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It’s SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for NASA.

Boeing in airlines for other reasons. airlines being grounded for not being able to land. katie: always a proud moment. steve: thats right. this is a crucial milestone on the path to manned flight for the star liner which boeing has been developing to ferry nasa astronauts to and from the orbiting lab. and if all goes well, boeing will start preparing for the crude test flight to the international space station international contracted missions would then follow. katie: americans can fly themsel...

A year. well the countdown has started in just about an hours time a multinational crew of astronauts will blast off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan on a mission to the international space station german astronaut alexander gast is copilot of the sorries spacecraft that will take them to the i assessed it will be his second mission to the orbiting lab there and you take them on to this his crew will conduct a host of experiments including some into the effects of stress on the human i...

Outrage, cafeteria food accused of cultural misappropriation. so have pc college students finally bitten off more than they can chew? harris: they do so much more than just go to class these days. andrea: oh, they do. jenna: thank you. jon: two american astronauts float outside the international space station, making an unplanned space walk working to free a rail car jammed outside the orbiting lab so that a cargo ship can dock later this week. phil keating live from miami with more on that. phi...

Right now that is a real possibility after police unions across the country asked members to boycott the film. >> a man of his celebrity, instead of working to bring the community and the police closer together, he separated them more than ever. >> reporter: tarantinos cousin, a former cop, appearing tonight on "hannity" says tarantino should apologize. >> he focused on one particular thing, one incident, and then condemned all police officers over one particular incident. thats what i think is ...

They are celebrating 15 years of occupancy of the international space station. scott kelly says the biggest benefit of the orbiting lab is furthering long-term exploration goals. >> we do a lot of experiments up here, but i think the most important experiment is the -- you know, the space station as that keeps humans alive in space for long periods of time. . weapon an presidential candidates put their feet down over the debate. well talk about it with our very own panel, when we come back. ng...

Given citigroup a failing mark on its latest stress test. the fed will spell out the reasons for failing citi over the next few weeks. mcdonalds is giving away free coffee during breakfast hour starting on monday through april 13th. get your cup of joe. it is all part of mccafes promotional event. here are some stories making news this morning. a new report from the cdc says the number of children dyi diagnosed with autism is on the rise. 1 in 68 suffer from the disorder. that is a 30% inc...

Forecast ahead of a space launch. the privately-built, unmanned dragon space capsule this baby is called. it will blast off for the international space station tomorrow. it is the second of 12 flights that have been contracted by nasa. this is part of that new public/private partnership that nasa is doing. it will resupply the orbiting lab. well see how that goes. if goes well. meteorologist janice dean will go on the next flight, right, janice? >> space program. we have to fund it big time. let...

veterans memorial. rene is standing by. >> reporter: good morning. we are here at the u.s. marine corps war memorial. we have been here all morning. its a stunning memorial to see in person. we have seen parents bringing their children here, and we have seen veterans themselves here, just taking a moment, a moment of silence to remember or remember those who have fallen and who have died for our country, and this memorial is right outside of arlington national cemetery, and we spoke to...

Well let you know as soon as that happens. gregg: how about this one, martha. making history with rockets red glare. there it is, the unmanned spacex capsule on a mission to bring supplies to the international space station and also carrying it with it ashes of more than 300 people including mercury astronaut gordon cooper and scotty, from "star trek." the rocket looking to be the very first nongovernmental spacecraft to dock at the orbiting lab. this is example of a private company taking off a...