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"champions for change" gives us an opportunity to highlight issues that are important to us. and that took our brooke baldwin back to camp, space camp, where she saw a group of girls who could lead the next generation to space explorers. >> youre about to feel like youre walking on the moon. >> yeah. >> which is possible in your lifetime, by the way. >> yes. >> are you ready? >> yes. >> le >> lets walk on the moon. how is it? >> i feel like im flying. >> the goal is to get communications turned ...

>> jon: its a fascinating case and fascinating -- assuming they show up for the pretrial, we will know what their testimony is, it becomes part of the trial record. >> other people have been testifying, it gets more interesting every day. >> jon: thank you very much. molly? >> molly: american space explorers are looking to ignite new interest, their predecessors all inspiring work at kennedy space center and today they got a big visitor. vice president mike pence is taking a leading role in the ...

Orbiters now retired are reminders of both the past and the present. for two years since "atlantis" touched down at the kennedy space center, the u.s. has been without its own means to put astronauts in space. >> we call it a gap. not sure how long its going to last. thats dependent upon these future commercial providers. >> reporter: commercial companies have taken over ferrying cargo to the international space station. but not people. that was supposed to happen by 2015. now the gap has widene...

Have not put anyone in space. >> i dont know how long its going to last. that depends on these future commercial providers. >> reporter: they have taken ov cargo to the space station but not people. that was supposed to happen in 2015. now the gap has widened. its a very iffy 2017. target dates are etched in sand, not stone. not enough money from congress, nasa says, so astronauts fly on russian rockets. jones believes a new generation of space explorers will find their inspiration right here. >...

Their money. they have no odor. miss utah didnt win miss usa but she upstaged the winner. marissa fowl has a visit to jimmy kimmel. >> all press is good press. >> agreed. good morning, well we have yahoo! saying it received 12,000 to 13,000 requests on user data for the government, most criminal investigations, this revealed from apple, microsoft and facebook. nasa selecting its next generation of space explorers, half of them, four are women. the highest percentage of female astronauts dr...

Most successful. >> it is just too good an experience to keep to yourself. the more people that see and understand it the more the benefits of space exploration will roll back into daily life for all of us. ♪ >> reporter: hadfield hopes hes hit a chord with young people and will inspire the next generation of space explorers. john zarrella, cnn, miami. >> theres a video online of chris hadfield crying in space. you have to look that up, its really cool. >> amazing and what he said about sharin...

Ground rules for a group of space explorers trying to make it to the moon. thats coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. ♪ ♪ wake up! thats good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. couldve had a v8. see how the carrots i grow make that new stouffers steam meal so tasty. actually, the milk from my farm makes it so creamy, right dad. dad can see... boys! dont you think stouffers steam perfect bag should get some credit? my carr...

>> enterprise is a very special vehicle and near and dear to those of us who were test pilots because it was used for the initial approach and landing tests. it flew just in that configuration, just like youre seeing it right now, on the back of a 747, and then the 747 pulled away, dropped underneath, and then the shuttle made its first approach and landing test. so its my hope that students who see it out there at the pres intrepid are not only inspired to be space explorers, but hopefully a fe...

of space shuttles. stay tuned. lit take as you little while. we are still working on it but keep watching. we will be launching again. >> we will stay in the business, as they said, the united states is not out space business. >> absolutely. we have proven for 30 years that we know how to get to lower orbit. we built this fantastic international space station. lit keep operating at least through 2020, conducting research in this incredible laboratory with the micro gravity environment ...

nfl season after four-month labor lockout between players and owners, well, a key vote could break the stalemate. and were also learning this. tiger woods fires his long time caddie steve williams and guess what? he speaks out about the abrupt move. we will hear from the caddie in just five minutes. millions of pro football fans are hoping today, well, that it will be the day the nfls labor lockout will end. players and owners expected to vote on a deal that will hopefully say the 20...