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Shuttle engine delivered to Orion service module assembly site
A former space shuttle orbital maneuvering system engine has been delivered to Germany for attachment to the European-built service module destined to steer NASA's next Orion spacecraft on a course around the moon on an uncrewed test flight in late 2018.
Piers Sellers, shuttle astronaut and renowned climate researcher, dies at 61
Former astronaut Piers Sellers, a British-born climate scientist who flew on three space shuttle missions to help construct the International Space Station, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
STS-125: Launch of final Hubble servicing call
Atlantis blasted off on May 11, 2009 for the final space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, a dramatic flight that prepared the iconic observatory for a new revolution of discovery
John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, passes away at 95
John H. Glenn Jr., a decorated combat veteran and test pilot who gained worldwide fame as the first American to orbit the Earth, went on to become a U.S. senator and, in the autumn of his life, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, has died. He was 95 years old.
Last shuttle commander ‘back in the fight’ with Boeing
When Chris Ferguson climbed into the commander's seat of the shuttle Atlantis five years ago for the spaceship's final flight, he didn't know what turn his career would take when he returned to Earth. Now the former F-14 fighter pilot helps lead Boeing's development of the CST-100 Starliner space taxi, one of two U.S.-built commercial spacecraft selected by NASA to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
STS-135 video: Narrated flow tapes
This narrated footage shows the preparations that shuttle Atlantis and the mission payloads underwent at Kennedy Space Center for launch on STS-135 to the International Space Station.
STS-135 video: Resupply pod hoisted from Atlantis’ bay
A cargo-delivery module packed with 9,400 pounds of food, equipment and science gear departed shuttle Atlantis' payload bay on July 11, 2011 and parked at the International Space Station's doorway for unloading.
STS-135 video: Docking
America's final space shuttle arrives at the International Space Station to deliver one last massive load of goods and provisions.
STS-135 video: ‘Poetry in motion’
Watch the shuttle Atlantis' backflip, which occurred five years ago today, before docking to the International Space Station.
STS-135 video: Solid rocket booster cameras
Awe-inspiring onboard video views of Atlantis' launch captured from cameras mounted on the solid rocket boosters. Check out these amazing videos of the spacecraft soaring to orbit on the final space shuttle mission.