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    Farewell, Atlantis: China Takes Up the Torch of Manned Space Flight

    July 22, 2011 at 10:37 am

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    A view of space shuttle Atlantis from International Space Station on July 22, 2011

    With the safe return of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, American ability to put astronauts into space come to an end—50 years after Alan Shepard piloted Freedom 7 into the heavens and became the first American to enter outer space. Later this year, China will remind the world that it remains … More

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