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Unmanned spacecraft after it failed big time in space again. the unnamed and rather unmanned progress as it's named cargo ship, the progress unable to make progress and dock with the international space station. it was going to perform engineering tests and try new docking system. the progress will make another attempt on sunday, god willing. >> turns out those pricey light bulbs are good for the environment but could be bad for people. >> so what? >> a new study found the invisible u.v. rays given off by the energy efficient bulbs can harm healthy skin cells. didn't they research this? resear...

That russian cargo ship. instead of coming in making the final approach and then docking, what happened is it flew on by by two or three kilometers. the problem is the cosmonauts on board the international space station don't have the power to manually override the system. they can't steer it in themselves. we're told that mission control in moscow may have the ability to manually override that system but it's never been tried. and tonight, they do not want to start trying now. >> and this isn't the first time the russians have had problems with this type of ship, right? >> no. in fact, back i...

Listen. >> they have been very insistent on using this automated docking system. it never has worked that well. this brings up the fact that we're now going to be dependent on the russians entirely for cargo and crews. >> when he talked about dependent on the russians, he means that we are now down to the final two space shuttle missions. after that, john, we have to hitch a ride with the russians to the international space station. >> what happens now? do they start docking this thing again? >> they're all going to meet. nasa will meet with the russian space authorities tomorrow. they're goin...