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Didn't stop flying as the board said and president bush said about the shuttle at the end of 2010. i just said let's fly the shuttle once a year. we have a big gap and it's growing. i'm not saying that that was the outstanding course to take. there were many arguments about retiring the orbiter. i'm just saying that i had foresight to say that that kbap w gap is going to be bigger than we think it is and we're going to be financing the russian space program to take our people up to $100 billion space station. that doesn't make sense for the nation that led the world so thoroughly 44 years ago....

On reentry, again killing all seven on board, israeli the first israeli to fly in space. it was later determined piece of foam broke off in launch and damaged a wing. causing the orbiter to break up in the reentry. those seven astronauts were mothers and father who left behind 12 children, among whole became fighter pilot, marine captain and seminary student. >> bret: steve harrigan live at the kennedy space center tonight. thank you. romanians fire back against brittic officials over immigration. russia's president brings in reinforcements. for one of his signature agenda items. you don't wan...

>> a solemn day at the complex. a sense of remembering and sense of gratitude for those that gave their life in space exploration. three of the major tragedies in nasa occurring in different years but on in the same week beginning in 1967 with apollo one a fire claim the lives of three astronauts including gus grissom. then in 1986 the space shuttle challenger exploding after 73 seconds in flight. of course on board the challenger was the first teacher in space. it was later found that a faulty seal around a booster rocket was responsible for that crash. finally ten years ago today, this time ...

Coming up, more on the conflict and what it will mean for the united states. first, though, time now for today's flashback. a trip back to 1972. on this day in that year, president richard nixon announced the nation's space program. >> he reviewed the program with the space agency, james fletcher. it made up of a booster and orbiter that will take off like a rocket and fly up like a spaceship and land back on earthlike an airplane. >> the shuttle program went on to fly some 135 space missions between 1981 and the last night in 2011. two of those missions ended in tragedy. the challenger disast...

The orbiter arriving yesterday at the california science center in los angeles. after logging all that time in space the final 12 miles proved to be harrowing. crawling through the streets at 2 miles an hour, dodging trees, buildings and lampposts t took three days to make a 12--mile trip. spectators say it was worth it and cool to see. >> when you get to see this thing right next to you and so huge and it look like it has been through a war or a disaster something, it is really, really neat. >> i have chills. i don't even want to -- we're so excited. like once in a lifetime. bill: that's cool...