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The governor of the state calling it the worst flooding there in 200 years. >> it is a go for space shuttle discovery. givg the green light for the monday morning launch, this after concerns about one of discoverys booster rockets. engineers say the problem is solved and countdown clock is ticking now. there is an 80% chance of good weather for the launch set for just after 6:00 a.m. and crew of seven astronauts are set to haul a load of sciences experiments to the space station. this is one of ...

Nasas shuttle program is scheduled to fly one more mission before the fleet is retired this year, but could the deadline be extended? cnns john zarrella has been looking into the story for us. john, how serious is this talk that maybe it could be extended into 2011, lets say? >> well, wolf, you know, right now the current plan is for the shuttle fleet to be retired in september with the launch of the shuttle "discovery," but multiple sources at the u.s. space agency, nasa, have told ple that the...

Nasa. right now the shuttle is on the launch pad ahead of a mission to deliver more equipment to the international space station. despite the presidents planned announcement, floridas two senators say they have concerns about nasas future. thats because the president scrapped the constellation program that was meant to replace the shuttle fleet and without either program up and running, florida stands to lose many thousands of jobs and lots of tax money. the man in charge of the shuttle fleet sa...

He is the outspoken californian who was cleared on ethics charges just last year. and in 2007, accused republicans of, quote, sending soldiers to get their heads blown off in iraq for the presidents amusement. shep? >> shepard: steve centanni live in washington tonight. steve, thank you. a little more than a month until nasa plans to launch one of the last shuttle missions and right nau waiting to pad. nasa rolled out discoveryiry load of science experiments to the space station along with a sev...

Its desent at miami airport over a shopping mall parking lot. the plane landed safely and the faa is investigating that. nasa says space shuttle "endeavour" is a go for lift-off saturday morning. there are only five flights left before nasa retires the shuttle fleet. that will happen later this year. two u.s.-born pandas have a new home back in china. the two male pandas arrived with much fanfare. they are headed to a research base for panda breeding. we had bats coming out of a house toni...

The firms will use the stimulus money to develop technologies and concepts for commercial spacecraft. president obama wants nasa to rent space on private vehicles once the shuttle fleet is retired next year. five americans being held in pakistan for allegedly planning terror attacks say they are being tortured. the claims are written on a tissue the men threw from a van window on their way to court today. they say both u.s. officials and pakistani police have tortured them. it is the second ...

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Jenna: it is the end of the road at least for now the space shuttle discovery that will be in the smithsonian. this is beginning of a journey for space shuttle enterprise. enterprise will have a similar flight like we saw piggybacking on top of a 747. it will fly to new york city if weather permits. there is some concern about weather already. if it goes according to plan, enterprise will fly over manhattan and over popular landmarks in new york city. that should be quite a sight on monday. it w...

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