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Armstrong and her 2 sons watched the liftoff from a friends yacht its now 1032 on the morning of july 16th. the crew reached orbit around 12 minutes after launch here they fly over the canary islands on an altitude of 190 kilometers. now the crew had to make a key flight decision once they did there would be no turning back. nearly 3 hours after liftoff the 3rd stage of the saturn 5 rocket was fired which pushed the apollo capsule into

And roger chaffee. during a launch test in january 1967 a fire broke out in the capsules cabin and spread quickly all 3 astronauts were killed. nasa blamed the fire on deficiencies in capsule design workmanship and quality control. the agency made improvements to the spacecraft and to operational procedures. meanwhile nasa continued to experiment with using parachutes to return apollo capsule safely to earth. a more difficult challenge was the design and construction of the vehicle that would ac...

Last thing before we go, the departure of a brave woman in american life that gave more than her fair share. many of us will go to see the new movie "first man" about the life and accomplishments of neil armstrong that won the apollo 11 mission and became the first man to walk on the moon. as the movie trailer already shows us, the film will deal with the death of the crew of apollo one, the first mission of the new apollo capsule. the three were killed while in the capsule and on the launch pad...

Than her fair share to this country. this weekend, many of us will be going to see the new movie "first man" about the life the life and accomplishments of neil armstrong that won the "apollo 1" mission and became the first man to walk on the moon. as the movie trailer already shows us, the film will deal with the death of the crew of apollo one, the first mission of the new apollo capsule. the three were killed while in the capsule and on the launch pad by a flash electrical fire. there was no ...

. >> welcome back. the orion will make its way into orbit and circle the earth twice. its testing out new technologies that may some day send people further into space than ever before. >> reporter: we could soon be one small step closer to humans laning on mars. this is orion, nasas first deep space capsule since the 70s. >> why is this the time to do this? >> its a great time because we have a design, and its time to actually put the design into practice. >> orions program manager said thursda...

Apollo capsule of old, but its hoped this vessel will go far beyond the moon, taking it to an asteroid and eventually to mars. united launch alliance is launching the rocket. lockheed market designed the spacecraft. >> are there any concerns about not having full control over the mission? >> well, we are -- no. again, because we put the right people in the right place. three days later the virgin galactic spaceship 2 exploded during a test flight killing one of the pilots. >> its a risky busines...

Jon: a new frontier for boeing. the company unveiling its first ever full sized spacecraft or maybe a model thereof. it is similar to the apollo capsule and it will be able to transport up to seven astronauts into space. casey is live from houston with more on that. >> yeah, jon, its a little snug fit but this is a boeing like youve never seen before. we want to get you up close and personal with the cst 100. it stands for crews space transportation and theyve had an astronaut in here all mornin...

new england area, the first circuit court of appeals, and they cover basically, you know, maine, vermont, new hampshire, puerto rico, believe it or not, and massachusetts. so this ruling is binding only on that area of the united states, the federal courts that cover that area of the united states. its a very, very important precedent that will be looked at by courts around the united states and there are at least seven other lawsuits pending, challenging the doma act. this is a very i...

Have burned a longtime ago. on the moon there is no air, there was a real fear that the entire moon with us a tinderbox waiting for a spark. they would bring a bag of rocks into the apollo capsule, expose them to air and they would pw*urs into flames. people crossed their fingers when we landed. they thought was unlikely but nobody knew if it was true or not. martha: this is like a freak accident, she has very bad burns and her husband also does when he saw her sports flaming. is there anything ...

Notice extreme contrast of the two. enterprise is spiffy and white. it never flew in space. discovery scorched and worn from its 39 missions. thats the way they want it to look when they put it in the museum later today. gregg: looks bruised and battered and worse for wear but what a workhorse she was. doug, shut ills are part of the past for now. what is the future of manned spaceflight? >> reporter: there is interesting exhibit here. a tent beyond us. we shot video there a little while ago of ...