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The end of an era the nasa. the space shuttle program shuts down this summer. a lot of museums will find out if they landed a piece of history. >> once commanded u.s. troops in afghanistan, now general stanley mcchrystal will lead a new effort to help soldiers and their families. 22 minutes past the hour. theyre two of a kind. and, just like toddlers, puppies need food made for them. thats why theres purina puppy chow... with all the essential nutrients your growing puppy needs. purina puppy cho...

About -- space junkies an thats not that weird. every kid is. >> part of american history, you go to cape canaveral or many places in florida or houston, amazing to see things from the apollo or air and space museum, see the birth of american space travel. >> and now there will be another big piece of history with americas space shuttle program being phased out. dozens of museums are hoping to land a little bit of that history. >> nasa will announce where the retiring shuttles will go on permane...

"enterprise" "endeavour" which is going to go to the california science center in los angeles. that is a nonprofit organization, private government museum that is going to get the shuttle "endeavour." and the final shuttle, "atlantis," is coming here, to the kennedy space center, and it will fly the final mission later this summer in the space shuttle program. so, "atlantis" is coming here. "endeavour" is going to california. and smithsonian gets "discovery" and "enterprise" will go to the " "in...

To start seeing "discovery" up there in washington, d.c. "atlantis" and "endeavour" will also go to museums. its not clear which ones. nasa wants nearly $30 million for each of the orbiters. so right now looks like kennedy space center might get "endeavour," the air and space museum in dayton, ohio, out at wright-patterson air force base could get "atlantis" because "atlantis" flew a lot of the military missions back in the late 80s and early 90s. >> john weve got two more shuttle launches or on...

Vandenberg air force base. "glory"s launch is to help find how the sun and air solls affect the climate to anticipate future climate change. looking good. that is the scene we have to get used to once we retire the space shuttle program. just rockets going up into space. but always fun to watch. >> always good to get a different perspective. ivan, thank you very much. this is "world one." it is the biggest event on the austrian social calendar. what is italys most notorious pole dancer doing the...

The or be pwa ta orbital test vl take off as early as 3:30pm eastern from cape canaveral value. this is classified. what the mini robotic space shuttle can do is stay airborne for months at a time. the first test flight stayed up for 225 days and was fueled by solar power. those stole lar panels are the secret part of this mission. its unmanned, it doesnt require a pilot and it gives the u.s. military unparalleled eyes in the sky. jon: does it do things that the shuttle cant? i mean they are ret...

And the pilot eric bo as well as the four others, the mission specialists they are now all strapped in looking forward, which in their position as you can see is looking straight up so right now three minutes, 40 seconds remaining before this launch "discovery" took up john glenn the then senator and then a senior citizen advancing understanding of what the human body takes at that age "discovery" was the orbiter for that "discovery" was the orbiter that took up the hubble space tell coast in 19...

He said, boy, that would be great if it happens. >> i pray that he is absolutely correct, because i think for all of us in the nasa family who have been praying with them ever since that saturday and all of us who love her and him, it would be just tremendous. it would be tremendous for the nation, because i think it would give everybody a big boost. >> reporter: you know, bolden told me that he thought that the space shuttle program probably should have been retired a long time ago and that we,...

We can. >> reporter: they a very veteran crew. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: at with point this was supposed to be the very last flight in the space shuttle program. steve lindsey was the commander of the astronaut out of. he told me at one time he turned down this opportunity a couple times, before he finally agreed to fly. nicole tot and mike barrett were on the space station when they got the call to fly this flight. >> thats right. >> reporter: so a real veteran crew, and its been a long road ...

Investment right now in the international space station. we have an international partnership. the space station will be the source of commercial markets and for scientific research. and the most serious concern itch with the ending of the space shuttle program is how will we sustain the station. jon: i hate to interrupt you weve had so much breaking news. thanks, scott pace, tom jones and buzz aldrin. jones and buzz aldrin. jenna: america live starts right after this break mary: does this dress...