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Moment no doubt in my mind. i dont mind the shuttle retiring. it is probably time to retire the shuttle. we have modified it over the last 30 years, and it is still the most remarkable flying machine by mankind, but it is time to move on and go to the next step. the disturbing part is that after the next launch in the end of june here of "atlantis" that is the last shuttle launch, but we are not phasing in the next manned space vehicle the orion program, because it has been put on delay. >> what...

The astronauts, somebody in the press corps coughed and they said, not around my astronauts. and you know, brooke, at one point before they all got together there, the president met with mark kelly separately and then he and the first lady and commander kelly walked down a corridor and went into another room where gabrielle giffords was. mark kelly briefing them on his wifes condition. four months ago she was almost killed in arizona in the shooting. and they also had a chance to go over to the ...

Gained but with zabady there were questions about whether he withheld information about other plots and the documents say he offered, quote, a vast amount of information regarding al-qaeda personnel and operations and hes an admitted prayingal planner, to nassir and facilitator of international terrorists and their activities. whats important here is based on other summary, investigators felt that khalid shaikh mohammed, the self-described architect of 9/11 withheld information that might have s...

Thursday. i talked to kelly before this all happened, before the shooting, and he talked about how important it was to him back then to fly this mission. >> this is it. your last shuttle flight. >> flying in space is a very difficult thing to give up. i remember after my last flight thinking, well maybe this is the last time im going to do this. and you know, you get a couple months out and youre like, i really hope this is not the end of my flying in space career. then to have this opportunity ...

Be someplace else. we dont know any of that. but its certainly miraculous that she is going to be able to make it at all. you know, for awhile, carol, there was a question as to whether mark kelly was even going to fly this mission, because of his wifes condition. you know, i had an opportunity to sit down with mark back in october, before the incident ever happened, and he and i talked about just how difficult it is to give up space flight. this is it. your last shuttle flight. >> flying in spa...

Were going to go from new york back to the nations capitol. ill be flying on a delta shuttle. here theres a special line. still those shoes have to come off. >> its really quick, really convenient, no complaints. >> reporter: unlike most flights, arrive early or late, changing your shuttle flight is free of charge but frequent flyers say there is some unpredictability. >> its tremendously variable based on the weather, based on the traffic, and just about any other factor that can take anywhere ...

Before the train leaves instead of an hour or hour and a half early. >> reporter: many say they like how comfortable the ride is and the seats and the space they get. there is more than three feet from the seat in front of them. and electronic devices are welcomed to stay on and you can walk around or not, but just remember your stop. all right. here is the final destination just under three hours later, and we are here in the big apple. im here at laguardia airport and we will go from new york ...

Negotiating on behalf of the u.s. since the u.s. does not have diplomatic relations with north korea. they are urging them to release the man on humanitarian grounds. swedish officials are asking for regular visits. today marks the 30th anniversary of the first space and shuttle flight. on the anniversary of those two historic events nasa revealed where the retiring shuttles will call home. intrepid will go to the space museum in new york, and shuttle "discovery" to the udvar center, and the "...

Historic events of the first shuttle flight, nasa is telling us where "atlantis" and "endeavour" and "discovery" will call home. one will be at the kennedy space center, and one is promised to the smiths sosonian "enterprise will move, and "endeavour" will go to the california science center in los angeles. parts of the midwest are under heavy flooding. red river that borders minnesota and north dakota flood the area around fargo, north dakota. residents placed sandbags along flooded streams a...

To know your comments. nasa has marked the 30th anniversary of the first shuttle flight by announcing what it will do with the soon to be retired fleet. intrepid will go to the air and sea museum in new york city, and the smithsonian will put "discovery" on display outside of the smithsonian, and the " "atlant "atlantis" will stay at kennedy space center in florida. and in japan, officials say that the disaster at fukushima daiichi is as high as chernobyl. that puts it on par with the 1986 c...