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Think there were 5.6 million parts on what they called the stack, okay, it included the command module, the service module and of course the lunar module which landed and then everything of course in the saturn five rocket. the engineers strove for something called the 99.9% liability rate. it meant that if .1% of things went wrong, you had 5600 parts would could potentially fail. it took a lot of guts to be able to sit on that rocket. >> neil: to absorb the risks. the apollo fire, within two an...

Actual craft that would take people to mars. >> it will be very similar, what i think people have to realize is that the capsule that carries the crew will ultimately have to be attached to the service module or something larger. i believe that will allow us to make that six to nine-month transition to mars. >> what are the expectations for this actually happening? is it actually going to take place within five or six years? >> well, thats hard to say. i think the most important part of this is ...

The trial came to an abrupt end after major nidal hasan declined to give a closing statement. hes already admitted to killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others in that rampage in 2009 and could face the death penalty. a ufo spot by astronauts on the international space station. you can see this shiny mass as it travels through space. you see it there? this happened on monday. nasa, however, saying that the object was just an antenna cover from a service module that slipped off. >> bri...

Service module that slipped off. >> sure. okay. well, a monster fine on a spanish beach. an unidentified 13 long sea beast, 13 foot long sea beast with horns washed up ashore. and it now has marine biologists stumped, apparently. one expert says it could be the backbone of a shark. what do you think that thing is? >> some people say a dinosaur. who knows? >> it is topping the charts at theet areas cross the country. but two theaters in one kentucky county are not showing "the butler." why? the o...

Earths orbit, or our minds comprehension, it wont be going alone. >> european partner, the esa, will provide the service module to propel the spacecraft to its destination. kevin quinn of our houston affiliate has details from the johnson space center. >> reporter: when nasas next generation space launch system finally takes off, it will look something like this. the module powering the orion capsule after separation will be made not by nasa but primarily by the european space agency. >> were bu...

On? >> reporter: really is. in fact this amonia pump that failed is considered the most significant failure, ever, on the international space station. the astronauts and cosmonauts train repeatedly for these kinds of problems and how to handle them. we caught up with katy and her crewmates just a couple of weeks ago as they were practicing for even far worse possibilities. for the space station crew, it is an uneventful day orbiting the earth. until -- alarms sound. breaking the routine. somethi...