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Shuttle astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin will make the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-110 mission of Atlantis today, stepping out of the International Space Station’s Quest airlock at 9:34 a ...

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees Shuttle Processing Note: Shuttle Endeavour passed a major processing milestone today when it rolled out from its bay to the ...

In a major milestone for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), all four RS-25 engines – veterans of the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) – have been installed into the core stage of the rocket that will ...

NASA'sshuttle Atlantis will launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) thisweek with mix of experience at the helm to deliver a European addition to thehigh-flying laboratory. Leading ...

The four astronauts who will fly Atlantis on the final mission of NASA's space shuttle program have a busy mission ahead and an important legacy behind them. The four crew members are slated to launch ...

Now separated from the International Space Station by about 85 statute miles and moving away at about 12 miles with each orbit of the Earth, Atlantis crewmembers turn their attention today to ...