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Since President George W. Bush announced the end of the space-shuttle program in 2004, the Russian space agency has increased the price of taking U.S. astronauts to the space station eight times.

Shuttle's Last Flight Leaves Russia With Space Monopoly Robert Lee Hotz 2011

The bill authorizes one additional space-shuttle mission, extending that program until mid-2011, and supports the International Space Station until 2020.

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Endeavour is poised for its final voyage before NASA ends the space-shuttle program this summer, with the final launch now slated for July.

NASA Delays Endeavour's Launch by at Least Two Days Andy Pasztor 2011

In practice, however, the space-shuttle program was never routine, reliable or cheap.

Shuttle's Last Flight Leaves Russia With Space Monopoly Robert Lee Hotz 2011

The largest single price increase takes effect later this summer, coinciding with the conclusion of the last space-shuttle mission.

Shuttle's Last Flight Leaves Russia With Space Monopoly Robert Lee Hotz 2011

"United Space Alliance, is negotiating with the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce to find work for many space-shuttle ENGINEERS when the shuttle program ends 18 months from now."

NASA OIG Report on ASRC Aerospace Corporation's Performance - NASA Watch 2009

Alliant Techsystems, a major space-shuttle supplier, has been hurt by White House moves to outsource core NASA functions and hire space taxis — developed by private industry — to ferry cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station.

Alliant, EADS Unit Set Sights on Rocket Venture Andy Pasztor 2011

That would be welcome news for a region expected to lose 9,000 jobs with the space-shuttle program's end, which nears with Friday's scheduled second-to-last liftoff.

Region Seeks New Mission Arian Campo-Flores 2011

Already NASA's shuttle contractor, United Space Alliance, is negotiating with the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce to find work for many space-shuttle engineers when the shuttle program ends 18 months from now.

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They revised the way they plan to repair it and conduct research there in the decade to come, using their last space-shuttle flights to build up orbiting caches of large spare parts that can't fit aboard unmanned Russian, European or Japanese supply craft that currently supply the station.

Shuttle's Last Flight Leaves Russia With Space Monopoly Robert Lee Hotz 2011