NASAhas cleared the space shuttle Atlantis for its last planned launch on May 14,the first of three final spaceflights planned for the U.S. space agency'sstoried space plane fleet.

NASA has cleared the space shuttle Atlantis for its final planned launch on Friday afternoon as the U.S. space agency prepares to retire its aging three-shuttle fleet later this year.

Atlantis lifted off on time at about 11:30 a.m. ET today on NASA's final shuttle mission after three decades and more than 130 flights, with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center set for July 20.

Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:29 a.m. EDT Friday.

The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off Monday for one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, ... The shuttle lifted off the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center at 2:01 p.m. ET.

NASA gears up for the May 12 launch of space shuttle Atlantis on a long-awaited five-spacewalk mission to give the Hubble Space Telescope a new lease on life.

With the safe landing of the Space Shuttle Endeavour after its final mission in space, NASA is another step closer to a. ... Home / Atlantis Headed to Launch Pad for Shuttle Program’s Final Flight.

Following a detailed inspection of NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., the six-member crew has a new launch date to begin the STS-115 mission to the International… ...

Space shuttle Atlantis stands on Launch Pad 39A, ready for final preparations for the STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA. April 1, ...

After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.

Nearly a million spectators gathered to watch the launch, despite a 70% chance that the rocket would not take off at the start of the day.

The last launch of the space shuttle program happened nine years ago on July 8, 2011 when Space Shuttle Atlantis took off on STS-135 sending four people into space. Skip to content.