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taken them, so theyre now four years behind spacex. i think now that they have gotten this flight off, i agree with derrick, this was a critical mission not just for nasa, but for boeing to demonstrate, to give them confidence to demonstrate they have the capability to do this. were far from complete. we have got to get off the centar, do some tests on the cst 100 over the next day and tomorrow hopefully well have a perfect docking, spend eight days on the international space station a...

U. S. Virgin islands and puerto rico later tonight. The effects will be larger than any of us really anticipated. Look at the size and scope of this storm system, 420 miles in diameter. The Tropical Force Winds extend out in diameter 300 miles. Now along the florida peninsula, its only 140 miles across. It will have more storm surge than andrew and sure looks like it will barrel down. A mandatory evacuation is under way for tourists and residents in the keys this morning. This is not getting sma...

Continue their mission, their journey into space at this very moment. general charles boldon and derrick pitts, thank you, gentlemen, for being our eyes and ears and helping us understand what were witnessing right now. history being made for nasa, for boeing, and for the entire space community. well continue to watch these images. jose diaz-balart will pick up our breaking news coverage right now. jose, cant help but be in awe. >> yeah, unbelievable. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00...

Important role in that. we want them to take over the earths orbit so nasa can push out to do the deep space ex-p exploration. the decade of the 20s, working with the international partners, i cannot overemphasize the critical importance of our international collaboration and that will be a challenge for representative bridenstein. that person is the voice and face of nasa around the world and it will be critical for them to be an internationalist and not think that nasa can do everything or the...

It is the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the atlantic basin outside of the caribbean sea and gulf of mexico. for decades nasa has been instrumental to provide disasters. >> joining us now is major general charles boldon, the nations most recent nasa administrator, resigned on january 20th. thank you for being here. great to see you. no particular importance of the date, january 20th. first of all, you were just in houston. you lived in houston for 20 years. what were your thoughts on h...

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it too is part of our proud history. and its future is uncertain at best. david pogue will report on the end of an era in our sunday morning cover story. >> reporter: theres no show like a space shuttle launch. some people call it a near religious experience. but the space shuttle will soon be history. >> it will actually... intellectually weve known that this end is coming. but emotionally its tough as each vehicle retires. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, what killed the space s...

has been true of americas manned space program. it too is part of our proud history. and its future is uncertain at best. david pogue will report on the end of an era in our sunday morning cover story. >> reporter: theres no show like a space shuttle launch. some people call it a near religious experience. but the space shuttle will soon be history. >> it will actually... intellectually weve known that this end is coming. but emotionally its tough as each vehicle retires. >> reporter: ...

spectacular fashion, and some of them have made the supreme sacrifice. for the past 50 years, that has been true of americas manned space program. it too is part of our proud history. and its future is uncertain at best. david pogue will report on the end of an era in our sunday morning cover story. >> reporter: theres no show like a space shuttle launch. some people call it a near religious experience. but the space shuttle will soon be history. >> it will actually... intellectually w...