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Lets get a quick check with a "360" news and business bulletin with joe johns. joe? >> astronaut mark kelly, husband of congresswoman gabrielle giffords, said today he will command nasas shuttle flight in april. kelly said his wifes extraordinary progress since she was shot in the head a month ago was a key factor in his decision giffords is undergoing intensive rehab in houston. a disappointing jobs report. the economy added just 36,000 jobs in january, short of expectations. meantime, the un...

Welcome back. 12 minutes past the hour. astronaut mark kelsey a go for launch. kelly is married to congresswoman gabrielle giffords recovering at a rehabilitation clinic. speculation he might skip his mission but he says he and gabby are both ready to go. >> i have every intention that shell be there for the launch. i have already talked to her doctors about it. so there should be -- there really shouldnt be any reason why she cant go to the launch. >> isnt that amazing? commander mark kelly w...

Airlifted to a local hospital. we can tell you, they are expected to survive. bill: breaking news right now, were hearing that congresswoman gabrielle giffords husband will fly on the shuttle mission set for april. mark kelly is a nasa astronaut, hes been by his wife also side since she was shot in the head last month, kelly said to be ready to fly on board the final shuttle flight of endeavor. there was a question as to whether or not he would do that. now it looks like its a go. what will ha...

Nasa is getting ready to launch its first set of identical twins into space. they wont go up together but they will be in space at the same time. mark, serving as commander of the final shuttle flight while scott will lead the international space station. twin astronauts mark and scott kelly join me now and, wow, mark, thank you for growing that mush tas mustache. the folks at nasa have trouble telling you apart. >> folks are less likely to confuse us. >> all right, scott, lets go back. when did...

Same time together and it wasnt until later with the scheduling delays and such in the shuttle program that actually wound up being on the international space station at the same time. >> and, mark, youre going to serve, as we said, as commander of the final shuttle flight. help us put that into, the historical perspective of it is obvious, but some emotional perspective that this major program for nasa is coming to an end. >> you know, its a little sad to see the space shuttle program come to a...

Conclusion, saying that 25% of the oil is not in the gulf of mexico, its more like 79% of the oil still remains in the gulf of mexico in some form. they say the government was flawed when it said that that much oil had dissipated or dispersed or had been evaporated in that short amount of time. they say their studies with oil and the sea have concluded that it takes much, much longer for oil to break down in sea water. they admit that obviously you cant see it, it is somewhere in the water colum...

Space station, youre not going to be able to get up there very easily until a heavy lift vehicle is built. in fact, today, in a press conference, nasa officials were really urging nasa and congress to go ahead and authorize one additional shuttle flight. they wanted a decision by the end of august if possible so that they can move ahead with plans for this additional flight sometime june next year in order to bring more spare parts up to the space station. golf? >> all right gone. thank you. i...

>> shepard: flight change and extended life for the space shuttle program after weeks of hints a of launch delays. the space agency making it official the space program will not end until next year which causes bells to go off in the studio. the shuttle "discovery" had been scheduled to fly next to last in september. now it is set for the first of november. the last mission now has a launch date in february of 2011. nasa officials say the agency needs more time to prep cargo for both flights. th...

"discovery" and "endeavour" and if everything goes according to plan, the 30-year-old shuttle program will end this year, sadly, but well move on to bigger and better things or smaller and better things. well talk about that. the space station will keep operating until at least 2020. and nasa astronauts will hitch rides aboard the russian soyuz rockets until nasa takes over. it will be prepped for the last shuttle flight once returned from the space station, so its ultimate destination, of cours...

Activity appears to be weakening. once again, planes are taking off and landing across parts of the europe. london, exception, the airports are still closed because of all that ash. after 15 days, 6 million miles, the crew of space shuttle "discovery" is back on earth. "discovery" is set to liftoff again in september on nasas final shuttle flight. also, a ruling from the supreme court. the justices have struck down a federal law banning dogfighting and other animal cruelty videos. they ruled...