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As the final space walkers of nasas 30-year space program. installing a probe on the space station, officially ending its construction. commander mark kelly announcing assembly complete. no walk is scheduled for the final "endeavour" shuttle mission. wow. right now air force one is beginning its dissent into pola poland. the final leg of the presidents four european nation trip tackling some of the biggest international issues with allies overseas. the president spent the morning in france wra...

Have a vibrant space program, but, it is not something i think we should take for granted. we are going to continue to operate the space station here, for a lot of years, through 2020 and maybe beyond that, and, my point is, is that i think it is really, really valuable to not only the american people, but, everybody on the planet, so, something we need to continue, focus on, invest in, it is really important. bill: and, main argue we shouldnt end the shuttle program and rely on the russians for...

We still have a very rigorous space program. were just not flying the vehicle up to the station itself. thats a big importance. >> mae, what is your hope for when we get to mars? is that possible, anytime soon? >> i think with commitment we can get to mars very, very quickly. but its a commitment that we have to have. remember, it took us ten years to go to the moon when we knew nothing about space travel. theres more hurdles going to mars but we know so much about how humans react to space. we ...

It was delayed 17 days ago so, you know, endeavour is ready to go. the astronauts, they are strapped in. just listening to nasa tv right now. they were strapped in about an hour ago. they are on board the endeavour which is behind me over my left-hand shoulder, the clock countdown to my right shoulder here. they were concerned late last night about crosswinds. frankly, its a beautiful morning here in florida today, the winds have dropped down. the flags off to my right are draping straight down....

You more to the program to think about the actual people on board and stuff like that. >> well, when you want to do exploration, you need humans. >> whats the next step? i mean, where does the space program go? >> the next couple of steps are, first of all, were going to be sending curiosity, the next rover to mars. it leaves in november. and were going to send the sample return mission called "grunt" which is the russian word for soil and also the moon of mars. and the reason you go to mars is ...

Now, we have a space station that has people on board all the time, a large crew complement that does experiments, it looks back down at the earth, looks out at space. weve established our presence as humans in space. >> but i guess the mission itself is going to retire in june, the shuttle mission. its going to be handled by private companies, as well as the russians. what does that mean for the future of our space program here? are we really kind of flailing at this point? >> well, the space s...

17,000 miles an hour, said the following: upon liftoff, he said its in the dna of our great country to reach for the stars and explore. we must not stop. but the end of the program coming very soon. so what is the future of our space program? gene cernin, form -- former nasa astronaut and last man to walk on the moon, back with me at his home town in houston, texas. thank you for your time. in a moment well roll film that was taken of you, film i dare say during the 1970s during your last walk o...

Story bill: its a weekend to forget with that incident. the credit card for the country now is maxed out, as the debate over whether to raise the debt limit heats up and this will be battle number one in washington. what happens now when the united states cannot pay its own bills? also she was shot through the head 4 1/2 months ago, remarkably space shuttle endeavor is now on its way towards space, and congresswoman gabrielle giffords was here to watch it, and watching her husband lead endea...

One of the americas shuttles on its way to space, the last time for shuttle endeavour and what a workhorse it has been, too. well look into what is next for our own space program as america decides on its future. [ manager ] you know...

A man died yesterday when he fell seven stories from a balcony. >> incredible. >> thats your headlines. >> look at that one. >> now, you are about to look live at cape canaveral where in a couple of hours, the space shuttle endeavour will make its final launch into space. there are the live pictures. this is the second to last flight for nasas 30-year space program. >> yeah and its bittersweet. bittersweet feeling for our next guest who flew on the shuttle endeavour in 1994 as a mission speciali...