As the last active space shuttle orbiter in NASA’s fleet, the Atlantis launched today from Florida’s John F.
Kennedy Space Center for its final voyage into space. The STS-135 mission will span 12 days in space, at which point it will return to Earth and retire.


The Atlantis space shuttle launch is scheduled to occur at 2:28 pm EST today, and as we reported yesterday, ther
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Update (7.06pm ET): NASA has postponed the launch until tomorrow due to bad weather.