Space shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts glided to a safe landing in darkness early Thursday. It was a graceful ending to a strange flight, reports CBS News correspondent Bob Orr. First there was ...

This storywas updated at 8:17 p.m. EDT. CAPECANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA mission managers cleared the space shuttle Atlantis andits seven-astronaut crew for a planned Thursday landing after resolving ...

Photo: The drag chute is deployed as the space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing STS-135, the final mission of the NASA shuttle program, on Thursday, July 21, ...

TYLER, TX (KLTV) - One East Texan was at the Kennedy Space Center this morning when Atlantis landed. Today, he shared his photos and spoke with us about the historic landing. You can also share your ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph today, bringing an end to NASA's 30-year shuttle journey with one last, rousing touchdown ...

* NASA decides to skip first shuttle landing opportunity * Cites moist conditions over Kennedy Space Center * NASA weighing other landing options (Updates with poor weather delaying landing) By Irene ...

Space shuttle Atlantis’ crew members are spending an extra day in orbit after weather Thursday at the prime landing site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., prevented them from coming home. The crew ...

HOUSTON — Atlantis astronauts will prime their spacecraft for a planned Friday landing as they enter the homestretch of NASA's last-ever visit to the Hubble Space Telescope. Shuttle commander Scott ...

Delayed two days by stormy Florida weather, the shuttle Atlantis glided to a smooth California landing Sunday, closing out a successful mission to overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope with a ...