NASA began the countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115 at noon EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, at the T-43 hour point. During this mission, Atlantis’ crew will resume the ...

It was a productive day for the six astronauts onboard Atlantis. The crew inspected the shuttle’s heat shield, prepared for docking to the International Space Station and readied spacesuits for the ...

A Herculean effort by the launch team here and shuttle engineers across the U. S. took the orbiter Atlantis to the precipice of its launch window, but allowed the STS-115 astronauts to begin revival ...

LAUNCH SET: NASA has decided to attempt a launch of Atlantis on the STS-115 mission on Sept. 8 following a delay caused by an electrical spike detected in a Freon coolant pump motor associated with ...