At its peak 32,000 Americans worked for the space shuttle program. Now only 6,300 remain -- and most of them will lose their jobs with the end of the Atlantis mission. CBS Evening News anchor Scott ...

The space shuttle Endeavour is lifted into position at the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center on Tuesday morning. (Ringo Chiu / For The Times) The final journey ...

Skywatchers who are south of the equator will have several fine opportunities in the coming days to spot Atlantis, NASA's last space shuttle in operation, sailing across the night sky with the ...

Going up? Attention space elevator button pushers! A feature-length documentary called "Sky Line" is being released this month, an impressive view that follows a group of scientists and entrepreneurs ...

A Canadian company has been granted US and UK patents for a 'space elevator', which they say will lift cargo 20km into the sky, from where it can launch into space more easily. The ThothX Tower would ...