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He rolls like a 50-year-old. his story telling and energy and all of that. what do they prepare for before they take off? >> well, i was amazedality how late they got on the rocket. it was just minutes before launch they were getting strapped in. they had to climb up manually. william shatner 90 years old had to walk up 6 stories. that was impressive. there is not a lot of training. my shuttle crew mate nick is the launch director for blue origin and gave me a tour of the capsule. there is nothi...

SpaceX successfully launches long-delayed Starlink L-17 mission March 3, 2021 SpaceX launched the Starlink v1.0 L17 mission with a new batch of Starlink satellites from historic LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center aboard a flight proven Falcon 9 booster Thursday morning.  The previous launch attempt on Sunday, February 28 ended in a scrub at T-1 minute 24 seconds. Falcon 9 launched at 03:24 EST (08:24 UTC) with the booster successfully landing on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You. The 2...

Controllers, the designers, the engineers, the launch director. so i think its up to us to inspire the young people and i think that poe essential is there. kristin: thank you very much, a handshake isnt enough. give me five. give me a hug! (laughter) >> gene kranz, truly one of a kind and i am one of the handful of people on the plant who can say not one, but both of my parents are astronauts and theyre here today. anna and bill fisher join me next. lets be honest, you dont really talk about yo...

Control. this is a little more 21st century and silicon -- a little more casual and start uppy? >> absolutely. >> you will see them a little more casual. >> i think this is their feed theyre looking for right now, if you see the top corner of the screen, we are at the moment, no one has scrubbed the launch. so were 6:00 away from launch, so the way if youre watching this, they run through everythi everything. i have seen them scrubbed with a minute to go. >> that is absolutely right, it can go d...

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race. but just minutes from now, cnns elizabeth cohen will join me now live right here with the high cost of not ensuring everybody. the pennsylvania charity founded by the former penn state assistant football coach accused of child rape needs a new ceo. the long-time head of the second mile has resigned in hopes he says of restoring faith in the organizations volunteers and staff. the group put a top to jerry sanduskys involvement with children in 2008 when he told them of one alleg...

In that three mile runway will be lit one big nights like a big knee on sign saying welcome home. >> shepard: in a few minutes nasa will start rolling out "atlantis," the final shuttle flight schedule: building right behind me scheduled to go up on july the 8th in a few minutes. do the final rollout. sneak pictures here of "atlantis," there it is inside the vehicle assembly building. thousands of people here have gathered at the invitation of nasa for something of a party. a real bittersweet mom...

Shuttle "endeavour" due to a technical problem. engineers are concerned with two heaters in one of the auxiliary power units. tom costello is live at cape canavarel. tom, how long a delay and how serious a problem? >> reporter: well, andrea, we have some breaking news and that is it is now looking like it is going to be at least 72 hours. about an hour ago we thought 48-hour delay. now the launch director is saying here that at least 72 hours. the trouble is these heaters on the auxiliary power ...