Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 1:48pm
A hunk of stone 100 million years old could be a piece of the real geological lost continent.
Atlantis stories
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 4:45pm
The shuttle program is over, and the orbiters are being prepped for public display. Atlantis, the last shuttle to fly, will be on static display at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but most of its interior will be removed to make it lighter.
Monday, July 18, 2011 - 9:45am
The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis has returned to the spacecraft and closed the hatch between the shuttle and the International Space Station for the last time. The view? Well, it couldn't be more beautiful, with the Aurora Australis sending Atlantis off with one hell of a light show.
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 8:02am
Amid worries that the weather down in Florida would delay the final Space Shuttle launch until Saturday, the Atlantis soared into the sky, rockets blazing, on mission STS-135 to ferry supplies to the International Space Station.
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 4:35am
Now that the Space Shuttle missions are ending, NASA is cleaning house. While complete shuttles are for sale at 50% off "retail," the deal of the century must be the free engines. These spare engines were originally offered for sale...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 8:04am
Here are some tools you're not likely to find in any garages near you: the tools used by the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble telescope. Instead of a workbench, astronauts have a workstation that mounts...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 8:30am
It looked like a picture perfect shuttle launch on Monday, unless you were looking closely. Thinking I was in the Twilight Zone, I saw not one, but two pieces of debris falling from the shuttle during the minutes immediately after...
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 11:15am
Here’s a unique video of a space shuttle launch, where you get point-of-view shots from the perspective of the astronauts. The sequence is edited from three separate shuttle launches, all of which were on their way to the International...
