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In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:34:25 GMT

(AP) - In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009.

Space Shuttle Atlantis lands in the Mojave Desert at the NASA ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:31:02 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Space Shuttle Atlantis lands in the Mojave Desert at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base near Mojave, California, May 2009. NASA has given the green light for the space shuttle Atlantis mission to launch on November 16 carrying six astronauts to the International Space Station.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)

The Ares 1-X test rocket (R) lifts off on a six-minute suborbital ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:12:10 GMT

(Reuters) - The Ares 1-X test rocket (R) lifts off on a six-minute suborbital flight from launch pad 39B as the space shuttle Atlantis (L) sits on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 28, 2009. The test rocket is being evaluated as a vehicle to replace the space shuttle for U.S. manned spaceflight. Atlantis is scheduled for launch on a mission to the International Space Station on November 16. REUTERS/Scott Audette (UNITED STATES SCI TECH TRANSPORT)

The Ares 1-X test rocket (R) lifts off on a six-minute suborbital ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:11:02 GMT

The Ares 1-X rocket is poised for launch on pad 39B at Cape ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:34:17 GMT

(Reuters) - The Ares 1-X rocket is poised for launch on pad 39B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 27, 2009. NASA has spent nearly four years and $350 million on the rocket which is intended to position crews in Earth orbit for transport to the moon and serve as a taxi for the International Space Station. REUTERS/Scott Audette (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT SCI TECH)

Japan's Emperor Akihito, left, talks with Japanese astronaut ...

(AP) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:48:07 GMT

(AP) - Japan's Emperor Akihito, left, talks with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata who returned to Earth after staying in space on the international space station earlier this year for 4 and 1/2 month, one of NASA's longest, during the annual autumn imperial garden party at Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Looking on them are Oscar winning Japanese film director Yojiro Takita, with glasses, his wife, Chitae, second from right, and Japanese actress Mitsuko Mori in kimono. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen sitting on launch pad 39-A at ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:26:39 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen sitting on launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center, on October 14, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Atlantis is being prepared for its launch next month to the International Space Station.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matt Stroshane)

Bhutanese refugee Sunita Gurung, 16, is seen speaking with an ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:50:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - Bhutanese refugee Sunita Gurung, 16, is seen speaking with an AFP reporter at The Beldangi II Refugee Camp, southeast of Kathmandu. A resettlement process has exposed bitter divisions within the Bhutanese refugee community over a UN scheme under which more than 20,000 of the exiles have resettled in third countries, most of them in the United States.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)

The space shuttle Atlantis travels from the Vehicle Assembly ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:41:23 GMT

(Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis travels from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A to prepare for launch on Mission STS-129 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida October 14, 2009. Atlantis is expected to carry a crew of seven astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station on November 12. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES SCI TECH)

The space shuttle Atlantis travels from the Vehicle Assembly ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:39:14 GMT