The author implies that NASA: `_________`

A Will turn its attention to the launching of the space shuttle Atlantis.

explanation

The final sentence in the paragraph implies that NASA will move on from the end of the Endeavor because it needs to focus on launching the Atlantis. Avoid choosing answers like (A), which encourage you to read into a passage more than is justified. There’s no sense that the entire space program will “sink into a depression.”