Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-126 sits poised on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA is on schedule to launch Atlantis and a crew of 6 astronauts Monday afternoon. on a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber)
The crew of space shuttle Atlantis clockwise from lower left, commander Charles Hobaugh, mission specialist's Leland Melvin, Mike Foreman, Robert Satcher, Randy Bresnik and pilot Barry Willmore leave the Operations and Checkout building to ride out to launch pad 39A to board the shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.(AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39-A, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis and its six member crew are heading for an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Six astronauts are headed to the international space station on an 11-day mission. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis and its six member crew are heading for an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis and its six member crew are heading for an 11 day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Six astronauts are headed to the international space station on an 11-day mission. (AP Photo/ Chris O'Meara)
The solid rocket boosters fall away from the space shuttle Atlantis as it lifts off Monday afternoon, Nov. 16, 2009, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Six astronauts are headed to the international space station on an 11-day mission. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
