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At which time the astronauts will board the first of two elevators for the trip to the 320-foot level after launch pad where they will then proceed to ingress the spacecraft. the depardeparture. the transfer man departing from the operations building at the kennedy space center on the start of its eight-mile trip to launch pad a here at complex 39 where the launch vehicle fully loaded with propellant going through preliminary checkout. this is launch control.

Look how this company is preparing for this launch. large lightning that protects from a lightning strike. >> veteran astronaut last flew into space on the final space show emission on 2011 on atlanta. shoulders of the space shuttle, america will continue the dream. now onboard the starliner and gave us access to production facility where three star liners capsules are in various stages of development on veg of flying into space from this launch pad. >> everybody should be excited that theyre go...

Delay because they one of the books period.right? thank you. boeing joins a push to return american astronauts to space. they have a test flight plan for late summer, phil keating has a look at how astronauts are training for this. >> this large lightning -- >> veteran astronaut chris ferguson left flint is based on the space shuttle mission on 2011 on atlantis. he is now returning to return to orbit by the end of the year. on board the boeing crew capsule, the store leonard. boeing gave great a...

Gave us access to production facility where three star liners capsules are in various stages of development on veg of flying into space from this launch pad. >> everybody should be excited that theyre going back to space again right here kennedy space center kay cape canaveral exciting. boeing both hustling to launch astronauts and spacex launched uncrew dragon capsule in march putting mannequin into space. boeing hopes to do the same on crew test flight in september. >> we have expertise we hav...

The host of "reliable sources," brian, timing is everything. this week after your interview. >> one of the strange things about life in the trump age. you wonder what provokes a trump tweet. michael collins who orbiting the moon for 21 1/2 hours while neil arm strong and buzz aldrin landed on the moon. collins a part of this heroic mission. hes critical of trump. he thinks the focus should be on mars. he doesnt like the idea as trump tweeted friday, of going back to the moon first. go back to th...

Trajectory to fly space. >> one of many reasons that linda said that companies are choosing florida or other u.s. spaceports. >> the right infrastructure, the right facility, the financial package, you are competing with history of 50 year legacy. reporter: a racket cannot take off without a launchpad, that where nasa lends a helping hand, attracting or investor. >> they come in set up shop, do their launches then leave, almost like a hotel room. reporter: proving more than one way to reach for ...

Im being told is that north korea has put together some sort of a space rocket. might be taking it to to sohei and could be preparing to launch it at any time. there are a lot of places we need to watch closely based on the satellite imagery well be seeing in coming days. there is a roof thats been put up to cover whatever arrives there. obviously if you see a lot of vehicles and movement, that will be an indication that something has arrived and could be possibly taken and put on a launchpad be...

A potentially troubling pick chir. a defiant posture after the failed summit in hanoi with kim jong-un and the u.s. president, donald trump. new satellite images of a rocket and missile factory near the north korean capitol indicate, according to two analysts that north korea assembled something. maybe a space rocket. maybe an intercontinental missile. where its headed, we dont know. north korea is one of their main launch sites, which has been rebuilt after being partially dismantled as a pledg...

We know kim jong-un could push the button at any time. the question is will he and what will the response be from the u.s. president, donald trump. joining me now is an expert on north koreas nuclear program. youve seen the same pictures weve just shown. >> based on what ive seen is what other stories have reported is theres new activity at both the rocket engine construction facility outside of pyongyang and new activity to restore some of the infrastructure where north korea has launched its...

To sortsz i have spoken with. now were seeing images from a missile, rocket factory where analysts say it appears north korea has put together something. hard to tell if it is a missile or rocket, assembled something, put it on a rail car, that rail car may be headed to a north korean launch site. we know that the satellite launch facility in recent days has seen a flurry of reconstruction work. it was a facility that kim jong-un promised to shut down, they started to take it apart. now analysts...