CAPE CANAVERAL - The coming year is going to be a full one on Florida's Space Coast.
There will be a construction boom that will triple the size of the International Space Station.
Then there are the missions to Mercury, the moon and Mars.

There will be 16 rocket launches.
In addition, there will be a half-dozen NASA shuttle flights, including a fifth and final servicing call on the Hubble Space
Telescope.

If all the scheduled shuttle launches occur this year, they would be at a rate not seen since before the 2003 Columbia accident.
"We have an ambitious goal ahead of us," NASA shuttle program manager Wayne Hale said. "But I believe it's achievable."

Here are five big space stories to be looking for in 2008:

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