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Big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness first-hand the first space shuttle launch. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. we have gone for main engine start. >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and two solid rocket boosters that are the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy its going somewhere. >> americas first space shuttle and the shuttle has cleared the tower...

Most complex system that has been put into space yet. >> first time i saw "columbia" and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh, my god, its big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness first-hand the first space shuttle launch. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. we have gone for main engine start. >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and two solid rocket boosters that are the largest pop bo...

Big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness first-hand the first space shuttle launch. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. we have gone for main engine start. >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and two solid rocket boosters that are the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy its going somewhere. >> americas first space shuttle and the shuttle has cleared the tower...

A spectacular night time rocket launch to the international space station. check it out. >> four, three, two, one. engines igniting the solid rocket boosters and liftoff. >> there we go. four solid rocket boosters fired perfectly propelling the rocket over southern japan. minutes later it released a cargo transport vehicle expected to rendezvous with the iss on monday. it is carrying food and supplies. they were originally supposed to arrive aboard the falcon nine rocket in june but that explode...

Upright attached to two actual solid rocket boosters and a giant replica of its external tank, all connected to a partial replica of a launch tower, that is if they ever get to los angeles and take off from florida. >> gretchen: see, theyre going to make all these stops in between. its going to be a three-day trip. so theyll make stops at stennis space center in mississippi examine assembly facility in new orleans, and its going to fly low over fort lauderdale so people can see endeavor. it roll...

And then it was the vehicle to see how well the space shuttle flies in the atmosphere, how well it flies on top of the 747. we needed to prove quo do that. was also the vehicle that was first attached to solid rocket boosters and external tank and taken to the launch pad. it has no engines, no orbital maneuvering system enengines. after the challenger, there was a thought to take enterprise and configure it for space flight but instead we took the spare parts from the construction of discovery, ...

Shuttles around the country, the discovery which is at the air and space museum will be displayed as if it was on the runway as if its landed, the one that will be at kennedy space center in florida will be with the payload bay door open like it was in space. the plan for endeavour at california science center as if on the launch pad with external tank and two solid rocket boosters. people can travel around the country and see the three shuttles that have flown in space in different configuratio...

Well take a little bit of time to dismount this plane because it take a little time to get it up on the 747. it is really remarkable to see what attaches it to the 747. you would imagine it would be more than that. obviously didnt go anywhere throughout the flight. jon: i am always amazed at the engineering, when you think about it, we went from the mercury and gemini and apollo programs with a cone-shaped capsule on top of those big atlas rockets, well in the case of the apollo program it was t...

well bring you all the highlights. good morning to you. happitry, its october 28th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." im carol costello in new york. youre waking up to some of the best news in recent memory. gdp up 2.5%, nearly double the rate of last quarter. we have gains on thursday, up 340 points. the dow is heading for its best month in 24 years. the broader s&p, october could close as the best month since 1974. cnns erin burnett asked pete kenny for his take. >> are you optimisti...

>> now, the plan does not address the debt ceiling. you see the debt clock there. it ticks down to august 2nd. thats when the u.s. could start defaulting on some of its bills. it could be a jumping-off point for a bigger deal. here are some of the highlights of the plan according to cnn senate forces, it shaves about $4 trillion off the debt load. rejiggers the tax load, cuts short-term spending by about $500 billion. it changes the entire budgeting process and it reforms social securi...