STS-129 Mission Specialist Robert Satcher, lower right, interacts with the audience as he and fellow crew members sign autographs, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, following a presentation to staff and middle school students from the Congressional Schools of Virginia at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

STS-129 Mission Specialist Leland Melvin, left. looks on as Mission Specialist Robert Satcher answers a question during a presentation to students at the Howard University Middle School of Math and Science, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, on the campus of Howard University in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

PHOTO DATE(S): 08/27/09 (Satcher) @ 0900 LOCATION: Bldg 7/SSATA Chamber SUBJECT: SSATA Crew Training and EMU Verification for STS-129 crew member Robert Satcher during suited dry run. Test Director: Cristina Anchondo. PHOTOGRAPHER: BLAIR

SSATA Crew Training and EMU Verification for STS-129 crew member Robert Satcher

STS-129 crew members Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Robert Satcher

STS-129 crew members Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher

STS-129 crew members from left, Robert Satcher, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Barry Wilmore, Commander Charles Hobaugh and Leland Melvin pose with a group of White House Fellows at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

White House Fellows meet with STS-129 Crew

STS-129 crew members from left, Robert Satcher, Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Barry Wilmore, Commander Charles Hobaugh and Leland Melvin pose with a group of White House Fellows at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

White House Fellows meet with STS-129 Crew

STS-129 crew members, from left, Robert Satcher, Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Leland Melvin, Pilot Barry Wilmore, and Mission Commander Charlie Hobaugh stop and pose for a photograph before getting into the astrovan and heading to launch pad 39a at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fl on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

STS-129 Crew Walk Out

Crew members from STS-129 from left; Charles Hobaugh, Commander, Barry Wilmore, Pilot, Mission Specialists, Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnick, Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher, are seen, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, during a presentation to staff and middle school students from the Congressional Schools of Virginia at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

STS-129 Auditorium Presentation

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston - JSC2009-E-208987 -- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., mission specialist

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Congressional Black Caucus meets with NASA

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, space shuttle crew STS-129 and members of the Congressional Black Caucus pose for a group photo at the Capitol Building, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, in Washington. Back row from left to right: U.S. Rep Donna Edwards (D-MD), U.S. Rep Diane Watson (D-CA), NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, astronauts Leland Melvin, Mike Foreman, Robert Satcher, Barry Wilmore, Randy Breznik, and U.S. Rep Mel Watt (D-NC). Front row from left to right: U.S. Rep Robert Scott (D-VA), U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla), U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), U.S. Rep. Donna Christensen (D-VI) and U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ). The crew of STS-129 presented the CBC with a montage commemorating their mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

S129-E-007016 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, is pictured on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station.

View of MS4 Satcher working on the FD

S129-E-006191 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, works on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

STS-129 MS Satcher poses for a photo on the MDDK

STS-129 MS4 Satcher poses for a photo

S129-E-007231 (21 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, appears to be enjoying his duties on the flight deck of the space shuttle Atlantis during the mission’s second spacewalk. This time around, Satcher sees the activity from inside the shuttle and the International Space Station, while his assignment two days earlier had him participating outside in the extravehicular activities. Today, Satcher was one of the ten crew members remaining onboard during the EVA who gave support to astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialists.

ISS021-E-030617 (21 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, waves at his space-walking crewmates from inside the crew cabin of the space shuttle Atlantis while docked to the International Space Station. Satcher had participated in the previous STS-129 extravehicular activity on the other side of the window.

Exterior view of Atlatis Flight Deck taken during EVA2

S129-E-006299 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, occupies the commander?s station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

View of MS4 Satcher working on the Flight Deck

JSC2009-E-107050 (4 May 2009) --- Astronauts Leland Melvin (left), Robert Satcher and Randy Bresnik, all STS-129 mission specialists, participate in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

STS-129 food tasting session.

S129-E-006894 (19 Nov. 2009) --- In the Quest airlock, astronaut Barry E. Wilmore (center), STS-129 pilot, assists crewmates Robert L. Satcher Jr. (left) and Mike Foreman, mission specialists, in getting ready for their flight day four space walk.

STS-129 Crew Members pose for a photo in the Airlock

JSC2009-E-107052 (4 May 2009) --- Astronauts Leland Melvin (left), Robert Satcher and Randy Bresnik, all STS-129 mission specialists, participate in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

STS-129 food tasting session.

JSC2006-E-04816 (18 Feb. 2006) --- Astronauts Joan Higginbotham and Robert L. Satcher Jr. autograph portraits for an attendee at the NBA All-Star Jam Session in Houston's central business district. The autograph table was part of NASA's exhibit at the event.

NASA Exhibit at the NBA All-Star Jam Session

S129-E-006909 (20 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (left), STS-129 commander; and Robert L. Satcher Jr., mission specialist, are pictured near a window in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station.

STS-129 Crew Members posing for a photo in the US Lab

S129-E-006289 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, occupies the commander?s station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

View of MS4 Satcher working on the Flight Deck

JSC2009-E-107054 (4 May 2009) --- Astronauts Charlie Hobaugh (left), STS-129 commander; Leland Melvin and Robert Satcher, both mission specialists, participate in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

STS-129 food tasting session.

ISS021-E-029845 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, enters the International Space Station shortly after Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station docked in space and the hatches were opened on Nov. 18, 2009.

STS-129 Crew Member boards the ISS after docking

JSC2009-E-107056 (4 May 2009) --- Astronauts Leland Melvin (left) and Robert Satcher, both STS-129 mission specialists, participate in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

STS-129 food tasting session.

JSC2009-E-107059 (4 May 2009) --- Astronauts Robert Satcher (left) and Randy Bresnik, both STS-129 mission specialists, participate in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

STS-129 food tasting session.

S129-E-007053 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialist, enters the International Space Station shortly after Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station docked and the hatches were opened on Nov. 18, 2009. Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., mission specialist, is at left.

Crew Member posing for photo during STS-129/Expedition 21 Joint Operations

S129-E-006290 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, occupies the commander?s station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities.

View of MS4 Satcher working on the Flight Deck

S129-E-006601 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, uses a High Definition Video (HDV) camera at a window on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day three activities.

View of MS4 Satcher during STS-129 Flight Day 3 Activities

ISS021-E-032172 (20 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (center), STS-129 commander; along with Leland Melvin (left) and Robert L. Satcher Jr., both mission specialists, are pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station.

STS-129 Crew Members in the Node 2

S129-E-007132 (20 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (left), STS-129 commander; and Robert L. Satcher Jr., mission specialist, are pictured on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station.

STS-129 Crew Members on the Middeck

View of Expedition 21/STS-129 Crew Members in the Node 1

ISS021-E-031939 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Expedition 21 and STS-129 crew members gather for a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured are Leland Melvin, Robert L. Satcher Jr., Randy Bresnik and Nicole Stott, all STS-129 mission specialists; along with NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, all Expedition 21 flight engineers.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006738 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006746 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006765 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006741 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006847 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006751 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006740 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006856 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006721 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006720 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA1

S129-E-006736 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA3

ISS021-E-031703 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA3

ISS021-E-031706 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA3

S129-E-008115 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA3

ISS021-E-032068 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA3

S129-E-008120 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA3

ISS021-E-031705 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA3

ISS021-E-031717 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.

View of STS-129 MS4 Satcher during EVA3

ISS021-E-032066 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.

View of STS-129 MS2 Bresnik and MS4 Satcher during EVA3

S129-E-008248 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Randy Bresnik (right) and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (top left), both STS-129 mission specialists, participate in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and Satcher removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.

STS-129/Expedition 21 Crew Members enjoy a meal together in the Node 1

S129-E-007955 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Expedition 21 and STS-129 crew members gather for a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander; NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander; Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Leland Melvin and Robert L. Satcher Jr., all STS-129 mission specialists; along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 21 flight engineer.

JSC2009-E-083031 (10 April 2009) --- Astronauts Randy Bresnik (left) and Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialists, participate in a training session in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

STS-129 crew members Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher

JSC2009-E-083006 (10 April 2009) --- Astronaut Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialist, participates in a training session in the simulation control area in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

STS-129 crew members Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, STS-129 Mission Specialists Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher take a close look at some of the tiles on the underside of space shuttle Atlantis. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Atlantis' STS-129 mission is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

S129-E-006643 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh (left), STS-129 commander, briefs his crew on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities. Pictured from the right are astronauts Robert L. Satcher Jr., Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik, all mission specialists. Not pictured are astronauts Barry E. Wilmore, pilot; and Leland Melvin, mission specialist.

STS-129 Crew Members on the Middeck

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – -- In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, STS-129 Mission Specialist Robert Satcher, at right, practices focusing a camera on Mission Specialist Michael Foreman, at left, while Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik, at center, looks on. The camera will be used on the mission. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Atlantis' STS-129 mission is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

STS-129/Expedition 21 Crew Members enjoy a meal together in the Node 1

S129-E-007954 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Expedition 21 and STS-129 crew members gather for a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station. Pictured are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander; NASA astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, STS-129 commander; Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Leland Melvin and Robert L. Satcher Jr., all STS-129 mission specialists.

S129-E-006812 (19 Nov. 2009) --- In the Quest airlock, astronauts Mike Foreman (left) and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (right), STS-129 mission specialists, get ready for their flight day four space walk, as astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (second left), commander, and Leland Melvin, mission specialist, stay close at hand to assist them.

STS-129 Crew Members pose for a photo prior to EVA1

JSC2009-E-107053 (4 May 2009) --- STS-129 crewmembers participate in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left are astronauts Barry Wilmore, pilot; Mike Foreman, mission specialist; Charlie Hobaugh, commander; Leland Melvin, Robert Satcher and Randy Bresnik, all mission specialists.

STS-129 food tasting session.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, STS-129 crew members look over equipment that is part of the mission. In the foreground are Mission Specialist Robert Satcher and Pilot Barry Wilmore. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

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JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston - STS129-S-002 -- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, these six astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-129 crew portrait. Pictured on the front row are astronauts Charlie Hobaugh (left), commander; and Barry Wilmore, pilot. From the left (back row) are astronauts Leland Melvin, Mike Foreman, Robert Satcher and Randy Bresnik, all mission specialists.

STS-129 Crew Members on the Middeck

S129-E-006642 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Charles O. Hobaugh (right), STS-129 commander, briefs his crew on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities. Pictured from the left are astronauts Mike Foreman, Robert L. Satcher Jr., both mission specialists; Barry E. Wilmore, pilot; and Leland Melvin, mission specialist. Not pictured is astronaut Randy Bresnik, mission specialist.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, STS-129 crew members get a close look at the tiles on the underside of space shuttle Atlantis. At left are Pilot Barry Wilmore and Commander Charles Hobaugh. At right are Mission Specialists Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher. The crew is at Kennedy for a Crew Equipment Interface Test, which provides hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. Atlantis' STS-129 mission is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

S129-E-007371 (22 Nov. 2009) --- In the Unity Node aboard the International Space Station, European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works out on the advanced Resistive Exercise Device, or aRED for short, which functions like a weight machine in a gym. Astronauts Nicole Stott and Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialists, are also pictured.

STS-129/Expedition 21 Crew Members work in the Node 1

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-129 Mission Specialist Robert L. Satcher Jr., at right, takes his crew and instructor for a ride in an M113 armored personnel carrier during driving practice. Left of Satcher is the instructor, Battalion Chief George Hoggard. The M113 is kept at the foot of the launch pad in case an emergency egress from the vicinity of the pad is needed. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Launch of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for Nov. 16. For information on the STS-129 mission objectives and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

View of STS-129 MS3 Foreman during EVA1

S129-E-006826 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Mike Foreman, STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk, Foreman and astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly to the Z1 segment of the station?s truss, or backbone. Foreman and Satcher also installed a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with a new bracket used to route an ammonia cable that will be needed for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year. The two spacewalkers also repositioned a cable connector on Unity, checked S0 truss cable connections, and lubricated latching snares on the Kibo robotic arm and the station?s mobile base system.