The Atlantis astronauts tested the shuttle's re-entry systems early Tuesday and packed for a Florida landing Wednesday, weather permitting, to close out a successful space station assembly mission, ...

At 15,000 feet (4,572 m) in length, the Shuttle Landing Facility was so long that it'd tower over everything but the most prominent mountain ranges in the world if stacked into the sky. Most normal ...

Shannon Airport has had many eye-catching visitors over the years. But the prospect of a NASA space shuttle hurtling towards ...

Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery will spend another day orbiting Earth, after the scheduled landing was postponed due to bad weather in Florida. The seven-member crew is now slated to attempt ...

Ireland was required to agree to plan under 1960s space treaties - but felt crash landing was only a remote possibility ...

"Mission complete, Houston. After serving the world for over 30 years, the space shuttle has earned its place in history. It's come to a final stop." With those words, astronaut Christopher Ferguson ...

Millions along Discovery's landing route may be able to spot it in the sky. Nov. 7, 2007 — -- Millions of people along Discovery's route Wednesday may be able to get a glimpse of the shuttle as ...

The space shuttle Endeavour closes out a 16-day space station construction mission with a picture-perfect landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program ...

The space shuttle Discovery is headed for California, in pursuit of what NASA says is "excellent" weather for its return to earth. Flying upside down and backwards just off the tip of Madagascar over ...

This story was updated at 8:17 p.m. EDT. Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery are preparing their spacecraft for a planned Thursday landing, with one spaceflyer bracing himself for the tug of ...

Update 8:15 a.m. PDT: Discovery has landed. At precisely 11:15 and 19 seconds a.m. EDT Saturday, the space shuttle completed its 5.7 million mile journey by touching down here. Stay tuned for a story ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — After two false starts, the seven astronauts aboard shuttle Atlantis will finally land Sunday to end their successful repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The only ...