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The next generation capsule splashes down into the pacific ocean. what it could mean for the future of americas space program. >> marky mark wahlberg all grown up as an actor after being a model and pop star. he says he has matured as a man, too and why hes asking his state to recognize his life changes. more businesses to use honor system opposed to sick day excuses. most businesses give you 8 to 10 sick days a year but the average american only takes between 3 and 6. to our question of the d...

On planet earth. its all beautiful. >> this is the farthest a human built spacecraft has gone in 40 years. i know, when we were at the final launch in florida, jay, you were excited about this project and what it could potentially bring to our space program. >> thats right, tamron. 42 years we have not -- we have not been able to leave earth orbit. this is the first time in american spacecraft or any spacecraft that can carry humans has left the lower orbit since apol all apollo 17. this is two ...

Perched on top of a rocket during its two-mile orbit, nearly a five-hour flight. it will go 3600 miles into space. more than 14 times higher than the international space station. mission controllers say its about the space programs next big step. >> weve been working really hard to get to this point. this is our first step forward on our journey into deep space and eventually on to mars. >> no matter what happens today, orion will not carry astronauts for at least another seven years. a mission ...

This morning on "world news now" -- up in flames. new details about the massive rocket explosion. what caused it and the setback for the commercial space program. >> it was immediately obvious something was wrong. and the price tag. why an old soviet engine from the 60s might be to blame. football scandal. top athletes from the air force academy accused of sexual assault. a victim comes out of the shadows. >> there were times i didnt want to be alive. >> eye-opening allegations from the accu...

Astronaut was -- meaning he was the guy communicating with armstrong and aldrin. >> the specialness, if you will of the 45th anniversary of apollo 11 is that we have indeed achieved a maturity in the space program, we built, operated, very successfully the entire space shuttle program. we now have an international space station with multinational participation in orbit operating. >> neil armstrong died about two years ago, but both buzz aldrin as well as michael collins who commanded the surface...

Have a vehicle to launch at all into space. i dont think anyone really wanted us to be in this position. so we really have to get -- you know, we have to solve that problem first, before we can go anywhere. >> yeah, one of the key things that you mentioned we have to rely on russia to continue our own space program. we can obviously see through the headlines, we have intense moments with russia right now. having said that, lets look back 45 years ago, what did that do in terms of america in term...

13 years ago we started permanently living on the space station, so weve sort of moved into the settlement phase and eventually it will go from the space station to the moon and to mars. but, you know, its just a natural explorative process and the six people up on the station right now, theyre celebrating the anniversary but theyre also testing the equipment that will let us go further. theyre pretty proud people from all around the earth. >> we forget theyre doing work up there. it seems these...

>> if you look at the program on cnn, your network here and it was a different set of circumstances. youre right. about beating the russians to the move. national objective. it was in some ways not just national pride and curiosity but national defense of what we were trying to accomplish and show the world. we have a different set of priorities for the space program. more about the exploration of science and improving life on earth. still important things but maybe not emphasis that we had back...

A series of reports for msnbc.com just before he died, and we often talked about doing this book. once he passed away, we looked at one another, we being john glenn, jim, and tom stafford, the apollo astronauts and said if we dont get neils book out there wont be anyone around. we wrote it good or bad. im glad youre enjoying it. we did the last shuttle mission. im going to hold on here and be here when we come back. were going to do the next mission together, tamron. thats one thing i have yet t...

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> it really is hard to believe that was 45 years ago. virtually every american family sitting around the tube to watch buzz take the first steps on the moon, heres what buzz finds even harder to believe. outside of a couple pictures of a super moon this past weekend, nobody is talking about where our space program is going. and he wants to change that. buzz is here, welcome to the program. >> how can you go anywhere on half a percent? >> thats...