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Safely to the earth. >> it was a promise. and a challenge. president kennedy set that goal that we all wanted to reach. >> its one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. and then it happened. apollo 11, the first men on the moon. the day we reached for the stars and we got them. >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six -- we have main engine starts -- four, three, two, one -- and liftoff! liftoff of the 25th space shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower. >> "challenger." >> program confirme...

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To weather. right now we are looking at a live picture, one of the last landings before missions end. nbcs jay barbree is with us from cape canaveral this morning. as we watch the shuttle make its approach is there nostalgia already because theres are the waning days of this program? >> sure is, savannah. this is flight number 131 for the shuttle program. of course, there are 31 flights before that with the mercury, gemini and apollo program. 16 to date. there will be three more after this and t...

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