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>> shuttle flights were halted for two-and-a-half years after the challenger. the shuttle program comes to an end later this year while the next vehicle and mission for nasa remain unclear. in miami, steve harrigan, fox news. >> bret: when we return, as you look live at the white house, the state dining room there. we will go to the white house to hear president obama deliver a statement on the turmoil in egypt. keep it here. on fox news channel. z>zñjzñg?wúw@ñómñññjow7;í ahh! auto.

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Is standing behind nasa's top man who says president obama wants the space agency's top priority to be muslim outreach. senior correspondent brian wilson reports it's just the latest hurdle for a troubled space program. >> liftoff of discovery -- >> reporter: nasa is an agency facing tough times. when the final two shuttle flights are completed early next year, the u.s. will have no capability to launch astronauts to low-earth orbit. we'll depend on the russians for that. the constellation plan to go back to the move has been scrapped and the follow-on obama space plan is vague and underfunded...

General russel honore, and nor su for sure and he'll not hold back. first up, shuttle "atlantis" is scheduled to liftoff at :20 eastern, just about 18 minutes you'll see it live and we'll check in to see if it's going well. six astronauts on board for the 12-day delivery mission to the international space station and here's what they're delivering, fresh battery, russian-built compartment for the space station, that's one thing, and a 20-foot-long mini research module known as mrm-1, it's crammed with laptop computers and other supplies. you see it right there. this will be the 32nd and fina...

Weather and a picture perfect launch. there were no issues with the entire countdown here and the shuttle got off right on time. now "atlantis" is flying for likely the last time the orbiter will ever fly. there are two scheduled shuttle flights left after this, one for the shuttle "endeavour" and one for the shuttle "discovery." it's not clear right now exactly when the shuttle program will finally wind up, it may slip well into next year. but i've got to tell you, wolf, a spectacular sight here today, and, in fact, we talked to some folks at the visitors' center, 9,000 tickets were sold to p...