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Satellite company Alba Orbital said it has closed a large multi-launch contract

Missions that are monitored and controlled from here >> so the drill went into the rock there. >> including the mars perseverance rover, today exploring the red planet, looking for signs of life. jennifer trosper is the mars 2020 project manager. let's start with the exciting news. you have mars rock. >> we got it we got a sample from mars. and now we're carrying it along with us >> missions like this building blocks for the future >> one of our technology demonstrations extracts oxygen from the carbon dioxide atmosphere, and that oxygen can be used for astronauts to breathe or for rockets to ...

A path out, right? >> yes, there is a path. >> reporter: lilly gets emotional talking about how grateful she is. >> you know, where would i be without those people who want to help, you know, young kids like me or like i was a young kid just wanting someone who would notice and help, and they did >> reporter: a life-saving program she hopes will spread. kate snow, nbc news, dallas >> and tomorrow on "today," you can catch another in-depth conversation about mental health and teens with the cast of "dear evan hansen. next for us tonight, our new series, the new space race i'll show you how na...

Children is soaring. plus, are boosters really necessary what top experts say in a new study also tonight, tropical storm nicholas targeting texas. 65-mile-an-hour winds. flash floods and up to 18 inches of rain expected al roker with the new track. just hours until polls open in california's high stakes recall, president biden campaigning with gavin newsom as the governor fights for his political life the armed man arrested near democratic national committee headquarters what police found inside his truck fencing about to go up around the capitol ahead of a planned rally. the fire...

>> reporter: and before that, a return to where it all started. >> we are preparing to send humans back to the moon it's going to be the first woman on the moon and the first person of color. >> first, a mission to circle the moon in 2023, and then targeting a year later to walk on the lunar surface again. is there any scientific goal to going back to the moon >> there is water on the moon we want to get there and learn how to harvest that water, turning that water into hydrogen and oxygen, and that will give us the fuels to explore the heavens. >> fuels and research nasa believes it needs for...