President Obama Lauds Shuttle, Station Programs in Chat With Atlantis Crew. NASA to Aim for Mars, He Says

  President Obama commended NASA’s shuttle program in a call to the Atlantis astronauts on Friday in which he also re-stated his call for the space agency to develop the technologies for bold new missions of human exploration. An expedition to Mars is...

Nostalgia, Promise of Bold New Missions Surround NASA’s Final Shuttle Flight

  NASA’s final shuttle flight represents a milestone that has many who work at the space agency committed to its success, though already nostalgic about the retiring orbiters and hopeful the passage will lead the nation to embark on bold new ventures. Poised at...

NASA, ESA Unveil Much Anticipated Imagery of Shuttle Docked to Space Station

NASA previewed images of the shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, the first photos showing the wide sweep of the orbiting science laboratory with one of the U. S. orbiters attached. The photos, taken on May 23 by European Space...