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Space Shuttle Atlantis Commander Chris Ferguson takes a video of the media gathered before the beginning of a crew news conference with fellow astronauts (L-R) Pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus at the Johnson Space Center in Houston June 30

Atlantis crew meet the media before final shuttle mission

Those astronauts are always taking pictures. msnbc.com's Alan Boyle is in Houston this week for briefings on the final shuttle mission and changes at NASA after the shuttle program ends. Follow his posts on Cosmic Log.

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