INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

NASA's Dawn became the first spacecraft to orbit asteroid Vesta on Saturday. It will remain in the orbit until July 2012.

Astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis captured an amazing view of green Aurora Australis or the Southern Lights on Thursday, while they passed west of Australia.

Space shuttle crew members have completed a maintenance job aboard Atlantis, NASA has said.

President Barack Obama spoke with 10 astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station in a phone conversation Friday, offering his gratitude to those who have helped fly 135 shuttle missions in the past 30 years, USA Today reported.

International Space Station had the messy task of repairing its clogged toilets on Wednesday.

The Atlantis crew is halfway through the 13-day mission, the last in NASA's space shuttle program. The crew plans to host a virtual dinner on Thursday, July 14.

R.E.M.’s front man Michael Stipe delivered a snippet of the band’s ‘Man on the Moon’ for the crew of Space Shuttle ‘Atlantis’ on Thursday morning to mark the closure of the space shuttle program.

For the last time, the US Space Shuttle has approached the International Space Station.

Astronauts embarked on the final space walk of the US shuttle era at the International Space Station, where Atlantis is docked on the final mission of the 30-year US program.

The Atlantis Crew arrived on the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday at 12:47 p.m. Atlantis Commander Chris Ferguson first stepped into the ISS.

On the first day of the final US shuttle mission, astronauts inspected the hull of the Atlantis and so far, there have been no reports of any damage.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew reached the International Space Station at 12:47 pm ET on Sunday, stated NASA.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is carrying two iPhone 4s to the ISS (International Space Station) for experimentation.

With Friday's lift-off of the Atlantis being the final shuttle launch for NASA, science is expected to turn to the private sector to get into space. But for some computing needs, NASA has turned to the private sector already, using smartphones to run some experiments.

NASA is going to the private sector for the next era of manned space missions.

With the last launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, what is the future of space travel?

The Atlantis Space Shuttle Embarks on its final mission [VIDEO]

Houston, we have no problem watching the Atlantis STS-135 shuttle mission streaming live online.

Atlantis has been in space 32 times since 1985, and orbited the earth 4,648 times, but she's about to make her last journey.

Here are some options for Friday's historic last launch and flight for the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

With the final U.S. space shuttle mission set to blast off on Friday, Russian vehicles will be the only option for American astronauts.