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Wanted to do as well as all the other astronauts. he wanted to make sure that we had the equipment and we were out in front to not only explore space 200 miles up, but to go back to the earth/moon system. he felt we had to do this in increments in order that we could continue to move out because, as we all know, craig, one day this spacecraft earth that we're on will not support us anymore. so if the human race is to survive, we got to go elsewhere. it only makes sense to nail down how to live in the earth/moon system and then go on out to mars. this is what neil armstrong wanted to do. we've ...

And i think that the most heart rendering event, if you will, this is going to be the last flight for shuttle discovery. now, it's a flight from here up there but it will go on display permanently in the smithsonian air and space museum which is only three or four miles away from where it is landing here. >> we are watching the breaking news as the nasa space shuttle discovery which was flown out of kennedy space center atop a modified 747 jet. it's in route to dulles international airport. i have been talking to jay barber. we have been watching the final flight of discovery which has taken a...

"endeavour" and then "atlantis" is probably in august and two spacewalks in each one of those. 154 so far. the russians do their own spacewalks and the american astronauts as part of the crew on board they do spacewalks when no schultz is up there. once the shuttles are retired they will be strictly with the russian soyuz spacecraft. american astronauts will be hitching rides on the soyuz and five to seven years before they launch another astronaut from cape canaveral. >> look at the pictures. amazing. jay, great to have you on this morning. jay barber, thank you. >> thank you. federal outbr...

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