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This photo series by Roland Miller focuses on U.S. space exploration programs over the course of the last 30 years.

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officials say nothing suggests an attack is imminent. they only say recent incidents reinforce the terror threat. and hope for a grand debt fix was dimmed just a bit in washington. some democrats and republicans are picking apart the latest plan with the same old complaints. liberals say it cuts social security and medicare. conservatives say it raises taxes. republicans have refused to raise the nations debt limit without deep spending cuts and no tax increases. the deadline now is ...

of space shuttles. stay tuned. lit take as you little while. we are still working on it but keep watching. we will be launching again. >> we will stay in the business, as they said, the united states is not out space business. >> absolutely. we have proven for 30 years that we know how to get to lower orbit. we built this fantastic international space station. lit keep operating at least through 2020, conducting research in this incredible laboratory with the micro gravity environment ...

nfl season after four-month labor lockout between players and owners, well, a key vote could break the stalemate. and were also learning this. tiger woods fires his long time caddie steve williams and guess what? he speaks out about the abrupt move. we will hear from the caddie in just five minutes. millions of pro football fans are hoping today, well, that it will be the day the nfls labor lockout will end. players and owners expected to vote on a deal that will hopefully say the 20...

Finished all they do there. the tanks thats going to fly on "atlantis" was actually manufactured before and they did a switch and any way. it flew pretty well. worked fine. >> those guys are really unsung heroes. those guys literally stayed with that tank throughout the storm and that was the only places in the city that was dry. >> another piece of historys going to happen here tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. shuttle "atlantis" that you flew on twice is going to roll from the orbiter processing fac...

lets listen in. >> all three are still in good shape as are all of the other sims aboard the orbiter. a team of flight controllers watches over all the systems. 4:20 into the flight. "endeavours" traveling 5500 miles per hour. altitude 63 miles traveling downrange, about 335 feet in altitude. environmental and control systems officer here reporting a good flash evaporator system reporting cooling to equipment aboard the vehicle. traveling into space on the forward flight deck is mark k...

That one little box with all the connections, but thats fixed and nasa says they are good to go. as you mentioned, gabrielle giffords, the wife of mark kelly, the commander, is here. she arrived here at the kennedy space center today from houston where shes undergoing rehabilitation for the gunshot wound she suffered back in january. and shell be, actually, oh, a few hundred yards from us up on top of the launch control center with other family members of the other astronauts watching the launch...

their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators wont think twice about grabbing a human. lets go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? >> reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the national guard and sheriffs deput...