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Connected. this is an exciting moment for the crew. >> its exciting. its like kleenex. you always want to call them winnebagos, but its an rv. bill nye, now to you. you and the planetary society have an experiment going up on the next shuttle launch in april. tell us about this experiment. >> thats great. so its called l.i.f.e., living interplanetary flight experience. when you find a rock, you have to reason that rock got there from outer space. thats the only way it could be on top of the ice....

About at kennedy space center. the first shuttle launch was the space shuttle challenger. now giant shears are slicing it up. thousands of tons of steel are to go to auto recycling plant then on to a steel mill in alabama. workers there to melt it down and turn it into sewage and water pipes. >> somewhere and being reused and back in the american society. >> shepard: the orchestra loved him. the space steel will be mixed in with other scrap metal to make those pipes. orchestra now ♪ >> shepard...

Insists constellation was not a waste of money. >> the constellation program has taught us the things that work, the things that we could have done better. >> reporter: ironically, the flap comes at a time nasa says it may not have enough money to building a new, bigger rocket congress and the white house have mandated to replace, you guessed it, the constellation program. senators hutchison of texas and nelson of florida have introduced a bill that would allow nasa to stop paying for the aries ...

Mission on thursday. shuttle launch has been delayed for months now because of problems with the fuel tank. terrifying moments also on a delta flight from fort lauderdale to minneapolis. one of the planes engines blew out shortly after takeoff. spewing small metal fragments all over the place and the plane was able to land safely back at the fort lauderdale airport. brian? >> thanks, ainsley. house republicans slashed $61 billion in spending from the current budget. that measure isnt expected to...

>> from americas news headquarters, im ainsley earhardt. word of further medical progress by arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. astronaut mark kelley says that his wife is now responding to questions. so quickly, in fact, that her speech therapist now wants her to slow down. given her shot in the head last month by a would-be assassin, kelley hopes his wife can attend his shuttle launch 2 months from now. >> on monday, the house agreed to extend three key provisions of the patriot act unt...

Nasa astronaut mark kelly will resume training today as commander of the shuttle endeavours final mission. he says its been a tough decision, but that his wife, arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords, would support that decision. giffords was shot in the head during the rampage in tucson. the shuttle launch is expected to happen in april. and a youngstown state university student is dead after a shooting at a frat house there. two men have now been arrested, though they have yet to be charge...

Shuttle launch in april. some critics say he should remain grounded with her instead. >> i started to think about sts-134, about the mission, my crew, the fact that ive been training for it for nearly a year and a half and considering a bunch of other factors, including how -- what gabrielle would want me to do and what her parents and her family and my family would like, you know win ultimately made the decision that i would like to return. >> and kelly says he is very confident he has made the...

Its mission go for astronaut mark kelly on his return trip to space and his wife recovering congresswoman gabrielle giffords may be well enough to see him off. kelly says giffords has been making remarkable progress after being shot last month and he expects she will be in good enough health to attend his shuttle launch in april. kelly has been by his wifes side for every step of her recovery but some critics say he should remain grounded with her instead. >> i started to think about sts sts-134...

Did you ever think a robot could tweet from space or that your tweets could get you on nasas next shuttle launch?

American go see a shuttle launch sometime. this is like the ideal thing for the obama administration to do. they kill two birds with one stone. further their muslim agenda and put the squash on this american exceptionalism. >> sean: explain to me the president has already apologized for america. he spoke to the muslim world but forgot to mention our contributions to indonesia, kosovo, kuwait, iraq, afghanistan and elsewhere. he forgot those little contributions of america. this seems to me, you ...