CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Monday with six astronauts and a full load of spare parts for the International Space Station. ...more

November 17, 2009

Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the International Space Station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power. ...more

March 29, 2009

Windy weather scuttled the first attempt to land. Now the shuttle is expected to touch down at 3:14 p.m. ...more

March 28, 2009

AirTran Airways says nine Muslim passengers, including three children, were removed from a flight from Washington to Orlando after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark. ...more

January 2, 2009

A year after aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett vanished on a Labor Day flight over western Nevada, friends and admirers are waging a new search for some sign of him in an area of rugged mountains. ...more

September 1, 2008

An ultra-lightweight plane built from carbon fiber and powered using paper-thin solar panels has broken the world record for longest-lasting unmanned flight, its manufacturer claimed Sunday. ...more

August 24, 2008

Two spacewalking astronauts supplied the international space station with a fresh tank of nitrogen gas Wednesday, one of them a German who was too sick to venture outside a few days earlier. ...more

February 14, 2008