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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Photo: Huge Job Losses After Shuttle Program Ends, NASA Hints


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A parachute slows the space shuttle Endeavour as it lands at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on March 26, 2008.

Thousands of NASA workers could be in for a bumpy landing after the shuttle program ends in 2010. The U.S. space agency says many contractors may lose their jobs.

Photograph courtesy NASA