they successfully completed the mission s main objective, delivering and installing a special particle detector for the international space station. its 600 computer processors will help scientists from 16 countries try to understand the origin of the universe by searching for wild sounding things like anti-matter, dark matter, and cosmic rays. this is shuttle endeavour s final mission of course. it will go to a museum when it lands. i spoke to the crew about what for most of them will be their last time in space. as you begin to prepare to come home and you look down i am tempted to ask knowing that this is your last shuttle mission, like a vacation to the grand canyon, are you tempted to call down and say can we extend the rental a little bit? john, these missions are really complex. there is a lot of risk and we develop a plan way ahead of time. yeah it would be nice to have an additional day in space to look down at our beautiful planet and enjoy zero gravity. but tomorrow is
of important developments in the middle east and north africa. most of them troubling. the brutal regime in syria declared general amnesty today but human rights groups and the obama administration are quick to label it a sham. designed they say to distract attention from a bloody crackdown. in yemen, civil strife spread after a cease fire agreement between the government and opposition forces in the capital city collapsed. the regime of moammar gadhafi in libya defiantly today again vowed to hold power, rejecting the latest effort to broker a diplomatic solution to the civil war there. the united states top human rights officer in bahrain was recalled to washington after coming under attacks in media accounts that u.s. officials believe were orchestrated by hard line government officials. bahrain, remember, is supposed to be a top u.s. ally in the region. a lot of ground to cover. let s focus first on syria. the amnesty offer was for all crimes committed against the governm
killed osama bin laden in a raid in pakistan. . at 2:30 the senate will vote on a republican plan to expand offshore oil drilling. this comes after failing to pass a democratic bill last night that would have cut off tax breaks for the five biggest oil companies. the gop plan expected to pass. and the six astronauts on the shuttle endeavour are now at the international space station. they re go to spend almost two weeks there and what they brought to the space station, a $2 billion particle detector. it is the most expensive science experiment ever to fly into orbit. boomers who are battling aging skin with high priced creams, listen up. what you really need to do is change your lifestyle. dermatologists have these money saving tips. first, before bed, get rid of grime, makeup and bacteria with a face wash. avoid the sun, but when out, use a 30 spf sunscreen. and exercise. the infusion of oxygen produces collagen. oohhh.my back.
after endeavour s return, scheduled for june 1st, it will go on display at the california science center in los angeles, not before it carries a $2 billion piece of equipment into space, a particle detector that s designed to analyze cosmic rays. endeavour is the youngest nasa shuttle. i was reading, nina, in that vacuum between the end of the space shuttle and the commercial ones coming online, it will cost about $49 million to take you to the space station. that s a fairly expensive taxi ride. the cost of the space race is something the united states may not have enough money for. the united states reached its debt ceiling. the limit is just under $14.3 trillion here. the u.s. secretary treasury secretary says he can do creative accounting to stay below that until at least august 2nd. the question is what happen
last night, the irish police received a warning about a device which would be on some form of public transport. it was discovered on a private bus just outside dublin. the passengers were evacuated and the devices made safe after about two hours. it was defused. this can is coming now three hours before the queen is supposed to touch down at the girng of a four-day states visit. this is the largest security operation in the history of the irish state. some 10,000 police and army are guarding various roots and vantage points around dublin city and beyond. there is a serious disruption to commuters trying to travel into dublin to work this morning. they ve been asked to use only public transport. the government is hoping that this visit will do so much for the country of ireland in terms of tourism and relations between britain and ireland that they re hoping the irish public will be able to forgo the disruption to their lives over the next few days. thank you. those are th