Stephanie Stilson Pictures

In this photo provided by NASA, NASA Shuttle Launch Director Michael Leinbach (L) STS-124 Assistant Launch Director Ed Mango (C) and Flow Director for Space Shuttle Discovery Stephanie Stilson clap in the the Launch Control Center after the main engine cut off and successful launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-124) at the Kennedy Space Center May 31, 2008, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Space Shuttle is carrying the main unit of Japan's Kibo science lab to the International Space Station. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/Getty Images North America)

Stephanie Stilson (R), NASA space shuttle Discovery Vehicle Manager, and Bruce Buckingham of Nasa hold a similar part of a window covering that fell from the space shuttle Discovery and was quickly repaired at the Kennedy Space Center July 12, 2005 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The shuttle is still scheduled liftoff on July 13 for an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images News)