Build Elevator To Space

AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology


EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qu...

Atlantis, crew land in Calif. after Hubble mission

AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 06.24.2009 | Home


EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday, detouring from stormy Flori...

NASA Cancels Shuttle Landing For Second Day In A Row

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 06.23.2009 | Home


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Thunderstorms prevented space shuttle Atlantis from returning to its home base Saturday for the second day in a row, and ...

Shuttle Discovery crew glad to be back on ground

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 06.22.2008 | Home


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the ...

Shuttle Lands At Kennedy Space Center...

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


NASA went ahead with a space shuttle landing at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Friday. At 4:26 p.m. ET, Discovery fired its engines, beginning ...