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Eventually get us there. but its a very exciting time and im so proud of the team. >> great. and what are we learning from having you spending your time up there? i know so much research is done. im getting a glimpse of some of it right here in the oval office. what are we learning by being in space? >> i think probably the international space station is providing a key bridge from us doing, living on earth to going somewhere into deep space. so, on those mars missions, we have to better underst...

Proud of the team. >> great. and what are we learning from having you spending your time up there? i know so much research is being done. im getting a glimpse of it here in the oval office. what are we learning by being in space? >> well i think probably the international space station is providing a key bridge from us doing -- living on earth to going somewhere into deep space. on those mars missions we need to better understand how the microgravity is affecting our body. were looking at the hu...

Polls show the president with the lowest approval numbers of any president at this point in the modern era. i believe what were going to look at right now is some live pictures of president obama? yes? we have the president and ivanka trump speaking to the international space station right now with peggy whitson, who as of today has been in space more days than any american astronaut ever. listen. >> to join us from orbit aboard the international space station. commander peggy whitson and colone...

And kate, i understand youre the first person to sequence dna in space. can you tell us about that? >> yeah, so that was actually just this last summer, and its a real example of what we can do with technology and innovation. weve gotten a sequencer down to the size of your cell phone, and we were actually able to fly that on board the space station and sequence dna. its not just the technology demonstration, but we can actually use that to do things like detect microbes on the space station, lo...

Worlds are not too big of a dream end quote and hes taking a step by making sure that nasa remains a leader in spacex plor ration. including supporting nasas plan to explore deep space and sending astronauts to mars, including the launching of the mars 2020 rover, seeking signs of past life, and testing samples, an vetch human exploration of mars, it remains a multimission agency with a balanced set of core situations in space science, space technology, human space flight, and education, and tow...

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Cernan helped with the development of the apollo soyuz project. he maintained an active schedule with many personal appearances and was a great proponent of future space exploration. >> its a very inexpensive investment in the future of this nation and more important in the future of our kids. those two things go hand and hand. thats what space is all about to me. >> cernanbelieved it was important to inspire kids like his father inspired him. >> my dream was to fly. his dream was to have me get...

>> eugene andrews cernan was borne in 1934 in chicago. his dream of being a naval aviator was sown at an early age. he signed up for the naval rotc program at purdue university and accepted into the u.s. navy a short time graduation. the newly formed nasa announced their seven pioneer astronauts. cernan was fascinated. a new dream was born. he wanted to ride a rocket shop into space. in 1963, nasa selected him for project gemini and apollo. cernan jumped at the chance. >> when i watch those guys...

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