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>> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites, and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbiter "challenger" and the sixth flight of the space shuttle. >> this was the birth of space travel, not just space missions. were talking about setting a laboratory. almost like a university in space. it started feeling like anybody could be an astronaut. >> the countdown is under way tonight at cape canaveral toward sundays schedu...

Them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> it was in a matter of days, we knew it was a solid rocket booster joint that had failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that had led to the loss of the "challenger." >> during the 30 months since the "challenger" accident, there have be...

So the next thing were standing by for is -- >> is entry. >> entry. >> getting through the top of the atmosphere, gradually slowing down. right now the vehicles just now beginning to -- very soon will be beginning to feel the atmosphere touching it. actually, entry is above the atmosphere slightly. so its really not until a few -- half a minute or so after entry before we really start detecting the fact that that atmosphere is slowing us down. >> all right. well be standing by. >> yes. excitin e...

As they did back in 1998 and 99, mars polo lander, when they didnt get that signal back. those memories are seared in the collective consciousness at jpl. theyve had great moments and theyve had moments of absolute agony and defeat, as well. >> we want to avoid the agony and we would like a repeat of the high fives from "curiosity" in 2012. and rachel we, for people who a just tuning in and are like, why are they talking about mars and this "insight," what is the purpose of it all? >> there have...

Severe droughts cause more than 80% of losses in agriculture and increase in tsunamis and large storms is influencing the fishing industry. without major changes addressing the challenges, the report warns the world will struggle to meet the sustainable goal of eradicating global hunger by 2030. as the head of food and hunger, a hotter world is a hungrier world. the answer is c, nasas jet propulsion laboratory won an emmy award for interactive program at the creative arts emmy awards. they won f...

In he chose to lend his cell phone to a stranger that called his wife. we actually bumped into that woman today. she was reading alongside my niece, breanna. and she said thank you. and it was the last time her husband got to say i love you to his wife. and beautiful memories and focusing on how through his grandchildren we can create more memories. >> neil: and you are always so polite and patient with this line of questioning. i dont know whether i would be sad orbiter or angry or all of the a...

Astronauts joe engle and dick truly flew "columbia" into space again. >> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites, and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbiter "challenger" and the sixth flight of the space shuttle. >> this was the birth of space travel, not just space missions. were talking about setting a laboratory. almost like a university in space. it started feeling like anybody could be an astronaut. >> the ...

And well continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> it was in a matter of days, we knew it was a solid rocket booster joint that had failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that had led to the loss of the "challenger." >> during the 30 months since the "challen...

Television wont even bother to cover it. >> 30 weeks later, after "columbia" had been returned to the kennedy space center, astronauts joe engle and dick truly flew "columbia" into space again. >> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites, and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbiter "challenger" and the sixth flight of the space shuttle. >> this was the birth of space travel, not just space missions. were talking a...

It belongs to the brave. the "challenger" crew was pulling us into the future. and well continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> it was in a matter of days, we knew it was a solid rocket booster joint that had failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that had ...