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Shuttle challenger disaster. a couple from florida recorded it on that january morning 26 years ago and the family member recently discovered the video in storage. and here it is. >> where is he? >> oh, there is a parachute, you can see it right there. oh,. >> this is the third home video of the disaster to turn up recently. seven astronauts died when challenger exploded. 73 seconds after launch. nasa officials blamed a failure of its booster rockets. that couple from florida attended to watch c...

Events. hundreds of events each year. some of them are provocative and channeling. provocative and channeling to different people. for those who dont want to take advantage of that opportunity, they dont have to. >> opponents argue screening may push boundaries but does have value. >> i think pornography is an issue. is a medium that deserves critical analysis just like many other topics at williams college. i think that this is a really good opportunity to engage in that critical analysis. >> t...

That this misconduct might be a part of the larger pattern within the secret service. but u.s. officials, representative peter king, point out and emphasize there is no proof of a larger pattern right now although the secret service is certainly looking is that that possible. >> all right. live for us at the white house. thanks. a spectacular sight over new york city as the space shuttle enterprise known as the work horse of the shuttle fleet was flown to its new home in new york city. the shu...

43 passengers kept on board a plane for more than three hours. the cause, a bug bite. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. im carol costello. you are bere its final flight. the granddaddy of a program. it was the next wave of a space race that had americans holding their breath. a craft so futuristic and exciting president ford told nasa to name it after captain kirks ship from the legendary show "star trek." >> space, the final frontier. these are the voyages of the sta...

Of service of discovery. launching hubble telescope. senator john glenn, one of my heroes, getting to ride the ship. it is important for people to see it up close and the scars and wear and tear involved exploring space. rick: what do you want people to know, tom, as they go is have it the spacecraft at their various locations when they are going to be retired? when parents take your young kids to get up close and personal look at shuttle fleet, what do you want them to be thinking about and tal...

Beautiful pictures of the space shuttle discovery. richard trunk, as we look at these pictures, what a sight and what an event it must have been today in washington, d.c. >> we were all on top of our building. employees all around the city were out. the plane came by three or four times. it was exceptional. now it is going to its final resting place. >> it made a nice trip up this eastern sea board heading over georgia and after a two or three hour trip spending about 30 minutes around the washi...

An amazing homecoming for the legendary shuttle program. the "discovery" is on the ground outside of d.c. at dulles after landing there earlier today. what a majestic sight it was, buzzing the capital. the final destination, the smithsonian air and space museum. and live from florida, jay, what a sight today. >> it sure was. it took off this morning just a little after sunrise, flew over the launch pad, over the space coast. then headed for dulles. took it about two and a half hours to get up th...

there in florida? >> yep. im here in florida, yep. >> this is your beat for many, many years as you watch this, as youre kind of going over in your head how many times you have you have interviewed the crews, whens going through your mind? what are you thinking about as we start to watch the craft land? >> you know, i think like so many people here think and of course, you know, my opinion is certainly somewhat skewed that, you know, it had a lot of flights left in them. all of the veh...

♪ . bill: they will get back together. martha: i love it. all right, well the future of our space program, speaking of that, was a big hot topic at last nights debate in florida which of course is the home to the kennedy space center. so it gets a lot of attention in the florida discussion. but nasa has seen its extensive budget cuts happen lately with the shuttle fleets retirement. that was not lost on mitt romney. this is what he said. >> we have a president that does not have a mission or v...

There. that was an air traffic control system messup. >> shepard: sure was and a big mess on jetblue. russia has launched first manned mission to the international space station. since nasa retired the shuttle fleet at least. >> lift off of the soyus. head toward the international space station for rendezvous. >> it blasted off before midnight eastern time overnight carrying one american and two russian crew members. russia had delayed the launch after unmanned so iuz rocket crashed back in auge...