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Travel much further. idle on pad 37 for now orion sits on the edge of history. for the first time in more than 40 years this nation will launch a spacecraft intended to carry humans beyond earths orbit. thats a big deal. the orion program has nasas bid to get back into mans space travel after more than three years from the final space shuttle. but this time the plan is for deep space and ultimately mars. still team members stress they cant get there without todays unmanned test run. two laps aro...

Videos made sense. drug smugglers hurling their stolen vehicles back into the rio grande were doing it for one reason. to protect their dope at all costs. >> oh, we had a splash down. a splashdown. en route. >> they dont mind losing the truck into the river. at the end of the day if they can recover 2,000 pounds of march narcotics, theyre going to protect that inventory. >> its going under. just about on the -- >> reporter: inside mexico, the

Splashdown. >> at first, law enforcement believed these were desperate attempts to escape. then they began to hear radio traffic. coordinates. >> get ready. theres going to be a splashdown. >> right there. oh-oh! >> in the water. >> thats a recovery team. >> recovery team? recovery team right there. >> the cartels even began organizing search and rescue teams and suddenly the videos made sense. drug smugglers hurling their stolen vehicles back into the rio grande were doing it for one reason. to...

Right there. >> at first, law enforcement believe these were desperate attempts to escape, then they began to hear radio traffic. coordinates. >> right there. oh-oh! >> in the water. >> thats a recovery team. >> just a recovery team? recovery team right there. >> the cartels even begin organizing search and rescue teams, and suddenly the videos made sense. drug smugglers hurling their stolen vehicles back into the rio grande were doing it for one reason, to protect their dope at all costs. >> oh...

Right there. >> at first, law enforcement believe these were desperate attempts to escape, then they began to hear radio traffic. coordinates. >> right there. oh-oh! >> in the water. >> thats a recovery team. >> just a recovery team? recovery team right there. >> the cartels even begin organizing search and rescue teams, and suddenly the videos made sense. drug smugglers hurling their stolen vehicles back into the rio grande were doing it for one reason, to protect their dope at all costs. >> oh...

Right there. >> at first, law enforcement believe these were desperate attempts to escape, then they began to hear radio traffic. coordinates. >> right there. oh-oh! >> in the water. >> thats a recovery team. >> just a recovery team? recovery team right there. >> the cartels even begin organizing search and rescue teams, and suddenly the videos made sense. drug smugglers hurling their stolen vehicles back into the rio grande were doing it for one reason, to protect their dope at all costs. >> oh...

>> clearly at ease with his brothers and sisters in arms, the prince joined cadets for a pickup football game and even stepped in to help the cheerleaders. a day of fun on harrys tour of the u.s. that began last thursday in washington. this event at the air force academy is open to the public. the competitions combined with the prince attracted fans and supporters. >> i think its great. i mean hes a military guy. >> reporter: a visit from a royal helping bring attention to the need for support o...

And that is how it all happened. he is okay, but facing charges. as for video the euclid police department are testing tiny new patrol cameras that clip on grasses to record exactly what officers see. this is exactly what they saw that day. so it could revolutionize the a little by the way the local law enforcement works and give us incredible images as well. jon: hats off to them, huh? were now 45 minutes away from splashdown for the dragon capsule. earlier this morning the international space ...

Tom washburn used big row bottomic arm from the space station station and after three short trajectory burns, she was headed home. >> sad to see the dragon go. performed her job beautifully. heading back to her lair. wish you all the best for the splashdown today. >> reporter: the private spaceship spent the past three weeks in space. it is bringing back 3,000 pounds worth of research results, science experiments and hardware. just under three hours from now dragon should splash off of, baja pen...

The lander automatically orbits the moon and waits there. then the crew vehicle is launched. the crew is sent to the moon where they meet up with the lunar lander. the crew then enters the lander and prepares to land on the moon. after 36 hours of moon time, the lander takes off, meets up with the crew vehicle, and returns to earth for a splashdown in the ocean. ah, so simple. golden spike hopes their first moon expedition will be ready by the year 2020. joining me tonight derrick pitts, chief a...