All five NASA astronauts on the classified STS-28 mission had military backgrounds ... satellite glittered against the black sky as space shuttle Atlantis closed in on it from below.

NASA canceled an Atlantis mission to extend Hubble's operational life in January 2004 because the trip was considered too risky after the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, which killed seven ...

The retired Navy F-14 fighter pilot is the commander of the current space shuttle Atlantis mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. He also doubled for the actors, including ...