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42 years after Apollo 11 the Russians win the space race

On July 21, 2011, almost 42 years to the day since the United States won the race to the moon and supposedly the space race, the United States sent...

Space shuttle era ends as Atlantis lands for the final time

Space shuttle Atlantis completed the last landing of its career, and the space shuttle era, when it touched down at Florida's Kennedy Space...

Arrival of Atlantis and crew today marks the close of U.S. Space Shuttle Program

The shuttle Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center this morning at 5:57 EDT, having flown more than 5 million miles in 12 days, 18 hours and...

Atlantis makes last launch for a space shuttle

With the Space Shuttle program heading toward retirement, the Space Shuttle Atlantis made its last launch on Friday morning. Atlantis is the last...

See space shuttle Atlantis from your house

Yesterday marked the 33rdand final launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, which lifted off yesterday at 11:29 am EDT in Florida. Atlantisis to stay...

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off for the final time, how to photograph it

Yesterday marked the 33rdand final launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, which lifted off yesterday at 11:29 am EDT in Florida. Atlantisis to stay...

UFO spotted in footage of Space Shuttle Atlantis final mission [video]

Friday, July 8, 2011 marked the final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the end of an era. This was NASA's last space shuttle launch, and...

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off for the final time

Space shuttle Atlantis has just blasted off for the 33rd and final time, thus starting the STS-135 mission and, at the same time, beginning the end...