UPDATE: Be sure to check out our Live Video page for the latest shuttle launch broadcast. NASA finished fueling the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Monday morning for an afternoon takeoff to the International Space Station, even though cloud cover continues to increase. Watch the Atlantis launch in real time on our Live Video page. Weather [...]

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After numerous scrapped attempts due to inclement weather, Atlantis experienced a near-perfect space shuttle landing on Sunday morning. During the voyage, the Atlantis crew likely made their final spacewalk ever from a shuttle airlock.  The shuttle itself also probably flew its final mission to a location other than the International Space Station. “It was a [...]

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If you recall, we posted a week or so ago about Mike Massimino, an astronaut on the space shuttle Atlantis.  We were reporting on the first tweet sent to Twitter from space. Guess what?  It looks like Massimino wasn’t really tweeting from space on the @Astro_Mike account.  Turns out an employee at NASA was doing [...]

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UPDATE: All live video (including the 11/27/09 Atlantis landing) is now on our Live Video page. NASA has announced that Friday’s space shuttle landing has been postponed due to inclement weather. The space shuttle Atlantis was due to land at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center before the long Memorial Day weekend. NASA will now try for [...]

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For the first time ever, an astronaut has tweeted from space. Mike Massimino, a.k.a Astro_Mike, has tweeted while aboard the space shuttle Atlantis.  His status update reads: “From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!” Astro_Mike is one of 7 [...]

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The space shuttle Atlantis sustained tile damage when it lifted off on Monday, according to NASA officials. “As we were going through the surveys we did see probably about 21 inches in all … four tiles with some dings in them,” Tony Ceccacci told reporters. “To me, I’m not the tile expert, but they looked [...]

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UPDATE: Be sure to check out our Live Video page for the latest live launch broadcasts. The countdown is on and all systems are “go” for Space Shuttle Atlantis, which is set to lift off at 2:01pm EDT from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Among other things, this mission will set out to repair [...]

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