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Connected. this is an exciting moment for the crew. >> it's exciting. it's like kleenex. you always want to call them winnebagos, but it's an rv. bill nye, now to you. you and the planetary society have an experiment going up on the next shuttle launch in april. tell us about this experiment. >> that's great. so it's called l.i.f.e., living interplanetary flight experience. when you find a rock, you have to reason that rock got there from outer space. that's the only way it could be on top of the ice. they tend to be from mars. you look at the shot patterns and bubbles of gas. people have spec...

About at kennedy space center. the first shuttle launch was the space shuttle challenger. now giant shears are slicing it up. thousands of tons of steel are to go to auto recycling plant then on to a steel mill in alabama. workers there to melt it down and turn it into sewage and water pipes. >> somewhere and being reused and back in the american society. >> shepard: the orchestra loved him. the space steel will be mixed in with other scrap metal to make those pipes. orchestra now ♪ >> shepard: i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. they are eager tonight. yo...

Insists constellation was not a waste of money. >> the constellation program has taught us the things that work, the things that we could have done better. >> reporter: ironically, the flap comes at a time nasa says it may not have enough money to building a new, bigger rocket congress and the white house have mandated to replace, you guessed it, the constellation program. senators hutchison of texas and nelson of florida have introduced a bill that would allow nasa to stop paying for the aries program. right now that bill is sitting in committee. ali? >> john, thanks very much. and of course,...

Mission on thursday. shuttle launch has been delayed for months now because of problems with the fuel tank. terrifying moments also on a delta flight from fort lauderdale to minneapolis. one of the plane's engines blew out shortly after takeoff. spewing small metal fragments all over the place and the plane was able to land safely back at the fort lauderdale airport. brian? >> thanks, ainsley. house republicans slashed $61 billion in spending from the current budget. that measure isn't expected to pass the senate. with the government shutdown looming, has the g.o.p. already won the argument? >...

>> from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt. word of further medical progress by arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. astronaut mark kelley says that his wife is now responding to questions. so quickly, in fact, that her speech therapist now wants her to slow down. given her shot in the head last month by a would-be assassin, kelley hopes his wife can attend his shuttle launch 2 months from now. >> on monday, the house agreed to extend three key provisions of the patriot act until next december. but first, common ground must be found with the senate before the terms expire a...