NASA astronaut Mark Kelly is back on board space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the ISS, following a month's leave to be at the bedside of his wife Gabrielle Giffords. Kelly's participation in the last scheduled shuttle flight had been in doubt following the shooting of congresswoman Giffords in Tuscon. Kelly …

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Monday 7th February 2011 11:04 GMT Anonymous Coward

What is that in the background? It looks just like an enourmous...

...JOHNSON!

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Monday 7th February 2011 11:07 GMT D. A. Blake

For Christ's sake it's not the final scheduled Shuttle mission!

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html

Good of you to make sure your research is up to date, Lester...

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1. Monday 7th February 2011 11:09 GMT Lester Haines
  
  Re: For Christ's sake it's not the final scheduled Shuttle mission!
  
  At the moment, it is. STS-135 is a NASA punt to keep its snout in the shuttle trough.
  
  Regarding research, we've covered this:
  
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/21/atlantis_launch/
  
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Monday 7th February 2011 15:23 GMT Banther dodo

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Good to see that they are taking a representative person of a lesser stature with them. Personally, I do not understand why they get less space work, seeing as they are obviously better suited to it physically than their taller colleagues.

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Tuesday 8th February 2011 00:01 GMT Anonymous Coward

He had to go!

Just look at the photo of the flight crew! You can tell by his pose that Astronaut Kelly is obviously the "alpha dog" who is "kickin' it" with hi posse. Can't launch the posse without the alpha dog!!

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