Hubble is fixed. Can a new boss do the same for NASA? This week on planetary radio. Hi everyone, welcome to Public Radio's travel show that takes you to the final frontier.

I'm at Kaplan of the Planetary Society. Here's what happened at 0840

Local Time Sunday, May 24, Edwards Air Force Base Southern California.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is rolling out on runway 2-2 at Edwards Air Force Base, completing

197 orbits of the Earth while traveling 5, 276,000 miles. This landing marks the 53rd shuttle mission to end at Edwards Air Force Base.

Atlanta spent seven days servicing the Hubble Space Telescope that included five space walks,

totaling a record 37 hours.

Atlantis has completed his 30th mission in the 126th in the history of the space shuttle program.

The Hubble Space Telescope's final servicing mission is complete, but its mission of discovery is just beginning.

Houston, Atlantis, Wheel Stop Edwards, 2-2.

Welcome home Atlantis.

Congratulations on a very successful mission,

giving Hubble a new set of eyes that will continue to expand our knowledge of the universe.

Thank you Houston. It was a thrill from start to finish. We've had a great ride. It took a whole team across the country to pull it off.

Our hats are off to you all. Thank you so much.

What a mission.

We'll talk a lot about what it meant on today's show, and we'll talk with Planetary Society

Executive Director Lou Friedman about what may be in the future of the Space Agency that built both the Hubble Space

Telescope and the space shuttles that have cared for it.

A new NASA administrator has finally been named by President Barack Obama if confirmed Charles Bolden will be the second

former astronaut put in charge of the agency.

Lou has much to say about the nominee along with thoughts about the proposed NASA budget just announced

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