KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bob Herman, with United Space Alliance (USA), and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson talk to the Flow Liner Inspection & Repair team. . Sen. Nelson presented present gold seal Senate certificates to the Repair team for their part in finding the cracks in orbiter flow liners and repairing them. The team members shown are (behind Herman and Nelson, left to right) Mike Young, Jerry Goudy, Rick Beckwith, and Tony Nesotas; David Strait, who found the original crack, is not pictured. Goudy performed arc welding on one of Atlantis' flow liners.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson congratulates Rick Beckwith, with the Flow Liner Inspection & Repair team. Nelson presented gold seal Senate certificates to the team for their work on finding the cracks in orbiter flow liners and repairing them. Other team members behind Nelson are Mike Young (center) and Jerry Gouding (right). Not pictured are Tony Nesotas and David Strait. Strait first spotted the fuel-line crack; Goudy performed arc welding on one of Atlantis' flow liners.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson congratulates Jerry Goudy with the Flow Liner Inspection & Repair team. Nelson presented gold seal Senate certificates to the team for their work on finding the cracks in orbiter flow liners and repairing them. At left is Mike Young, behind Nelson is Tony Nesotas, at right is David Strait, who found the first fuel-line crack. Not pictured is Rick Beckwith.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bob Herman,chief engineer, Ground Operations for United Space Alliance (USA), shows U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (center) part of orbiter Atlantis. Nelson was at KSC to present gold seal Senate certificates to the Flow Liner Inspection & Repair team for their part in finding the cracks in orbiter flow liners and repairing them. Team members are (behind Herman and Nelson, left to right) Mike Young, Jerry Goudy, Rick Beckwith, Tony Nesotas and David Strait. Goudy performed arc welding on one of Atlantis' flow liners; Strait found the original crack. In the foreground are Shuttle Engineering Director, USA, Mark Nappi; Center Director Roy Bridges; and vice president and deputy program manager, Florida Operations, USA, Bill Pickavance.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, left, talks to the Flow Liner Inspection & Repair team members, who are with United Space Alliance (USA). Nelson presented a gold seal Senate certificate to the team for their part in finding the cracks in orbiter flow liners and repairing them. On the right is David Strait, orbiter inspector, who first spotted the fuel-line crack. Second from the right is Jerry Goudy, welder, who performed arc welding on one of Atlantis' flow liners. Between Goudy and Nelson is Rick Beckwith, structural engineer.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, center, greets the Flow Liner Inspection & Repair team (foreground), who are with United Space Alliance (USA). He presented a gold seal Senate certificate to team members for their part in finding the cracks in orbiter flow liners and repairing them. Second from the right is Jerry Goudy, who performed arc welding on one of Atlantis' flow liners. In the background, left, is Center Director Roy Bridges; Bill Pickavance, vice president and deputy program manager, Florida Operations, USA; Jim Halsell, manager, Space Shuttle Program Launch Integration; Mark Nappi, deputy associate program manager for USA Ground Operations; and Bob Herman (behind Nelson), chief engineer for USA Ground Operations..

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (right) honors the Flow Liner Inspection & Repair team for their work on repairing the flow liners on the orbiters. The team (background) comprises (left to right) Rick Beckwith, STR engineer; Mike Young, MPS engineer; Jerry Goudy, welder; Tony Nesotas, OFP-2 aft technician; and David Strait, OPF-2 orbiter inspector. Strait first spotted the fuel-line crack; Goudy performed arc welding on one of Atlantis' flow liners. Nelson presented gold seal Senate certificates to the team.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (front) presents gold seal Senate certificates to the Flow Liner Inspection & Repair team for their work on repairing the flow liners on the orbiters. The team (background) comprises (left to right) Rick Beckwith, STR engineer; Mike Young, MPS engineer; Jerry Goudy, welder; Tony Nesotas, OFP-2 aft technician; and David Strait, OPF-2 orbiter inspector. Strait first spotted the fuel-line crack; Goudy performed arc welding on one of Atlantis' flow liners.