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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KrAzY_iN_LuV" data-source="post: 7551744" data-attributes="member: 210849">             CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) --  Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts surveyed their ship using a newly  repaired instrument that scanned for damage Monday, two days ahead of  their return to Earth.  Atlantis undocked from the space  station Sunday, leaving behind a new 20-foot compartment loaded with  supplies and six fresh batteries. It's scheduled to land Wednesday.  Unless the White House grants a reprieve, this is the final mission for  Atlantis. Only two shuttle flights remain, by Discovery and Endeavour.  Both space  station trips are scheduled for fall. NASA  is under presidential direction to get out of the business of launching  astronauts into orbit around the Earth  and, instead, focus on sending them to asteroids and Mars. The Obama Administration would like private  business to pick up the slack. Until that happens, NASA astronauts will continue catching rides to and  from the space  station on Russian rockets. <img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/241v9fk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />          Space  shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an  Expedition 23 crew member shortly after Atlantis docked with the International Space Station. The Russian-built  Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), named Rassvet, is visible in the cargo  bay. Earth's  horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.    NASA <img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/2r4lqh3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                               Space  Shuttle Atlantis sits on launch pad 39-a in preparation for  launch  later today from Kennedy  Space Center to the International Space Station May 14, 2010 in Cape Canaveral. This is scheduled to be the final  launch for Atlantis.  Getty Images / Matt Stroshane <img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/30rwh1t.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               Space  Shuttle Atlantis lifts off of launch pad 39-a at Kennedy Space  Center for its final scheduled launch on May 14, 2010, in Cape  Canaveral, Fla.   Getty Images / Matt Stroshane   <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2rzt3pl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               Space  Shuttle Atlantis lifts off of launch pad 39-a at Kennedy Space  shuttle Atlantis lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape  Canaveral, Fla. Friday May 14, 2010.  AP / Marta Lavandier <img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/2iv09dh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              The space  shuttle Atlantis lifts off for the last time Friday, May 14, 2010,  at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.  AP / Chris  O'Meara <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/3461i4i.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              Barbara Jean Tuomala, of Cape Cod,  Mass., photographs her second shuttle launch as spectators at Jetty Park in Port  Canaveral line the shoreline to watch the launch of space  shuttle Atlantis on Friday afternoon, May, 14, 2010 in Port  Canaveral, Fla. Florida  Today / Rik Jesse <img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/14cg07n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              Photographers make images as the Space  Shuttle Atlantis lifts off May 14, 2010 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.  With more than 40,000 spectators watching, the space  shuttle Atlantis blasted off Friday on its final journey.   AFP  / Getty Images / Don Emmert <img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/ezljqa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               Space  Shuttle Atlantis lifts off of launch pad 39-a at Kennedy Space  Center for its final scheduled launch May 14, 2010 in Cape Canaveral,  Fla. Getty Images / Eliot J. Schechter   <img src="http://i45.tinypic.com/2q0spjp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              The space  shuttle Atlantis and part of the International Space  Station are viewed on May 17, 2010 while the two spacecraft remain  docked, during STS-132's flight-day four extravehicular activity of  astronauts Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen  (not shown).  NASA    <img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/140ls7t.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               NASA  astronaut Ken Ham,  STS-132 commander, floats into the Columbus laboratory of the  International Space  Station while space  shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station.  NASA   <img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/2ywzv3s.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              Intersecting the thin line of Earth's  atmosphere, the aft section of space  shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an  Expedition 23 crew member shortly after Atlantis docked with the  International Space  Station. The Russian-built Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), named  Rassvet, is visible in the cargo bay.  NASA   <img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/346ly1l.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                The aft section of space  shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an  Expedition 23 crew member shortly after Atlantis docked with the  International Space  Station. The Russian-built Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), named  Rassvet, is visible in the cargo bay. The planet Venus and the moon are visible at top center.    NASA   <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/e16n9i.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              Space shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay and its  vertical stabilizer intersects Earth's horizon on Flight Day 2 on May 14, 2010 in space. This is the final  scheduled mission for Atlantis and it will dock with the International Space  Station to deliver a payload of a new Russian compartment and fresh  batteries.    NASA   <img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/2dhicsm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               Space  shuttle Atlantis's cabin and forward cargo bay and part of the  International Space  Station while the two spacecraft remain docked, during STS-132's  flight day four extravehicular  activities on May 17, 2010 in space.  NASA    <img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/2aj5r1j.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               Astronauts Michael Good (left) and  Garrett Reisman look  through the aft flight deck windows of space  shuttle Atlantis during the mission's third spacewalk. During the  spacewalk, Good and Reisman  completed the installation of the final two of the six new batteries for  the B side of the port 6 solar array. In addition, the astronauts  installed a backup ammonia jumper cable between the port 4 and 5 trusses  of the station and transferred a power and data grapple fixture from  the shuttle to the station.  NASA <img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/33jl9ht.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               Anchored to the Canadarm2 mobile foot  restraint, Garrett Reisman  performs construction and maintenance activities outside the station  during the STS-132 mission's first spacewalk. During the seven-hour,  25-minute spacewalk, Reisman and NASA astronaut Steve Bowen  installed a second antenna for high-speed Ku-band transmissions and  added a spare parts platform to Dextre, a two-armed extension for the  station's robotic arm. NASA  <img src="http://i45.tinypic.com/jhxwn8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              Astronauts Michael Good, foreground, and  Garrett Reisman,  STS-132 mission specialists, work during the flight's final space walk  at the International Space  Station on May 21, 2010.  AP NASA    <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2hzi8ld.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              Astronaut Michael Good, STS-132 mission  specialist, as seen from the space shuttle Atlantis' forward cargo bay  on May 21, 2010, works during the flight's final space walk at the  International Space  Station.   NASA   <img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/2klsso.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              Astronaut Garrett Reisman, STS-132 mission specialist, takes a self  portrait into his helmet visor while participating in the first of three  spacewalks scheduled for the space  shuttle Atlantis crew and their Expedition 23 hosts on May 17,  2010.   NASA    <img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/23w42g4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              Astronauts Michael Good, foreground, and  Garrett Reisman,  STS-132 mission specialists, work during the flight's final space walk  at the International Space  Station on May 21, 2010.  NASA    <img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/169guwn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               Space  shuttle Atlantis is seen as it approaches the International Space  Station during STS-132 rendezvous and docking operations on May 16,  2010 in space. Docking occurred at 9:28 a.m. (CDT) on May 16, 2010.    NASA   <img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/14rak1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              As seen from the International Space  Station,space  shuttle Atlantis approaches the station for docking on May 16,  2010.   NASA    <img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/330tq93.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />               The view of the underside of the crew  cabin of the space  shuttle Atlantis during a survey of the approaching STS-132 vehicle  prior to docking with the International Space Station on Flight Day Three on May 16, 2010 in  space. NASA    <img src="http://i45.tinypic.com/2echk60.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              The view of the crew cabin and forward  payload of the space  shuttle Atlantis during a survey of the approaching STS-132 vehicle  prior to docking with the International Space Station on Flight Day Three on May 16, 2010 in  space. NASA    <img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/2ztj0i1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              Expedition 23 crew members take pictures  from the crew cabin of the space  shuttle Atlantis during a survey of the approaching STS-132 vehicle  prior to docking with the International Space Station on Flight Day Three on May 16, 2010 in  space.  NASA    <img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/w8bb09.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              The view of the nose of the space  shuttle Atlantis during a survey of the approaching STS-132 vehicle  prior to docking with the International Space Station on Flight Day Three on May 16, 2010 in  space.   NASA    <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/j9agxe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              A partial view of the port wing of the space  shuttle Atlantis during a survey of the approaching STS-132 vehicle  prior to docking with the International Space Station on Flight Day Three on May 16, 2010 in  space.  NASA       </blockquote>

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