Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 Makes A Safe Landing After Delays

Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 made a safe landing at an air base in Los Angeles, California, this Sunday after two days of delays. Originally, the landing was planned for Friday, May 22, at Cape Canaveral in...

Atlantis Shuttle Crew Releases Repaired Hubble Telescope

The Hubble space telescope has been released back into the wild after the shuttle Atlantis crew completed a series of repairs. The team will now focus on the shuttles heat shield, which shows signs of minor...

STS-125 Space Shuttle Atlantis Begins Day 3 Hubble Repairs

After seven long years, the Hubble telescope is finally getting some much-needed repairs. Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-125 mission were nearing the telescope late Wednesday and hoped to...

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis Readies for Hubble Repair Mission

NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is fueled and ready to launch one last time to the Hubble Space Telescope. The seven astronauts have been waiting seven months for this mission, as it was delayed last fall when the...

World's Largest Telescope to be placed on Moon

Scientists want to place the world's largest telescope on Earth's biggest satellite: the Moon. Using some of the simplest technologies available, like water based telescopes, researchers have devised a way to use...