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Cyan of those brothers. it made republican scott browns win even more earth shattering. >> a development that may affect this nations foreign policy, health care policy, perhaps the remainder of the obama presidency. chuck, hard to believe it happens on the one year anniversary. >> in washington today for the president she stood for a symbol of voter anger. >> scott brown winning ted kennedys liberal massachusetts senate seat was seen as a refr dumb on president obamas agenda. now its ten years ...

Sir richard branson. they went to the very lowest part of what is considered space where they were briefly weightless for a few minutes and then they returned which, you know, thats cool. this is not that though. this is actually a genuine honest to god actual space mission. spacex rocket is going to launch four amateur astronauts although one does include a billionaire. dont you worry, were getting another billionaire into space. theyre going to go into orbit 360 miles above earth. the crew is ...

Ignition. >> in our out of the this world lead we just got word from spacex that the first all tourist no astronaut crew orbiting earth is doing well why theyre quote healthy, happy and resting comfortably. they rocketed around earth five and a half time just that lucky crew of four is a physicians assistant, a billionaire a community college teacher and a lockheed martin employee. here where they are over the north atlantic. about 360 miles above the plan jet thats higher than the international...

This rocket with no training and not have to press any buttons, go 357 miles above earth, rotate, go 15 times around earth, come back down, splash down in the atlantic and they control everything from california. thats the technology were watching right now. >> thats a no for me, dawg. i would root you on, cal, to do that. >> pass. >> from an engine -- theres something intriguing theoretically. from an engineering perspective, so the problem, right, to getting to something like routine civilian ...

What were going to witness basically is the closest thing that weve ever seen here in the u.s. at least to the kind of dream that we were sold as children, right? the futuristic dream of space travel available to normal people, nontrained astronauts, people being able to get on a rocket ship, engage in space travel. for the first time cal perry joins me live. hes standing by to watch launch. cal, what are we going to see here? >> reporter: chris, this rocket is going to take them 17,500 miles an...

Leto me beha its not as easy as it looks. >> youre going towards a wall and your nature is to propel yourself off. but you just use your little finger because the harder you push the harder youre propelled to the other side. its fun. >> odonnell: whats next for this superwoman-- the real thing, orbiting earth for three days. the history of space has always been about the journey, the dream, doing the impossible. >> and the journey has been so much fun. i think going to space will almost be the c...

Shchit-2 was a Soviet-era missile created to protect the Almaz military space stations from foreign threats. An example of the missile is currently displayed in a restricted area at NPO Mashinostroyenia, a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, Russia, alongside an earlier version - called the Shchit-1. The Shchit-1 featured a 23mm cannon and is the only gun to ever be fired in space, reported The Drive, as far as public information suggests. The Almaz programme was a hidden effort by the Soviet...

It is 60 years since Russian pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to leave the embrace of planet Earth and venture into space.  To mark the occasion people, space agencies and governments around the world are celebrating the International Day of Human Space Flight in his honour.   On April 12, 1961 the 27-year-old Gagarin climbed in his Vostok 1 capsule, ready for the 108 minute flight, shouting Poyekhali! - Off we go! - as the rockets fired.  Gagarin launched from the B...

Gagarins Flight Showed Us That Complex and Challenging Things Possible, Ex-NASA Astronaut Says © Sputnik https://sputniknews.com/world/202104121082607398-gagarins-flight-showed-us-that-complex-and-challenging-things-possible-nasa-ex-astronaut-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The achievement of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into space 60 years ago, helped mankind to believe all was possible, and that there are solutions to the most difficult is...

Subject of a criminal investigation. we brought you the story last week. police say the deputy admitted to making up a story about being shot at by a sniper last week. the claims trigger massive manhunt all over the city of lancaster, no word on the former deputys motive. out of this world story, a nasa astronaut alleged to be the first person in space to face a criminal challenge back your honor. and unprecedented situation. phil keating has more on the story. >> in a first, and astronaut is ac...