we re now going over looking at one of our future landing sites, selected in this called the sea of tranquility, smooth in order to make it easy for the initial landing attempt, in order to preclude having to dodge mountains. now you can see the long shadows of the lunar sunrise. talking about passing over the moon, being the first human beings to ever see the far side of the moon, thinking ahead of the landing sites for the next group of humans could land on that moon. that unappetizing site that nobody else had ever seen. this is the first humans in the history of the species to ever see the far side of the moon. they were the first humans in the history of the species to have ever been able to look down at the earth and see the planet.
supervision, he told investigators, korean culture would not have allowed him to speak up and say he wanted to go around, to abort the landing attempt. he also admitted he was very nervous flying into sfo because the ought mated glide slope was out of action that day. everybody knew that. it was widely publicized but that made him nervous. a con influence of factors of training and aptitude and culture. three people in all died and the fire department and city of san francisco will tonight be also as part of this investigation, the ntsb will look at the fire rescue response, what they might have done better or differently and god forbid this should ever happen again. thank you very much. still ahead, reaction just coming in from the nevada family who was rescued after being stranded for two nights in subzero temperatures, how the couple and four children are doing today. plus, new information on a
no one is going to walk into a cockpit with 100 landings under their belt. they have to get experience. reporter: re tired united captain ross aimer teaches new pilot if the approach isn t perfect, abort the landing attempt. decisive. be decisive. if you think you re too high or too slow, do something immediately. reporter: the president and ceo of asiana arrived to a media frenzy in san francisco, promising full cooperation with the investigation. meanwhile the only crew memberer to speak to korean media, flight attendant, le, worked frantically to free passengers and other crew members trapped inside the plane. translator: actually i was not thinking but acts. as soon as i heard emergency escape i conducted the evacuation. reporter: two teenage girls died, pun possibly hit by an arriving emergency vehicle pfr of the more than 180 injured, 26 remain hospitalized, six in critical condition including one
they carried some of the passengers out on their backs on the slides. we ll breng you that as soon as it starts. we ll hear about the asiana flights final seven seconds. here s what we know. seven seconds before impact. the ntsb chaer said the plane came under the approach speed of 137 knots and four seconds before impact, a control stick, the stick shaker and that is safety equipment holds alerted the pilot that something catastrophic happens and warning that the plane could stall and one and half seconds before impact, the cockpit asked for another landing attempt. the press conference is standing now. let s listen in.
is zero room for error. about 17 minutes from now, if all goes as planned, the rover will touchdown on the martian surface. but it takes 14 minutes for a signal to travel from mars to earth, so best case scenario, confirmation will come in about 31 minutes. we expect pictures around 2 a.m. eastern. now, joining us from the laboratory in california. in moscow r where russian space officials are closely following the development and science correspondent david brodie joins us from edge water, new jersey. but first we will go to john zarrella there live in pasadena. john, we are about to enter the period that officials are calling seven minutes of terror, where they will not know if curiosity is alive or dead. that s exactly right, john. this is it. they ve all been using the olympic term that they have to stick this landing. as you pointed out, that this maneuver to entering the atmosphere of mars, traveling at 13,200 miles an hour, in less than ten minutes from now, they ll