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President Obama Speaks at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
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President Barack Obama spoke at the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010.
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President Obama Speaks at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
President Barack Obama waves farewell after speaking at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010. Obama visited Kennedy to deliver remarks on the bold new course the administration is charting to maintain U.S. leadership in human space flight.
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President Obama Meets the Final Shuttle Crew in the White House
Credit: White House/Pete Souza
Janet Kavandi, Director of Flight Crew Operations at Johnson Space Center, presents President Obama with a jacket during a drop by with the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the Oval Office, Nov. 1, 2011. The jacket features patches from several past space shuttle missions. Pictured in the background, from left, are: Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus, Commander Chris Ferguson and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim.
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President Obama Receives NASA Jacket
Credit: White House/Pete Souza
From left, Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-135 Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus, Commander Chris Ferguson and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim watch from the background as Janet Kavandi, Director of Flight Crew Operations at Johnson Space Center, Texas, presents President Obama with a jacket from Space Shuttle Atlantis's final mission, in the Oval Office, Nov. 1, 2011.
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First Family Under Atlantis
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
President Barack Obama holds hands with his daughter Malia as they walk under the space shuttle Atlantis with First Lady Michelle Obama, Sasha, and Marian Robinson during a tour of NASA Orbital Processing Facility. Astronaut Janet Kavandi and United Space Alliance project lead for thermal protection systems Terry White, right, lead the tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 29, 2011.
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President Obama Meets the STS-134 Crew
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama share a laugh with STS-134 space shuttle Endeavor commander Mark Kelly (with back to camera), right, and shuttle astronauts, from left, Andrew Feustel, European Space Agency’s Roberto Vittori, Michael Fincke, Gregory H. Johnson, and Greg Chamitoff, after their launch was scrubbed, Friday, April 29, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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The First Family Arrives for NASA Visit
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President Barack Obama and his family still visited NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, April 29 despite a delayed launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. In this photo, President Obama and one of his two daughters exit Air Force One at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station before boarding a helicopter to visit the nearby spaceport.
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Obama Flies Near Space Shuttle Launch Pad
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Marine One, a helicopter carrying President Barack Obama and his family, flies near the space shuttle Endeavour and NASA's Launch Pad 39A during a visit on April 29, 2011 following a launch delay for the shuttle's final mission. Another helicopter is accompanying Marine One.
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Obama Asks Congress to Shift $100M from NASA for Job Initiatives
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
U.S. President Barack Obama speaking at NASA Kennedy Space Center.
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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Mark Kelly at Tucson Memorial Service
Credit: White House/Pete Souza
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Mark Kelly (at far right), the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, listen to remarks by Daniel Hernandez, the intern who helped save the life of Rep. Giffords during the Tucson shootings. This memorial service took place at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 12, 2011.
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President Obama Calls Astronauts on Shuttle, Station
Credit: White House/Pete Souza
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the shuttle and station crew members on March 24, 2009 during the STS-119 mission.
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Apollo 11 Crew Meets Obama
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingall
President Barack Obama poses with Apollo 11 astronauts, from left, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, Monday, July 20, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
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President Barack Obama Talks to Astronauts Aboard the International Space Station
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by members of Congress and middle school children, waves as he talks on the phone from the Roosevelt Room of the White House to astronauts on the International Space Station, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Washington.
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President Obama Appears in Doorway of Air Force One
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President Barack Obama arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard Air Force One, prior to addressing a space conference.
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President Barack Obama Waves From Air Force One
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President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One along with Senator Bill Nelson after landing at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010.
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President Obama and Advisors De-plane
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President Barack Obama, left, exits Air Force One with (L to R) US Representative Suzanne M. Kosmas (D - FL), U.S Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin after landing at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010.
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President Obama Quizzes Astronauts on Life in Space
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.
U.S. President Barack Obama, with middle school children, prepares to hand over the phone to a student to ask a question to astronauts on the International Space Station during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Washington.
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NASA Deputy Administrator Shakes Hands with the President
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NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver shakes hands with President Barack Obama as she and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, welcome the President to Kennedy in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010.
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Come Talk to Me
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
President Barack Obama walks with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk while touring the SpaceX launch facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 15, 2010. The President stopped by on his way to visit NASA’s nearby Kennedy Space Center to deliver remarks on his planned new for U.S. human space flight.
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Senator Bill Nelson at the Podium Shakes Hands with the President
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In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, President Barack Obama greets U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson before addressing the participants of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century as NASA Administrator Charles Bolden looks on, at right.
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President Obama Makes a Call
Credit: Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
President Barack Obama makes a phone call with the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station from the Oval Office, March 3, 2011. Listening in the background are, from left: Ted Wackler, Acting Chief of Staff, Office of Science and Technology; Damon Wells, Assistant Director for Aeronautics and Space, Office of Science and Technology; and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.
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Discovery and ISS Crews Take Presidential Call
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The STS-133 and Expedition 26 crew members gather in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station to speak with President Barack Obama on March 3, 2011.
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STS-133 Crew Meets with President Obama
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Space shuttle STS-133 mission Commander Steven Lindsey (far left) presents a montage to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House, as crew members Michael Barratt, Pilot Eric Boe, Nicole Slott, and Stephen Bowen along with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (far right) look on, May 9, 2011.
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STS-133 Crew Presents a Montage to President Obama
Credit: NASA/Paul E. Alers
In the Oval Office of the White House, Space shuttle STS-133 mission Commander Steven Lindsey (far left) presents a montage to President Barack Obama as crew members Michael Barratt, Pilot Eric Boe, Nicole Slott, and Stephen Bowen look on, May 9, 2011.
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First Family Beneath the Landing Gear
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia, left, Sasha, and Mrs. Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, walk under the landing gear of the space shuttle Atlantis. Astronaut Janet Kavandi and United Space Alliance project lead for thermal protection systems Terry White conduct the tour of Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 29, 2011.
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First Family and Atlantis
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia, left, Sasha, Marian Robinson, Astronaut Janet Kavandi and United Space Alliance project lead for thermal protection systems Terry White study the exterior of space shuttle Atlantis during a visit to Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 29, 2011.
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First Family Looks at Shuttle Tiles
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Terry White, United Space Alliance project lead for thermal protection systems, left, displays a space shuttle tile to President Barack Obama and his family, from left, First Lady Michelle Obama, Malia, Marian Robinson and Sasha, during their visit to the Orbital Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 29, 2011.
