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Its very alarming, and, in a way, frightening, to see that maybe my whole lifes work might crumble in front of me. but, at the same time, it is immensely exciting. back in our own solar system, nasas perseverance rover landed on mars. first look at the surface. these pictures are from the spacecraft during the final few minutes of its descent. as it nears the surface, clouds of dust and grit are thrown around as its thrusters are fired. and, from another camera angle, we can see the vehicle lowe...

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A Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft pushed the space station out of its position during a test firing of thrusters on Monday, October 15th. This is the second time a Russian spacecraft has caused such an incident since July.

Was the stuff of science fiction. its truly incredible to watch this massive booster literally fall out of the sky. just when you think its going to crash on the desert floor, it sfiers off its thrusters and gently down to a perfect landing after you hear a sonic boom. that was science fiction until just a few years ago. blue origin, spacex made it possible. you have this other science fiction becoming reality, the original captain kirk officially becoming an astronaut, kate. >> absolutely. stic...

About a safe return. well, right now it looks like thats exactly what we have. those teams are making the way to the capsule. thats had a soft landing via the three parachutes and the thrusters right before making impact there. and from our vantage point, a couple miles from the launch pad, i cant impress upon you enough what its like to hear the sound and then see that rocket already rising above the desert floor, but then feel that boom hit you as it rises even higher. whats so unique about th...

And whats the plan ahead given this strengthens the governors hand on all issues, particularly tough covid-19 measures? >> reporter: im going to be honest with you. the excited mood has left the democratic party headquarters here, and i would imagine its at a local bar here in sacramento, where im sure democrats are toasting this victory, a pretty resounding victory at that. this was not a close election at all. you really hit on the main point. this was all about covid. governor newsom was larg...

Immediate danger, but it just goes to show you these kinds of things can go wrong very quickly in outer space. investigations now ongoing, but boeing has had to delay the launch of its star liner to the space station because of it. >> so when were watching that video and we see it looks like air puffing out of that cannister, right, thats not what it is. >> reporter: right. >> but that is the malfunction? >> reporter: the thrusters. little engines that puff and push the module or space station o...

>> hi, good afternoon. we were supposed to see the second orbital flight for boeing star line. nasa has decided to scrap that launch to get american and russian crews at the time to investigate the incident at the iss late yesterday morning. right now, the star line or just sit here at kennedy space center as nasa makes new calculations to make sure it can successfully docks, deliver, and transport back to earth hundreds of pounds of cargo and crew supplies. officials made the decision late thur...

Russian mold youmodule misfires thrusters. >> a pretty exciting hour but because of the teams preparedness, the crew was ready, the con continue depends city operations performed and we were able to return to a stable and safe configure race.continu city operations performed and we were able to return to a stable and safe configure race. space flight is an art and when we bring on new capabilities, there can be glitches which is why we prepare and train for these contingencies. >> and she calls ...