NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Atlantis, commanded by Charlie Hobaugh, will deliver parts to the space station, including a spare gyroscope. The mission will feature three spacewalks.

NASA's first flight test for the agency's next-generation spacecraft and launch vehicle system, called Ares I-X, will bring NASA one step closer to its exploration goals.

Until Oct. 24, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year.