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1 Watch the Atlantis Lift Off During Its Final Mission
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2 Cool Capture: Instagram Snaps of the Space Shuttle Over NYC
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3 How To: Watch the Final Space Shuttle Launch Online
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4 6 Earth-Shattering Space Headlines From 2011
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5 4 Fun Facts About NASA's Space Shuttles
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6 Geek Shot: Images From the Last Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch
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7 Pack a Tech Suitcase: Cape Canaveral
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8 30 Years of Space Shuttle Images
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9 New Horizons: What's Up Next For NASA?
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10 Scenes From the Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch
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11 Interesting Shuttle Facts From Today's Liftoff
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12 Geek Shot: Shuttle Atlantis in Space
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13 Space Shuttle Atlantis Touches Down
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14 Shopping the Shuttle: Memorabilia For Space Geeks
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15 ISS to Crash Land Into Pacific After 2020 Retirement
The space shuttle Enterprise took its final voyage in style today atop a 747 flying over the New York City skyline. After today's landing at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, Enterprise will be ferried via the Hudson River to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. View the shuttle's Big Apple moment, complete with a Statue of Liberty Read more
There may not have been any human exploration of Mars this year, but there certainly were plenty of galactic milestones in the last 12 months from NASA and international space programs. From the end of the space shuttle program that once had kids dreaming of becoming astronauts to the launch of a space robot to a possible planet twin, which of these 2011 headlines was your highlight of the year's Read more
Partners of the International Space Station (including Russia and NASA) announced final plans for the ISS yesterday: letting it crash land in the Pacific Ocean after it is decommissioned in 2020. Although it's taken over 10 years to build the ISS up to what it is today, now that NASA's shuttle program has been shut down and Russia plans to discontinue the Soyuz craft in 2015, there's no reason Read more
NASA's space shuttle program may be over, but you don't have to say farewell forever. Take a piece of history (or just a reminder) with these space-themed goodies. Read more
The space shuttle Atlantis touched down with its crew for the final time yesterday morning, marking the final shuttle mission for NASA. The space shuttle program may be coming to an end but research and broader NASA missions have yielded technological findings that affected life on the Earth's surface: Based on lighting technology developed for plant growth research on the space shuttle, Read more
We watched the final space shuttle mission during last week's live broadcast, and NASA finally released the 30 minute video of the Atlantis liftoff today, which is viewed from cameras mounted on the twin rocket boosters, as well as aboard the spacecraft. The images are pretty incredible — showing both the liftoff, the rocket booster's fall back to earth, and the orbit entry — and worth Read more
The final space shuttle mission continues ahead of schedule this week, as the crew of Atlantis make their temporary home in space inside the International Space Station. Read more
Today at 11:29 a.m. (EDT), the space shuttle Atlantis launched from the Kennedy Space Center and headed to the International Space Station with four US astronauts on board. This marks the final NASA space shuttle mission as the program retires and space research takes a new direction. If you missed the memorable takeoff, view the archived stream below. The actual shuttle launch is around the Read more
The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for a 16-day mission at the International Space Station this morning. It was definitely a bittersweet event for space explorers (and wannabe astronauts) everywhere, as this was the final shuttle mission for NASA. Check out some images from the launch in this gallery, and tell us how you watched the takeoff in the comments! Read more
Weather permitting, this morning's Atlantis liftoff will mark the very last NASA space shuttle launch in history. There's been a lot of talk about the space shuttle program over the past few months, but how much do you really know about NASA's various space shuttles? Take a look at some fun facts about their size, and how far they've actually flown. Read more
