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Weightlessness. >> this is the crew i of apolo 13. >> nine minutes later, oxygen tank number two blew up causing the number one tank to also fail. >> houston, we have a problem. >> houston, we have a problem. words that would be forever linked to commander jim level. >> when the explosion occurred , i thought to myself, why me? for a little while i couldnt believe what was happening. then all of a sudden i said, well, it is me and it is now. so whats next? >> the command modules normal supply of...

American in space who had not been in space since that flight in 1961. >> he had been grounded for about nine years, and wiser heads in management said, wait, he doesnt have that much training, we can give him more training, would you mind taking 13, we will give 1314. they said, 13 would be fine >>neil: it would give lovell who went to space three times and orbited the moon, his chance to walk on the surface that much sooner. apollo 13 launched at 13:13 and would enter orbit on april 13 but the...

Racing so i took a pill but from then on i had no trouble sleeping. >> you sleep your muscles are spring loaded so when you sleep your arms come out and you sleep like this. >> i remember starting to doze off and realizeing i could not feel my arms or my legs. they got so relaxes in weightlessness that the sensory perception disappeared. the members were no longer feeling. all you have to do to get your arm back was to start to move. i spent the first half hour of my sleep period turning my legs...

Eight days instead of just one. and the jews across america lighting menorah similar to this one. a brief programming note. this year marks 40 years since man last walked on the moon. and fox news looks at the race to get there and how it is in the success. our space program dealing what seems like insurmountable odds to safely bring our heroes back home. >> and apollo, 13, everyone is there. . >> 56 hours into the flight, the crew finished a broadcast, how comfortably they lived and worked in w...

And you know, it will depend on the first person willing to put up front money to develop the system. the customers they predict will be flowing in. that is the real challenge for the golden spike company to come up with the capital to develop the lunar lander, lunar surface space suits and put the whole package together so they have credibility to attract more customers. great idea. it might become fact but i think chinese might be on the moon before they are. jon: all right. tom jones, always ...

Abcs jim avila reports. >> reporter: it happens more than 70,000 times a year. pilot reported moderate to severe turbulence, unstable air caused by colliding winds and temperature change. three-quarters of all weather-related accidents caused by rough air, shaking up the cockpit and cabin. >> i saw at least two people hit the ceiling. >> reporter: this is why the flight attendants are always pestering you to keep your seat belts on. in-flight turbulence causes more injuries in the air than anyth...

Pilots to see what is ahead to avoid the dangerous bumps. abcs jim avila reports. >> reporter: it happens more than 70,000 times a year. pilot reported moderate to severe turbulence, unstable air caused by colliding wind and temperature change. three-quarters of all weather-related accidents caused by rough air, shaking up the cockpit and cabin. >> i saw at least two people hit the ceiling. >> reporter: this is why the flight attendants are always pestering you to keep your seat belts on. in-fli...

murray is up to a jury. corporations raking in millions in profits and not paying taxes. sometimes the government is paying them. thats triggering outrage on this "american morning". good morning, everyone. it is friday, my very favorite day of the week besides saturday and sunday. happy friday. its november 4th. welcome to "american morning". >> im christine romans. ali is on assignment. hes still in caane. herman cain still defiant this morning. the republican front-runner push...

negotiations to continue. key elements of the republican establishment are trying to nudge the hard line conservatives to a compromise. defaulting on our debt is not an option. it has real, immediate, and potentially catastrophic consequences. the ratings agency standard and poors sent a team to capitol hill saying not raising the debt ceiling would stain americas credit rating and drive up interest costs for everyone. many house conservatives, though, arent ready to give up and some...

Just come in in any direction and that just makes it that much safer. so it turns into a -- and when it comes back into -- atmosphere it turns back into a spaceship again and then heads back down to earth to land. >> can you give me a sense of what it would be like to be onboard that ship? a feeling of weightlessness, i imagine, but then some heck of a rock n roll ride. >> its going to be the ride of a lifetime. i mean, youre taken up attached to a mothership. youve go up to about 60,000 feet. y...