SPACE.COM" "Obama's Call to Astronauts Assures US Future in Space Travel"

.....our multi-tasking President does not miss a beat!

President Barack Obama called the 10 astronauts aboard the docked shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station today (July 15), assuring the crews that the U.S. has a future in space..... More Here --- http://ping.fm/hnagI

SPACE.COM: "Last Female Shuttle Astronaut Tracking Women's World Cup from Space"

NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, is pictured on the middeck deck of the space shuttle Atlantis during a brief break in the flight's second day of activities in Earth orbit. CREDIT: NASA .......More Here - http://ping.fm/25Odq 

Space.com: " What sport would be the most fun to play in zero gravity? I bet it's 3-D Frisbee Football." - Tariq Malik, Managing Editor

Astronomy Picture of the Day: NASA - 2011 July 9 - "Atlantis Reflection"

...missed this one on Saturday...what a beauty! had to post! --APOD: NASA - 2011 July 9 - "Atlantis Reflection" - http://ping.fm/pisak

Explanation: Space shuttle orbiter Atlantis left planet Earth on Friday, July 8, embarking on the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. The momentous launch was the final one in NASA's 30 year space shuttle program that began with the launch of the first reusable spacecraft on April 12, 1981. In this reflective prelaunch image from July 7, Atlantis stands in a familiar spot on the Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A, after an early evening roll back of the pad's Rotating Service Structure. The historic orbital voyages of Atlantis have included a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, deployment of Magellan, Galileo, and the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory, and seven trips to the Russian space station Mir. Scheduled to dock once again with the International Space Station on Sunday, Atlantis has now made its 33rd and final trip to orbit.