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Didnt stop flying as the board said and president bush said about the shuttle at the end of 2010. i just said lets fly the shuttle once a year. we have a big gap and its growing. im not saying that that was the outstanding course to take. there were many arguments about retiring the orbiter. im just saying that i had foresight to say that that kbap w gap is going to be bigger than we think it is and were going to be financing the russian space program to take our people up to $100 billion space ...

On reentry, again killing all seven on board, israeli the first israeli to fly in space. it was later determined piece of foam broke off in launch and damaged a wing. causing the orbiter to break up in the reentry. those seven astronauts were mothers and father who left behind 12 children, among whole became fighter pilot, marine captain and seminary student. >> bret: steve harrigan live at the kennedy space center tonight. thank you. romanians fire back against brittic officials over immigratio...

>> a solemn day at the complex. a sense of remembering and sense of gratitude for those that gave their life in space exploration. three of the major tragedies in nasa occurring in different years but on in the same week beginning in 1967 with apollo one a fire claim the lives of three astronauts including gus grissom. then in 1986 the space shuttle challenger exploding after 73 seconds in flight. of course on board the challenger was the first teacher in space. it was later found that a faulty ...

Coming up, more on the conflict and what it will mean for the united states. first, though, time now for todays flashback. a trip back to 1972. on this day in that year, president richard nixon announced the nations space program. >> he reviewed the program with the space agency, james fletcher. it made up of a booster and orbiter that will take off like a rocket and fly up like a spaceship and land back on earthlike an airplane. >> the shuttle program went on to fly some 135 space missions betw...

The orbiter arriving yesterday at the california science center in los angeles. after logging all that time in space the final 12 miles proved to be harrowing. crawling through the streets at 2 miles an hour, dodging trees, buildings and lampposts t took three days to make a 12--mile trip. spectators say it was worth it and cool to see. >> when you get to see this thing right next to you and so huge and it look like it has been through a war or a disaster something, it is really, really neat. >>...

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Going on. i knew it was something special. you do remember a different time and very special moment. nice interview with the boss, and really fascinating. bill: i think what we learned from that is that president nixon could take a cue. he was better than most people thought. martha: most people can take a cue from roger, right. bill: back to bret now outside the cathedral as the ceremony continues there. bret. >> the pressure was on in that interview, good thing it turned out. bill: we are abou...

>> reporter: landing the biggest rover ever on mars in a high-risk plunge dubbed seven minutes of terror. high tech parachutes, rockets, even this sky crane they had never used before had to slow "curiosity" from 13,000 miles an hour to a full stop. it worked. and nearly all of this $2.5 billion mission made in america. >> there is something uniquely american about what it takes to put a rover like this at mars. >> reporter: what it takes are companies in 33 states, coast to coast. >> cameras, s...

landings in history. but for now, all eyes on this. the very first video of the curiosity landing, released today. the grainy video was shot onboard moments before touching down. john zarrella and chad myers join me now for more. so, john, lets start with you. you have been following the story very closely and are live at nasas jetropulsion laboratory in california. tell us about this new veo and what exactly are we seeing? >> reporter: well, in fact, zoraida, what were seeing in this ...

is zero room for error. about 17 minutes from now, if all goes as planned, the rover will touchdown on the martian surface. but it takes 14 minutes for a signal to travel from mars to earth, so best case scenario, confirmation will come in about 31 minutes. we expect pictures around 2 a.m. eastern. now, joining us from the laboratory in california. in moscow r where russian space officials are closely following the development and science correspondent david brodie joins us from edge w...