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And as of today, scott has spent a record 383 days in space over the course of his career. that's more than any other american ever. to mark this occasion, i'm joined by scott's twin brother, captain mark kelly, nbc space and aviation analyst as well as a nasa astronaut. mark, great seeing you. >> great to be here. thanks, jose. >> pretty huge accomplishment, today's record. have you talked to your brother recently? >> i talked to him yesterday. we didn't talk about this record, but it is a big accomplishment. i mean, longer than any other american, you know, in history. and not only 383 days,...

Getting a look at these shots. they joined the astronauts already on board. nay will be studying the effect of micro gravity on headaches. a fast-moving wildfire is tearing through glacier national park in the u.s. state of montana. but one vacationing family in the area got far too close to the flames. take a look. >> oh, my gosh, go. >> larry, we need to go. >> go, go now. >> i'm going. >> fast dad, go! holy crap dad, go. >> larry is like you want me to speed up? this fire began on the east side of the park and doubled in side in a single night and spans 4,000 acres and that is 1600 hectar...

How well you rest. nasa, whatever that is, is looking for people to lie in a bed for 70 days in order to study the human body's response to microgravity which is like gravity, but micro. they will be paid $5,000 a month and tilted in a bed with their feet raised above their head 24 hours a day and 16 hours in light and 8 in darkness. tv, video games, books and internet are permitted and they are able of all things to shower in bed. this sounds like heaven to me, sherrod. >> i have a cousin doing this already. i don't think nasa knows about it. >> busy, hard working americans? would you do this...

Disappointment that years ago, ten or 15 years ago when it became fairly obvious the shuttle program was going to have to wind down that so much of the financial expenditure went towards the maintenance and creation of the international space station. he felt it should have been divided up between that and a new generation of space shuttles. he said that he had senator john glenn at his office a little while ago, he told me this. and he says that senator glenn is not a happy camper about the direction of the united states space program. now, on the other hand, there is an assistant nasa admini...

little bit. and i'm going to hit on something a little bit touchy in our world. remember when chef paula deen announced she had diabetes. a lot of people voicing their opinion, i told you so. that's what you get for cooking such incredibly rich food. we wish paula deen the best. we love her. i want to take another approach. sam talbot, a finalist on the show "top chef," has had diabetes for most of his life. it's taught him important lessons about eating healthy. we're going to try to share them with you today. first, like a lot of people, i was pretty shocked to get the news about...