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The space shuttle Atlantis made its last scheduled departure from the International Space Station on Sunday.

Space shuttle Atlantis thundered off its launchpad at Kennedy Space Center into cloudless skies Friday afternoon and headed to the International Space Station on the 32nd and final planned mission of its 25-year career.

Space shuttle Discovery with seven astronauts aboard blasted off on Monday on one of NASA's final servicing missions to the International Space Station.

Endeavour left the International Space Station behind with a new life support module and a bay window observation deck.

Astronauts are taking in "absolutely spectacular" views of Earth as they crank open shutters inside the International Space Station's new $27 million observation deck....

A pair of spacewalking astronauts floated back outside Saturday night to hook up plumbing on the newest room of the International Space Station and bring it alive with power....

Astronauts put the last big addition on the International Space Station early Friday, attaching a new room with an enormous bay window that promises to provide unprecedented panoramic views of Earth....

Shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik has welcomed a daughter -- from space.

Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte returned to Earth on Sunday wearing his trademark clown's red nose, landing as planned in Kazakhstan after a landmark space performance to highlight water scarcity.

A potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak cropped up during the fueling of space shuttle Endeavour today and forced NASA to postpone the launch by at least four days.