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A spectacular explosion on the ground. there was toxic fuel that came out after the explosion. the good news in the story is that no one was hurt. this comes at a politically sensitive time in the space program. i want to point out its the only way americans can get into space is through the russian space program. for the first time the jury in the george zimmerman trial got to hear from the defendant himself. the prosecution played a recording of zimmerman describing to police his encounter w...

Onboard. id like to go true that side hatch right now, id like to be in the vertical position and take her back up into space again, because she was built to be there, and once you got her in that environment, she performed thawlessly. >> reporter: a bittersweet feeling some astronauts say for seeing this shuttle inside this exhibit instead of being out on the launch pad ready to fly. jenna: really cool to hear from the astronauts and the people visiting as well, steve. thank you. jon: and, you ...

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Blasted off into space. theyre off to resupply a test lab. its all part of chinas efforts to ramp up its space program. >> reporter: countdown to liftoff. chinas longest space mission yet, 15 days. its not carrying not just three astronauts but the hopes of a nation that they can push ahead in the race to space. a few hours earlier chinas president came to visit the two men and one woman who make up chinas fifth ever manned space mission telling them they with realize chinas space dream. then a ...

"fox & friends" -- >> brian: this is magical. >> steve: "fox & friends" now in our 16th year starts right now. >> gretchen: you did that shocked look, immediately what popped in was mr. bill. remember that? >> brian: yes. that documentary that aired. >> gretchen: that ages us, i think. anyway, well tell you -- >> brian: they dont do enough with clay anymore. >> steve: they dont. >> gretchen: they should, under budget constraints. >> brian: and play dough, clay gave birth to play dough -- plato t...

They are, i dont want to know. lets be honest. they couldnt figure out. and i love the space program, a huge fan of the space program and its important to our american fiber to have that as part of our national upbringing, right? we go to the moon, we go to mars and see these big things, but it sounds preposterous that theyd be able to pull this off. you remember they had to fix just the mirror on the hubble space telescope, they launched it and the mirror was misshapen. so we need to go up now ...

>> neil: all right. this is in kazakhstan, russia, soyuz rocket. this i what it has come to for the space program. we want to get back into the stars we have to hitch a ride, and thats what were doing. one astronaut and two cosmonauts to get to the international space station. this is the only way we can get into space these days. at the blessing and behest of the russians or whoever else is going up there, and right now the russians are the only game in town. steve hair began in -- >> what were...

Things that they had kept from the space program. so what it means, there is load of material now on the market and available to collectors without absolutely no question as to their authenticity and ownership. >> reporter: this is the first major auction since that law went into effect. since the end of the space shuttle program the space memorabilia have increased in price. now that there is no ambiguity about enownership, experts say we could see the price of memorabilia continue to rise. jon...

As ive seen it of political opinions and-- how do you do it. >> sean: you have political opinions? >> i sometimes dont know. i have the same disappointments in my patriotism as a great man once said, i yield to no one. i love this country. i love the american idea. i have profound disappointments in my country. i feel we ought to be in space. i feel the dismantling of the manned space program-- >> why should we be in space. >> because it meant so much to us? >> you mean just symbolically? >> no,...

As ive seen it of political opinions and-- how do you do it. >> sean: you have political opinions? >> i sometimes dont know. i have the same disappointments in my patriotism as a great man once said, i yield to no one. i love this country. i love the american idea. i have profound disappointments in my country. i feel we ought to be in space. i feel the dismantling of the manned space program-- >> why should we be in space. >> because it meant so much to us? >> you mean just symbolically? >> no,...