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The nation can finally stop looking back at "challenger" and concentrate on the future. we got the same report from all over the country this morning. you could cut the tension with a knife. for a while there, most people here at the kennedy space center were convinced "discovery" wouldn't fly today. nasa had very strict rules about the weather being just right. but then they seemed to bend the rules just a bit. abc's lynn sherr is with us at the cape and she begins with that concern about the weather. >> reporter: shifting winds about 40,000 feet high that could tear the shuttle apart. when a...

He may be losing his mind. wild accusations about drugs and coffee and mad man to mad man why qaddafi is now blaming osama bin laden. they were just children when terrorists carried out the attacks of 9/11. >> i remember being in school and my mom came in crying. >> shepard: now a decade later these students are taking a lesson from the heros they saw that day. >> kids are studying to be firefighters and emts. hours ago they were visits ground zero and our cameras were there. tonight, fox reports on the rise of freedom. the space shuttle "discovery" taking final flight. >> we have main engine ...

We'll bring it to you live as soon as it happens. it was a tragic event that shocked the world and millions saw it happen live on the televisions. >> 25 years ago on january the 28th, 1986, the seven astronauts blasted off from cape canaveral in florida. they were the crew of the shut l "challenger." >> but as they prepared for nasa's 25th space shuttle mission, no one could have predicted what was about to happen. >> "challenger" took off just after 11:30 a.m. on january 28th and every single moment, monita, captured on camera for the whole world to see. >> let's show you how events unfolds...

Have main engine start, four, three, two, one and liftoff, liftoff of the 25th space shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower. >> but we also remember the dangers and sacrifices. apollo 1, the challenger and columbia. president obama unveils the next step. a new focus later this afternoon. we want to talk more about nasa's future and the past. in dallas, maryanne webber. she flew two shuttle missions and she's in arlington, vermont. space historian and journalist. roger hannaberg. let's go ahead, mary ellen and start with you, 297 orbits around the earth. just for a moment tell us all what...

All right. we are checking top stories for you now. we're hearing michael jackson's personal physician will finally turn himself in today. prosecutors are expected to charge dr. conrad murray with involuntarily manslaughter within the hour. he will then report to court at about 4:30 eastern time. ted rowlands will keep us updated. also, jackson's father joe jackson will respond to the news on "larry king live" tonight at 9:00 eastern time. federal and state investigators are trying to find out what caused an explosion that killed five people at a power plant in middletown, connecticut. sunda...