LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 27: The cuff mounted checklist worn by NASA astronaut Charles Duke on the surface of the moon is displayed at Bonhams on April 27, 2009 in London, England. Thepiece which is expected to fetch between $200,000 and $300,00 USD makes up part of an historic collection of space exploration objects to go under the hammer at the auction house on July 16, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 27: The cuff mounted checklist worn by NASA astronaut Charles Duke on the surface of the moon is displayed at Bonhams on April 27, 2009 in London, England. Thepiece which is expected to fetch between $200,000 and $300,00 USD makes up part of an historic collection of space exploration objects to go under the hammer at the auction house on July 16, 2009.

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  1. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-128 mission specialist waves as she pauses during the mission's first spacewalk with the International Space Station's solar panels as a backdrop as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station in this NASA handout photo taken September 1, 2009.
  2. NASA Astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Douglas Wheelock, Megan McArthur and Shannon Walker with SpaceX's CEO and CTO, Elon Musk.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: A visitor to the Royal Academy of Arts 'Earth: Art of a Changing World' exhibition walks from a room containing Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt's 'Black Rain, 2009' on December 1, 2009 in London. This video taken from raw visual data from NASA satellies forms part of the new and recent work from 35 artists and a selection of commissions from emerging artists is on display at the Royal Academy from December 3, 2009 to January 31, 2010.
  4. In this photo dated Aug. 18,2009 released by NASA work continues on the spacecraft at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Astrotech processing facility in California. The sky-mapping WISE, or Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, is scheduled to launch no earlier than before dawn Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast aboard a Delta 2 rocket.
  5. In this photo dated Aug. 17, 2009 released by NASA showing the Vandenberg Air Force Base's Astrotech processing facility in California, workers preparing NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, spacecraft. The sky-mapping WISE, or Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, is scheduled to launch no earlier than before dawn Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast aboard a Delta 2 rocket.
  6. In this Oct,21, 2009 photo provided by NASA, the first of three solid rocket boosters are loaded onto the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in preparation of a launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is positioned next to the rocket's first stage in the pad's mobile service tower. NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping WISE, or Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, is scheduled to launch no earlier than before dawn Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast aboard a Delta 2 rocket.
  7. In this photo released by NASA, Expedition 20 and 21 flight engineer, Nicole Stott, speaks during an interview late Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Stott returned to earth on the space shuttle Atlantis earlier in the day following 87 days as a crew member on the international space station.
  8. In this photo released by NASA, Expedition 20 and 21 flight engineer speaks during an interview late Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Stott returned to earth on the space shuttle Atlantis earlier in the day following 87 days as a crew member on the international space station.
  9. In this photo released by NASA, Expedition 20 and 21 flight engineer, Nicole Stott, smiles during an interview late Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Stott returned to earth on the space shuttle Atlantis earlier in the day following 87 days as a crew member on the international space station.
  10. In this photo released by NASA, Expedition 20 and 21 flight engineer smiles during an interview late Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Stott returned to earth on the space shuttle Atlantis earlier in the day following 87 days as a crew member on the international space station.
  11. This image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and provided by NASA shows a close-up of an area in the northwest region of the large Iris Nebula seems to be clogged with cosmic dust. With bright light from the nearby star HD 200775 illuminating it from above, the dust resembles thick mounds of billowing cotton. It is actually made up of tiny particles of solid matter, with sizes from ten to a hundred times smaller than those of the dust grains we find at home. Both background and foreground stars are dotted throughout the image. Researchers studying the object are particularly interested in the region to the left and slightly above center in the image, where dusty filaments appear redder than is expected.
  12. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: Mike Leinbach, NASA shuttle launch director, addresses the media during the Space Shuttle Atlantis post-landing press conference at Kennedy Space Center November 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts completed an eleven day mission to the International Space Station.
  13. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations, addresses the media during the Space Shuttle Atlantis post-landing press conference at Kennedy Space Center November 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts completed an eleven day mission to the International Space Station.
  14. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: (L-R) Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations, Mike Moses, space shuttle launch integration manager, and Mike Leinbach, NASA shuttle launch director address the media during the Space Shuttle Atlantis post-landing press conference at Kennedy Space Center November 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts completed an eleven day mission to the International Space Station.
  15. A NASA technician heads up a walkway to work on the space shuttle Atlantis after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  16. Space shuttle Atlantis commander Charles Hobaugh (R) hugs NASA administrator Charles Hobaugh after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.

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