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>> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites, and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbiter "challenger" and the sixth flight of the space shuttle. >> this was the birth of space travel, not just space missions. we're talking about setting a laboratory. almost like a university in space. it started feeling like anybody could be an astronaut. >> the countdown is under way tonight at cape canaveral toward sunday's scheduled launch of the shuttle "challenger," a liftoff that will carry america's first teacher into spa...

Them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> it was in a matter of days, we knew it was a solid rocket booster joint that had failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that had led to the loss of the "challenger." >> during the 30 months since the "challenger" accident, there have been hundreds of hardware changes not only to the rocket booster but also to the orbiter and the large...

So the next thing we're standing by for is -- >> is entry. >> entry. >> getting through the top of the atmosphere, gradually slowing down. right now the vehicle's just now beginning to -- very soon will be beginning to feel the atmosphere touching it. actually, entry is above the atmosphere slightly. so it's really not until a few -- half a minute or so after entry before we really start detecting the fact that that atmosphere is slowing us down. >> all right. we'll be standing by. >> yes. excitin exciting. >> all right. so we're all sort of standing by to stand by. don, why is this referred t...

As they did back in 1998 and '99, mars polo lander, when they didn't get that signal back. those memories are seared in the collective consciousness at jpl. they've had great moments and they've had moments of absolute agony and defeat, as well. >> we want to avoid the agony and we would like a repeat of the high fives from "curiosity" in 2012. and rachel we, for people who a just tuning in and are like, why are they talking about mars and this "insight," what is the purpose of it all? >> there have been many missions to mars before. and to highlight how difficult this is, pulling off either l...

Severe droughts cause more than 80% of losses in agriculture and increase in tsunamis and large storms is influencing the fishing industry. without major changes addressing the challenges, the report warns the world will struggle to meet the sustainable goal of eradicating global hunger by 2030. as the head of food and hunger, a hotter world is a hungrier world. the answer is c, nasa's jet propulsion laboratory won an emmy award for interactive program at the creative arts emmy awards. they won for spell binding coverage for the grand finale after nearly 20 years in space. nasa's orbiter was r...