Here’s how it works. With just one more mission remaining before the end of NASA’s storied 30-year space shuttle, the agency has shifted its focus to the final launch of Atlantis on July 8.

The space shuttle launch marks the last in NASA's history, closing out a government-funded space program that lasted 30 years. "The shuttle's always going to be a reflection of what a great nation ...

President Barack Obama lauded NASA's final space shuttle launch Friday (July 8), saying that the blastoff marks the end of one chapter of human spaceflight, but also the start of a new one.

WASHINGTON – Less than two weeks before the space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch on its last flight, uncertainty still remains as to exactly when NASA's very final orbiter mission will ...

Atlantis, the second oldest of NASA's space shuttles still flying, is scheduled to launch on the shuttle program's final mission no earlier than July 8. An official launch date will be announced ...

In T-minus 30 minutes, Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off on her final mission ... From the 1981 launch of Columbia to today, the Houston Chronicle provides a look at shuttle history through ...

Here's video of Space Shuttle Atlantis taking off on the final mission for the iconic spacecraft ... This last mission comes 30 years after the first shuttle launch. After this flight, it's ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts slated to launch on NASA's final space shuttle mission took part today (June 23) in their last full dress rehearsal for their July liftoff. Led by mission ...

All three say they are sorry to see the program retire when Atlantis returns from the 135th and final shuttle launch later this month. “It is an amazing machine, probably the most complex space ...

If Discovery isn't off the ground by then, launch will slip to December 1, the opening of the year's final shuttle launch window. "We don't fly with unknown risk and right now, this risk is still ...

Another good option for shuttle viewing is a spot along the ... If you can't make it to Cape Canaveral to watch Atlantis' final launch, NASA has a digital alternative. The space agency, as well ...