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On planet earth. it's all beautiful. >> this is the farthest a human built spacecraft has gone in 40 years. i know, when we were at the final launch in florida, jay, you were excited about this project and what it could potentially bring to our space program. >> that's right, tamron. 42 years we have not -- we have not been able to leave earth orbit. this is the first time in american spacecraft or any spacecraft that can carry humans has left the lower orbit since apol all apollo 17. this is two and a half times larger. it can spend 21 days on its own up there. but importantly carry habitat. ...

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Bla breaking news. this are live pictures. west of mexico after the first test launch this morning. the test is the first step to eventually sending man to marchs. nbc space correspondent joins us from the kennedy space center. our shot, jay is breaking up. it's freezing a little bit. it's technology. we're going to go with it. it's incredible sight. walk us through what we're seeing here. >> right no they're just a few hundred feet above the pacific ocean. 600 miles off the coast of mexico. right on target within one mile is 100 feet high right now. the shoots would cover a football field. it...

What book is important right now as we watch the success? >> yeah. sure is, angel. i appreciate you having me on. i'm a little excited because no one really expected to go this well. it has and if we stay on this course we're there. we had senator bill nelson, our senior senator down here. he's chairman of the committee that has been put pushing this and trying to get the money into nasa. that's where we need it. exploration. not only in astronauts and human space flight but unmanned space flight. >> for those who don't know -- yeah. we'll get back to pushing envelope in science. >> yes, we wi...