After a cliff-hanger countdown, the space shuttle Atlantis rockets into orbit Friday, putting on one last show for spectators jamming area roads and beaches to witness NASA's 135th and final shuttle ...

Atlantis, the legendary underwater lost city, has been found ... on BBC America. How did Jason arrive in the lost city? What is this "lost" city, anyway? And why are historical figures chumming it up ...

Before Atlantis became a lost continent theory, it was a story told by Plato. The original account reveals what the ...

Mission STS-135 for the space shuttle Atlantis marks the end of the three-decade U.S. shuttle program and a fundamental shift in focus for NASA. After a cliff-hanger countdown, the space shuttle ...

The story of Atlantis starts not with archaeologists or ancient ruins, but with a philosopher sitting in Athens around 360 BCE. Plato, one of history's most influential thinkers, introduced this ...

This comprehensive debunking of the idea that Atlantis is an actual historical location by classicist Kershaw (A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths) begins with Plato, the sole ancient source of the ...

Zachary Quinto stars in “In Search Of” in hopes of finding Atlantis. Pic credit: History In Search Of on the History Channel brings the mystery of Atlantis back to the forefront. Zachary Quinto, best ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA’s last space shuttle voyage, dodging bad weather and delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators on hand ...