CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, President Barack Obama addresses the participants of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. In his remarks, he outlined the new course his administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Gen. C. Robert 'Bob' Kehler, Commander of the Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, speaks with other members of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century following President Barack Obama's remarks describing the new course his administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Norman R. Augustine, retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. and chair of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, addresses the participants of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century, prior to President Barack Obama's remarks outlining the new course his administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Norman R. Augustine, chair of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, co-hosts the official opening of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century following President Barack Obama's remarks describing the new course his administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight. The four break-out conference sessions that will take place in the Operations and Checkout Building and in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will include these topics: Increasing Access to and Utilization of the International Space Station; Jumpstarting the New Technologies to Take Us Beyond; Expanding our Reach into the Solar System and Harnessing Space to Expand Economic Opportunity. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, participants of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century await the arrival of President Barack Obama. In his address, President Obama will explain the new course his administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, opens the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century following President Barack Obama's remarks describing the new course his administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight. The four break-out conference sessions that will take place in the Operations and Checkout Building and in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will include these topics: Increasing Access to and Utilization of the International Space Station; Jumpstarting the New Technologies to Take Us Beyond; Expanding our Reach into the Solar System and Harnessing Space to Expand Economic Opportunity. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, President Barack Obama addresses the participants of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. In his remarks, he outlined the new course his administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, President Barack Obama addresses the participants of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. In his remarks, he outlined the new course his administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, President Barack Obama addresses the participants of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. In his remarks, he outlined the new course his administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett