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  1. In a photo provided by NASA, guests watch from the terrace of the Operations Support Building II as space shuttle Endeavour launches from pad 39A on the STS-130 mission early Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour and its crew will deliver to the International... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 day ago

    In a photo provided by NASA, guests watch from the terrace of the Operations Support Building II as space shuttle Endeavour launches from pad 39A on the STS-130 mission early Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour and its crew will deliver to the International...

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  2. This image provided by NASA shows NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, standing left, and other NASA mission managers monitoring the countdown of the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour and the start of the STS-130 mission from Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center at NASA Kennedy... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 days ago

    This image provided by NASA shows NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, standing left, and other NASA mission managers monitoring the countdown of the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour and the start of the STS-130 mission from Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center at NASA Kennedy...

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  3. NASA administrator Charles Bolden speaks during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. Bolden answered questions regarding the new proposed budget and the future of U.S. manned space flight. Next to Bolden is Morrie Godman, NASA assistant... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 days ago

    NASA administrator Charles Bolden speaks during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. Bolden answered questions regarding the new proposed budget and the future of U.S. manned space flight. Next to Bolden is Morrie Godman, NASA assistant...

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  4. NASA administrator Charles Bolden speaks during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. Bolden answered questions regarding the new proposed budget and the future of U.S. manned space flight. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 days ago

    NASA administrator Charles Bolden speaks during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. Bolden answered questions regarding the new proposed budget and the future of U.S. manned space flight.

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  5. NASA workers make an inspection to the external fuel tank of space shuttle Endeavour as it stands ready on launch pad 39A as preparations are finalized at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. , Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Endeavour, with a crew of six astronauts is set for an early... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 days ago

    NASA workers make an inspection to the external fuel tank of space shuttle Endeavour as it stands ready on launch pad 39A as preparations are finalized at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. , Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Endeavour, with a crew of six astronauts is set for an early...

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  6. In this Saturday Feb. 6, 2010 photo released by NASA, space shuttle Endeavour is seen shortly after the rotating service structure is rolled back at pad 39a of the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Endeavour and the crew members of the STS-130 mission are set to launch... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 days ago

    In this Saturday Feb. 6, 2010 photo released by NASA, space shuttle Endeavour is seen shortly after the rotating service structure is rolled back at pad 39a of the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Endeavour and the crew members of the STS-130 mission are set to launch...

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  7. This undated image provided by NASA shows the Cupola, a module built in Italy for the United States segment of the International Space Station, in the Space Station Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Life has never been so good off the planet, and it's about to get better. Just two... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    This undated image provided by NASA shows the Cupola, a module built in Italy for the United States segment of the International Space Station, in the Space Station Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Life has never been so good off the planet, and it's about to get better. Just two...

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  8. This illustration provided by NASA shows a view of the new Cupola which will be installed on the International Space Station. Life has never been so good off the planet, and it's about to get better. Just two weeks after the arrival of the Internet, the space station astronauts are getting... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    This illustration provided by NASA shows a view of the new Cupola which will be installed on the International Space Station. Life has never been so good off the planet, and it's about to get better. Just two weeks after the arrival of the Internet, the space station astronauts are getting...

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  9. This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows the dwarf planet Pluto. The image shows an icy, mottled, dark molasses-colored world undergoing seasonal surface color and brightness changes. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows the dwarf planet Pluto. The image shows an icy, mottled, dark molasses-colored world undergoing seasonal surface color and brightness changes.

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  10. This image provided by NASA Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 shows a mystery object that was discovered on Jan. 6, 2010, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) sky survey. The object appears so unusual in ground-based telescopic images that discretionary time on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 days ago

    This image provided by NASA Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 shows a mystery object that was discovered on Jan. 6, 2010, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) sky survey. The object appears so unusual in ground-based telescopic images that discretionary time on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope...

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  11. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden gestures during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 days ago

    NASA Administrator Charles Bolden gestures during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

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  12. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. At right is Dr. John Holdren, assistant to the President for Science and Technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 days ago

    NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. At right is Dr. John Holdren, assistant to the President for Science and Technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy...

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  13. Students from a science academy at Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington Park, Md. , gather around a museum display about NASA's Constellation program and Ares rockets on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, in Huntsville, Ala. The students were visiting the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Members of Alabama's... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    Students from a science academy at Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington Park, Md. , gather around a museum display about NASA's Constellation program and Ares rockets on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, in Huntsville, Ala. The students were visiting the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Members of Alabama's...

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  14. Robert Lightfoot, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. , discusses President Obama's decision to shelve the Constellation moon program in this photograph taken Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    Robert Lightfoot, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. , discusses President Obama's decision to shelve the Constellation moon program in this photograph taken Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

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  15. This photo provided by NASA shows White House science adviser John Holdren speaking during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington. NASA detailed $50 million worth of seed grants for development of a space taxi to Boeing, Sierra Nevada, Paragon,... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    This photo provided by NASA shows White House science adviser John Holdren speaking during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington. NASA detailed $50 million worth of seed grants for development of a space taxi to Boeing, Sierra Nevada, Paragon,...

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  16. This undated handout photo provided by SpaceX shows the DragonLab in orbit. In its new budget to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, the Obama administration will propose spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    This undated handout photo provided by SpaceX shows the DragonLab in orbit. In its new budget to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, the Obama administration will propose spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others.

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  17. This undated handout photo provided by SpaceX shows the liftoff of the Falcon 1. In its new budget to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, the Obama administration proposes spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. NASA... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    This undated handout photo provided by SpaceX shows the liftoff of the Falcon 1. In its new budget to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, the Obama administration proposes spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. NASA...

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  18. NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, left, and Leland Melvin watch the teams warm up before an NBA basketball game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, in Cleveland. Hobaugh was the mission commander for STS-129 in November 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, left, and Leland Melvin watch the teams warm up before an NBA basketball game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, in Cleveland. Hobaugh was the mission commander for STS-129 in November 2009.

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  19. This image provided by NASA shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's on Jan 14, 2010. The photo from Spirit's front hazard-avoidance camera is the view toward the north, looking down at Spirit's front wheels. The space agency said Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010 that scientists have given up trying... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    This image provided by NASA shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's on Jan 14, 2010. The photo from Spirit's front hazard-avoidance camera is the view toward the north, looking down at Spirit's front wheels. The space agency said Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010 that scientists have given up trying...

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  20. Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, meets with NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. , in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

    Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, meets with NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. , in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010.

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  21. This Jan. 13, 2010 image provided by NASA shows man-made archipelagos near Dubai, United Arab Emirates photographed by an Expedition 22 crew member on the International Space Station. Palm Island, Jumeirah, lower left, was begun in 2001 and required more than 50 million cubic meters of dredged... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    This Jan. 13, 2010 image provided by NASA shows man-made archipelagos near Dubai, United Arab Emirates photographed by an Expedition 22 crew member on the International Space Station. Palm Island, Jumeirah, lower left, was begun in 2001 and required more than 50 million cubic meters of dredged...

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  22. William H. Gerstenmaier Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    William H. Gerstenmaier Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

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  23. This infrared photo provided by NASA and taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope, shows a region of space called W5 where astronomers are looking at planet formation. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    This infrared photo provided by NASA and taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope, shows a region of space called W5 where astronomers are looking at planet formation. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like...

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  24. This image made from video provided by NASA shows an artist's rendition of what an Earth-like planet might look like. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like planet located in a spot outside our solar system... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    This image made from video provided by NASA shows an artist's rendition of what an Earth-like planet might look like. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like planet located in a spot outside our solar system...

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  25. This undated image provided by NASA shows the Kepler photometer being lowered onto its spacecraft. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like planet located in a spot outside our solar system where life could... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    This undated image provided by NASA shows the Kepler photometer being lowered onto its spacecraft. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like planet located in a spot outside our solar system where life could...

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  26. Handout satellite image issued by the University of Dundee of a snow and ice covered UK. The image was received Thursday Jan. 7 2010 from a NASA satellite named Terra as snow and freezing temperatures continue to grip the British Isles. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    Handout satellite image issued by the University of Dundee of a snow and ice covered UK. The image was received Thursday Jan. 7 2010 from a NASA satellite named Terra as snow and freezing temperatures continue to grip the British Isles.

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  27. An image provided by NASA Jan. 6, 2010 is an infrared snapshot of a region in the constellation Carina near the Milky Way was taken shortly after NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) ejected its cover. The "first-light" picture shows thousands of stars and covers an area three... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    An image provided by NASA Jan. 6, 2010 is an infrared snapshot of a region in the constellation Carina near the Milky Way was taken shortly after NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) ejected its cover. The "first-light" picture shows thousands of stars and covers an area three...

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  28. This March 3, 1983 photo provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows Dr. Lew Allen Jr. , a former Air Force chief of staff who headed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1982 to 1990 and oversaw the launches of the Magellan spacecraft to Venus and the Galileo mission to Jupiter,... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    This March 3, 1983 photo provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows Dr. Lew Allen Jr. , a former Air Force chief of staff who headed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1982 to 1990 and oversaw the launches of the Magellan spacecraft to Venus and the Galileo mission to Jupiter,...

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  29. An image released by NASA Jan. 5, 2010, shows Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy made from data provided by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Chandra image of Sagittarius A and the surrounding region is based on data from a series of observations... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    An image released by NASA Jan. 5, 2010, shows Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy made from data provided by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Chandra image of Sagittarius A and the surrounding region is based on data from a series of observations...

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  30. This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a snapshot of when the universe was just a toddler, 600 million years after the Big Bang, the earliest image yet. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a snapshot of when the universe was just a toddler, 600 million years after the Big Bang, the earliest image yet.

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  1. ALD technology used in the proposed application could revolutionize the charged particle detector industry ... NASA and others will benefit from improvements in the detector technology as outlined.
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  2. The problem was not the president. He got behind a pretty good policy document. If I had any quarrel, it would be the OMB, who, as soon as the president's back was turned, started taking money out. . . . President Bush never had any idea what the OMB was doing behind his back, not just at NASA but in ot...
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 5 hours ago
  3. NASA is part of Houston and the Houston Symphony is part of Houston.
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  4. Congress will hear from NASA officials during hearings, but major unanswered questions like these are why language in the FY2010 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee Bill bars NASA from making any changes to the Constellation work with FY2010 funding.
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  5. And there are other questions. Who will pay the insurance costs for these projects? And if these companies receive greater control over commercial use of technology developed for NASA, will they reimburse the taxpayers out of their profits?
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  6. Ares I and the Orion capsule are the only launch systems which have met NASA's safety criteria. The budget plan revealed today is not supported by conclusions in the recently released 2009 report of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.
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  7. Americans believe human spaceflight and exploration beyond earth is the very reason for NASA's existence. October's successful Ares test and this year's work shows that the Constellation programs are still the best option for our nation to lead the world in space exploration.
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  8. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne congratulates NASA on another successful launch ... The Space Shuttle Main Engines continue to demonstrate our commitment to safety, mission assurance and the advancement of human space exploration. Their success stems directly from the extensive knowledge and understanding we...
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  9. For too long NASA overpromised and underdelivered, and now we will be doing things differently.
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  10. He has already been convicted of several computer intrusions during the same period of time as the intrusions to Cisco Company and NASA and he received a conditional sentence. Either Mr. Pettersson will be prosecuted, and a court will try the case, or the prosecutor will decide to forbear to prosecute.
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  11. The deputy administrator also stated that NASA will continue to mitigate the information security weaknesses identified
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  13. the risk of unauthorized access to NASA's sensitive information, as well as inadvertent or deliberate disruption of its system operations
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  14. This introduces a new complexity of security issues into the NASA risk environment.
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  15. I hope that NASA will avoid the temptation of integrating open, Internet communications into these programs
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  16. Why wasn't the NASA workforce better prepared for this? I will take the heat ... It was because I didn't listen to people to how we should roll this out. So we rolled out everything at once, and the workforce was not was not well prepared, and I apologize. I was stupid; I admit that. I didn't do it righ...
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  17. We're going to keep doing this. It's one of the things NASA is doing because we realize things are changing.
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  18. NASA doesn't develop products; we develop new technologies that can provide industry with the ability to generate new products
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  19. As we move closer to the completion of the Space Shuttle Program, ATK continues its focus on a rigorous test program, with the final RSRM static firing in just two weeks ... These investments directly contribute to the safety and cost-effectiveness of the motors as we move into the testing phase for NAS...
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  20. The successful launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour highlights the capabilities and progress ATK and NASA have made in developing the most reliable, affordable and capable family of solid rocket motors ever produced ... Tremendous synergy is garnered by utilizing motors with unmatched safety and reliabilit...
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  21. The successful launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour highlights the capabilities and progress ATK and NASA have made in developing the most reliable, affordable and capable family of solid rocket motors ever produced ... Tremendous synergy is garnered by utilizing motors with unmatched safety and reliabilit...
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  22. It's kind of strange, from being a little kid there at NASA, and now here I am
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  23. I believe that, at NASA, the American Medical Association and even at the physics department at Harvard, ... poop jokes are still considered funny, but the fart jokes reign supreme
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  24. NASA is a mission agency ... It flies space missions and aeronautics missions. What I would not have done is produce a portfolio, so to speak, that is so heavy on commercial and industry without having any government involvement. This represents a dramatic reshaping of the mixture of activities that cre...
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 1 day ago
  25. The costs were spiraling, the rockets weren't working and the cost would have been something NASA never would have been expected to get. I was surprised they went as far as they did. ... There's something to be said for killing it completely, once and for all.
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  1. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. is seen, top center, taking photographs of the earth after working on a oxygen tank near the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission...
  2. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. , top, and astronaut Randolph Bresnik are seen working on the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday,...
  3. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. is seen preparing to work on a high-pressure tank on the International Space Station. The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission will conclude Monday, 23, 2009, at 1 p.m. EST. Satcher will...
  4. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. is seen working on a oxygen tank near the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission will conclude Monday, 23, 2009, at 1 p.m. EST. Satcher...
  5. In this Nov. 22, 2009 photo provided by NASA, the sun greets the International Space Station as seen from the Russian section of the orbital outpost, photographed by one of the STS-129 crew members.
  6. In an image provided by NASA, astronaut Mike Foreman, STS-129 mission specialist, performs a task on the exterior of the International Space Station during the second space walk of Atlantis' visit to the orbital outpost, Saturday Nov. 21, 2009.
  7. An image provided by NASA shows one of the newest pieces of hardware docked with the International Space Station, the Mini Research Module 2 (MRM2) Saaturday Nov. 21, 2009. The Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), also known as Poisk, provides an additional docking port for visiting Russian...
  8. An image provided by NASA shows the helmet visor of astronaut Michael Foreman, STS-129 mission specialist, with a relection of his crewmate astronaut Randy Bresnik capturing the image with an electronic still camera during their spacewalk Saturday Nov. 21, 2009.
  9. In an image provided by NASA, astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, salutes crewmates while positioned near the European Space Agency's Columbus module on International Space Station Saturday Nov. 21, 2009.
  10. In this video frame grab taken from NASA television, space shuttle Atlantis Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik, left, seen from the helmet-camera of Mike Foreman, work during the the second spacewalk of the STS-129 mission at the International Space Staion, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
  11. In this video frame grab taken from NASA television, space shuttle Atlantis Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik works during the the second spacewalk of the STS-129 mission at the International Space Staion, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
  12. In this Nov. 19, 2009 photo provided by NASA, astronaut Mike Foreman, STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station.
  13. This image provided by NASA backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-129 crew member as Space Shuttle Atlantis and the station approached each other during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three...
  14. This undated handout photo provided by SpaceX shows the DragonLab in orbit. In its new budget to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, the Obama administration will propose spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others.
  15. This undated handout photo provided by SpaceX shows the liftoff of the Falcon 1. In its new budget to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, the Obama administration proposes spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. NASA...

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