After a flawless launch Thursday, space shuttle Atlantis and astronaut Dave Wolf were aloft and heading toward Mir, the Russian space station that has been anything but flawless. If the rickety sta… ...

After a successful launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday, help is on the way for the rickety Russian space station Mir. Tonight Atlantis will hook up with Mir for the sixth time in two ...

After a three-day struggle, the cosmonauts aboard Mir have fixed their automatic steering system, allowing NASA to press ahead with plans to send space shuttle Discovery on one last docking ...

CAPE CANAVERAL – NASA’s flights to the Russian space station Mir have played out like a movie during the past three years, renewing public interest in two stale space programs.It began with a ...

Space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts said goodbye to the crew of Russia’s space station Mir Thursday, leaving Shannon Lucid behind for five months. Atlantis’ crew unlatched the shuttle from ...

Former competitors joined spaceships on Thursday, replacing the icy vacuum of space with the warmth of a handshake. The greeting lasted 15 seconds. The joining of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis an… ...

The twin Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB’s) that will power Shuttle Endeavour for her final flight to orbit in February took a rare road trip outside the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the ...

The Shuttle Docking Module was added to Mir during the second Shuttle/Mir docking mission, in late 1995. The first shuttle docking, in June 1995, required a spacewalk by Russian cosmonauts to move ...

Divided by oceans on Earth, two competitors inched closer to each other in space on Monday. Hovering only 37 feet apart, they marveled at one another. The American space shuttle Discovery came as c… ...