Atlantis Space Shuttle to Be Visible in Irish Skies
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The shuttle will be chasing the International Space Station across the sky and will be visible to the naked eye if conditions are clear.  It is due to take off later today on an 11-day mission that includes a spacewalk to attack a giant frame for the space station's 80-metre solar panels.
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All being well NASA has announced that space shuttle Atlantis will carry Europe's Columbus laboratory to the ISS on 7 February.â¦
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NASA has announced that the Space Shuttle will take to the skies once more next year, in a launch window that lasts from mid May to early June.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7  /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has set Space Shuttle Atlantis' launch for Friday, Sept. 8, at 11:41 a.m. EDT. Shuttle program managers made the lift-off decision after reviewing more detailed data on a problem associated with one of the spacecraft's electricity-producing fuel cells.
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Science & environment: The space shuttle Atlantis was yesterday closing in on the international space station and was expected to dock there last night
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By Patrick Lynch, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 8--JAMESTOWN -- A relic from the early days of exploration in Virginia is to take a ride into outer space on NASA's space shuttle Atlantis tonight.
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The space shuttle Atlantis has been successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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After weeks of delay, space shuttle Atlantis is given a launch date for its next mission.
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Space shuttle Atlantis links up with the International Space Station, where astronauts will carry out maintenance.
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The twice-delayed flight of the space shuttle Atlantis, carrying a major addition to the International Space Station, is set for liftoff Thursday.
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The US shuttle Atlantis is ready to blast off Thursday on its delayed mission to deliver a European space laboratory to the orbiting International Space Station, NASA said Monday.
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NASA has cleared the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts for a mission to the International Space Station.  Liftoff is scheduled for June 8 at the Kennedy Space Center, The Miami Herald said Friday.
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HOUSTON  -- Shuttle Atlantis astronauts will take a closer look at a minor tear in their ship's heat shield on Sunday after an undisclosed medical issue sidelined plans for a spacewalk to install Europe's Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station, NASA officials said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is ready for a Thursday space shot attempt, mission managers said today.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff on Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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BLOOMINGTON -- It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... space shuttle? When Mary Milliman went out to her deck at Lake Bloomington Tuesday night, she was surprised to see two bright lights in the night sky.
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Weather forecasts were not encouraging,  but space shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to return to Earth on  Thursday in an afternoon landing at Kennedy Space Center in  Florida.