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Onboard. id like to go true that side hatch right now, id like to be in the vertical position and take her back up into space again, because she was built to be there, and once you got her in that environment, she performed thawlessly. >> reporter: a bittersweet feeling some astronauts say for seeing this shuttle inside this exhibit instead of being out on the launch pad ready to fly. jenna: really cool to hear from the astronauts and the people visiting as well, steve. thank you. jon: and, you ...

>> the young person can say i want to fly something like this, i want to help design something like this and it can be part of their future. thats a very bright future for america in the 21st century if he capitalize on the experience we have here. >> reporter: nasa is working on a rocket for deep space missions. that, too, is years away. for now the inspiration gap is being filled by vehicles not on the launchpad, but in museums. john zarrella, cnn at the kennedy space center. let me ask you ...

Working on a rocket for deep space missions. that, too, is years away. so for now, the inspiration gap is being filled by vehicles, not on the launch pad, but in museums. john zarrella, cnn, at the kennedy space center. >> cool stuff. thanks, john. in boston today, james "whitey" bulger was not the most recognizable person at his murder trial. courtroom witnesses actually say oscar winning actor robert devall was sitting in the back of the room watching the trial, the judge, the lawyers, soaki...

Have not put anyone in space. >> i dont know how long its going to last. that depends on these future commercial providers. >> reporter: they have taken ov cargo to the space station but not people. that was supposed to happen in 2015. now the gap has widened. its a very iffy 2017. target dates are etched in sand, not stone. not enough money from congress, nasa says, so astronauts fly on russian rockets. jones believes a new generation of space explorers will find their inspiration right here. >...

So for now, the inspiration gap is being filled by vehicles, not on the launch pad, but in museums. one of the most common questions, jim, that people have come through here are already is, is it real? they cant believe its really "atlantis," its not just the space shuttle thats in the museum. this is a full-scale mock-up of the hubbell space telescope. important to note that the, this entire $100 million facility not a single taxpayer dollar, all turnstyle and a capital campaign that built this...

Station. the launch pad is in french guy and a, right near the equator and the cargo ship will bring 1400 items, including fuel, water and gas to the orbiting laboratory 20-tons in all. ever since 1969 the debate is raisedded, what exactly did neil armstrong say when he became the first human to set tpao foot on the moon. he always insisted he began by saying quote that is one small step for a man. listen for yourself. >> that is one small step foreman, one giant leap foreman kind. >> reporter: ...

Weaponry will be in the head hands of terrorist organizations. thats something we cannot allow to happen. >> israel says it is not looking for a war but is certainly ready for one if it comes. locals here are equating each one of these strikes against syria as pulling the trigger in a deadly game of russian roulette. when will president assad finally decide to respond? to that end, he told a kuwaity newspaper today that the next time he will hit back, the question, of course, is does that come h...

Warned several times. the cia also being warned by russia, asking to investigate tamerlan and senator lindsey graham said the case is becoming a study in a system failure. is that accurate? or is that, again, theyre overplaying the fact that there was a disconnect? >> well, of course, its a failure in the sense that a massive attack was able to be perpetrated. but to look at it from the perspective of, was it preventable, and i guess thats what senator graham is trying to get at here, im not so ...

Cooperate. >> yeah. >> your only hope is to cooperate. they have you on videotape committing crimes that are going to put you away regardless of anything you might say so there is little bit too much being made of the miranda situation here. martha: interesting and also the confession that hes believed to have made to the person whose car he took away. john ashcroft, thank you so much for being with us today. great stuff. very interesting. >> thank you. martha: thank you, sir. bill: there is a n...

It is traditionally such a big day of coming together for boston residents. the impact of this, i dont think you can underestimate for those of us who dont live in the city. if you could give us a sense of that. >> anyone youve talked to, anyone who has moved here, say this is the day to be in boston, our greatest day. its patriots day. weve got the 11:00 red sox game. youve got the boston marathon. where you not only have the elite runners of the world running but you have everyone knows somebo...