If it were up to the crew of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program, they would have kept flying. Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A on ...

The final four shuttle astronauts addressed a crowd July 11 underneath their ride, Space Shuttle Atlantis, reflecting on that last flight of the space shuttle era 15 years ago. The mission to the ...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The astronauts who flew the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program reunited at Kennedy Space Center to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Atlantis’ historic last ...

The end of the Space Shuttle program paved the way for a new generation of private launch providers. After two accidents in which all 14 astronauts lost their lives, the Space Shuttle program was ...

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The final four shuttle astronauts returned to Kennedy Space Center this past weekend and addressed a crowd underneath their ride, Space Shuttle Atlantis, reflecting on that last flight of the space ...