After two months of delay, shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit Thursday with Europe's gift to the international space station, a $2 billion science lab named Columbus that spent years waiting to set sail. picked by CheeseWiener 2 years ago

This google earth snapshot taken by an amateur person type thing may hold proof of Atlantis: is it real, or is it a fraud? picked by rogue 3 years ago

The legend of Atlantis, the country that disappeared under the sea, may be more than just a myth. Research on the Greek island of Crete suggests Europe's earliest civilisation was destroyed by a giant tsunami. -Includes video. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

NASA discovered that space shuttle Atlantis has been holed by a tiny piece of space debris. The 1/10-inch hole represents the second largest debris damage event ever identified. Fortunately, it missed everything that was important to the mission. Space debris is an increasingly challenging problem. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

Due to a technical problem, NASA has pushed off the launch of Atlantis. It has been postponed for the past 12 days. If they can't get this shuttle launched they will attempt to launch during the day. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

The astronauts are ready for landing. The only worry is the weather. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Two famous basketballs are making the trip with Space Shuttle Atlantis on it's Hubble repair mission. One of the balls belongs to the Globetrotters. The other is a century-old ball on loan from the University of Chicago that was once handled by Edwin Hubble himself. picked by equinox 7 months ago

Missile Commander underwater, draw bubbles picked by squirmster 2 years ago

An unwanted day off on the Space Shuttle Atlantis should have been filled by watching DVDs brought from Earth on the laptop. Despite an hour of effort from Mission Control, missing software drivers meant the STS-125 team had to find other ways to fill their time. picked by equinox 6 months ago

Stargate Atlantis will end this season. It will end with a cliffhanger and there will be a 2 hour movie which will tie up the story much like Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum. No more word on the proposed 3rd series in the Stargate franchise. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Catching a free ride to Mars takes more than sticking out a thumb, but some hardy Earth bacteria could survive as hitchhikers clinging to the outside of spacecraft, studies have shown. Now a set of experiments going up with space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station will test how exposure to the harshness of space might change bacteria during a simulated Mars mission. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007.

Follow-up from: picked by punthe 2 years ago

Appears to be an ancient city that was swallowed by the depths of the ocean. Atlantis? picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago

The space shuttle Atlantis has its Wednesday landing delayed after an unidentified object is seen floating near the vehicle. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

This is Atlantis signing off... picked by mrnelson 3 years ago

Space Shuttle Atlantis has blasted off to take astronauts to fix Hubble.

Article has a lot of very interesting info about the mission, not just the shuttle launch. Related picked by Ankabout 7 months ago

A short article about the spacewalk when the astronauts fixed the gyros of Hubble.

What's cool is the included video.
Hard to think they're 500 miles above the earth, travelling at about 18,000 mph! picked by Ankabout 6 months ago

"I will never forget, we hung the (robot) arm over the right wing, we panned it to the (damage) location and took a look and I said to myself, 'we are going to die,'" recalled shuttle commander Robert "Hoot" Gibson. picked by tigertony 8 months ago

It is the mythical city beneath the sea that has captured the imagination of scholars and romantics for more than two thousand years.

Now scientists believe they may have stumbled across the first evidence of the lost city of Atlantis lying 3-and-a-half miles beneath the Atlantic Ocean. picked by iamamaniac 9 months ago

After snowshoeing to our snow homes and burrowing in, I remember falling into what must be the deepest state of dreamless sleep humans are capable of. It was the mythical supersleep, deeper than any other, the Atlantis of the unconscious.
*WANT* picked by bornbad 5 months ago