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Morning. it will be 6 1/2 hours long. what do you think the degree of difficulty will be for the spacewalkers? >> last week santa ana a -- last week he was asked for a degree of challenge. he says its something they trained for in the past. he feels confident. mission control in houston will follow it all including monitoring the helmet issue. multiple science experiments have been shut down so as not create more heat. it also canceled the orbital launch which was scheduled for tomorrow night. i...

Overheat or cool too much. >> the space walk was not the first option. the attempt was to repair it remotely and that did not work. in your description of it being a simple repair. if it cant be done remotely, why are they at this point with the space walk? >> they are at the point with the space walk -- this is the thing that separates it from being simple to complex. space walks are risky. they have to do the repair outside because the pump module that holds the valve is on the exterior of the...

But have had to shut down some nonessential systems. they just dont have enough cooling capacity with the two pumps, with one not working at 100%. they dont have enough capacity to keep everything cold. but the life support system is fine. science experiments are fine. theres no problem there. were just really waiting on the mission management team and the troubleshooting to be done to figure out if, indeed, theyll have to -- they can fix it another way or if they have to actually go outside and...

Best to the whole family. >> thank you very much. wolf. all right. some breaking news coming into "the situation room." were just learning about a serious situation on the international space station. joining us on the phone is cnns john zarrella. what are we learning, john? >> reporter: what we know is one of the two pumps on the station that actually cools the international station has failed. most importantly, there is no danger to the crew, the life-support system is working fine. science ...

100 murders and at least ten kidnappings since it was formed in the early 1980s. >> no arrests have been made in either murder case right now. officials arent saying what the security issue was that caused the prosecutor to quit. we understand now that u.s. attorney from washington, d.c. will take over that case. weve been talking a lot about the aryan brotherhood, but thats the only theory underway here. theyre also looking at drug cartels or maybe somebody with a grudge who could have been res...

Weight. details how your weight could determine how much you pay to fly. full of valuable science experiments, equipment floating around in the pacific ocean hundred of miles off the california coast. right now crews are working to retrieve the spacex dragon capsule after it splashed down 30 minutes ago. of course, everybodys dream, to become an instant millionaire. one teen has done that after selling something very valable to yahoo! [ male announcer ] with free package pickup from the unit...

Space station and then splashed into the ocean. it was originally set for return on monday but choppy seas forced a delay. one astronaut said he was sad to see the capsule go. >> sad to see the dragon going, performed her job well, and wish her all the best. >> shepard: the dragon brought back more than one ton of science experiments and old station equipment. phil is in our florida newsroom. this makes spacex 33, right? >> ess, one test flight and two actual cargo missions per the contract with...

Tom washburn used big row bottomic arm from the space station station and after three short trajectory burns, she was headed home. >> sad to see the dragon go. performed her job beautifully. heading back to her lair. wish you all the best for the splashdown today. >> reporter: the private spaceship spent the past three weeks in space. it is bringing back 3,000 pounds worth of research results, science experiments and hardware. just under three hours from now dragon should splash off of, baja pen...

Known art heists in u.s. history. it says it now knows who stole 13 masterpieces from bostons isabella stuart museum 23 years ago this week. the fbi is not releasing the names of the suspects and offering only a few clues it says. >> for the first time we can say with a high degree of confidence we determined in the years since the theft the art was transported to connecticut and to the philadelphia area. bill: well the missing art includes three rembrandts, like storm on the sea of gal little l...

Everything to go into space? what is it going to be like, the next 40 years? we have asked a former astronaut. rusty, you were the pilot on the apollo 9 mission, the first man manned test flight of the lunar module. how are you? >> just fine, we are so happy to have you here. first of all, i ask any astronaut, what was it like for you to be in space? >> well, it was a fantastic opportunity to be part of the history, thats a one-time thing, moving off the planet to our first neighbor, the moon, a...