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>> education, obviously it costs us money, but ignorance costs us more money. >> she never took very many radical stands. she was never antigun. gabby owned guns. >> gabby was kind of, like, a bit of the "it" girl in tucson, everybody knew gabby. i mean, she grew up there, she was so successful. she was in the arizona legislature. then she was in congress. she was the first jewish congresswoman from arizona. and then she met an astronaut. >> well, were here today with the kelly brothers, scott k...

Of my space flights. we would talk about the odds. turns out she had the risky job. >> at a nasa briefing this afternoon, shuttle commander, mark kelly, is expected to announce that he will go ahead and command the shuttle, "endeavor" when it launched. >> gabbys improving muchic requester than the doctors expected. one of her doctors the other day said this is a one percentile kind of improvement. so, i started to think about the mission. and i ultimately made the decision that i would like to r...

Mark kelly, is expected to announce that he will go ahead and command the shuttle "endeavor" when it launched. >> gabbys improving much quicker than the doctors expected. one of her doctors the other day said this is a one percentile kind of improvement. so, i started to think about the mission. and i ultimately made the decision that i would like to return and command sts-134. ♪ ground control to major tom ♪ ♪ ground control to major tom ♪ ♪ take your protein pills and put your helmet...

International space station for expedition 26. mark kelly, endeavors commander for the sts 134 mission. >> you know, a lot of times people would ask what its like to be a twin, and the response i would usually give is whats it like not to be a twin? we were kind of pretty wild. pretty much every day we could get into fist fights. some of these fights would last hour and hours. >> because we were so evenly matched. >> yeah. >> we grew up in new jersey. my parents were police officers. i initially...

Americas president, barack obama, is going to florida to witness the last mission of the space shuttle "endeavour," and its bittersweet, but many believe in this tough time, we cannot afford the space shuttle program. nasa has to think of something new for commander mark kelly, it comes down to this. >> i know when i get back from sts-134 from this last flight of "endeavour," ill be thinking the same thing, that i cant really give this up. ive got to figure out a way to get back into space again...

Thursday. i talked to kelly before this all happened, before the shooting, and he talked about how important it was to him back then to fly this mission. >> this is it. your last shuttle flight. >> flying in space is a very difficult thing to give up. i remember after my last flight thinking, well maybe this is the last time im going to do this. and you know, you get a couple months out and youre like, i really hope this is not the end of my flying in space career. then to have this opportunity ...

Be someplace else. we dont know any of that. but its certainly miraculous that she is going to be able to make it at all. you know, for awhile, carol, there was a question as to whether mark kelly was even going to fly this mission, because of his wifes condition. you know, i had an opportunity to sit down with mark back in october, before the incident ever happened, and he and i talked about just how difficult it is to give up space flight. this is it. your last shuttle flight. >> flying in spa...

Mission. he is going to be the commander of a mission, very difficult choice. hes made it and says this what gabby wants and im sure hes right. >> that was his whole mindset. if i dont do this, two years from now shes going to be so upset with me that i didnt do this, sts-134. april 19th the projected launch date, my parents 59th wedding anniversary. thats going to be a great day for him, hes going to launch this thing. now, there may be a couple more flights with the space shuttle thing but pro...

His salary in half. it is meant to show solidarity with iraqis upset with poor public services and food and water shortages. nearly half of all iraqis are unemployed. bank of america will pay to settle a lawsuit over overdraft fees. according to the "san francisco chronicle" the bank is accused of boosting the number of overdrafts and the penalties paid by debit card users. bank of america was just one of several major banks named in this lawsuit. astronaut mark kelly is a go for launch. the...

Training for it for nearly a year and a half. and considering a bunch of other factors including how -- what gabrielle would want me to do and what her parents and her family and my family would like, i ultimately made the decision that i would like to return and command sts-134. >> commander kelly will resume his training monday for the launch which is set for noefb 19th. general vang pao died. his family wanted him buried in arlington national cemetery in virginia, but the secretary of the a...