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Tank failure, looks pretty remarkable there. spacex says the problem has been corrected and is planning another lunch this weekend, so it is the future for private space expiration? mike, former nasa officer joins us now and author of "spaceman" his memoir of being a nasa astronaut, so you had to shuttle missions? you were weightless? >> i was weightless for a wild, not now after the holidays. it is magical, really to get to space, the engine is cut, then you are in orbit, floating. it is fantastic. >> eric: do you guys still drink tang? >> we don't call it that, we colored orange flavored dri...

Is also a former astronaut flying four shuttle missions and spent about 53 days in space. he is someone we turn to often for anything related to space. it's a pleasure to have you here as well. you're also the author of ask the astronaut, a galaxy of astonishing answers to questions on space flight. i know john glenn was also a big reason for you to get involved in space as well. is that not true? >> it's just a treat, uma to be with you today because i get to talk to one of my other heroes, rusty schweiker. even before i thought about rusty, i thought about john glenn when i was about 7 or 8 ...

>> the countdown has begun for the doom of russia supply capsule progress 59. it sound like a movie but the unmanned cargo ship is heading our way. it will re-enter the atmosphere in a fireball perhaps this week. it was zooming to the international space station last tuesday. they say it suffered what is called a critical malfunction. since then, they have been trying to fix the problem. it has failed. so a certain end to progress 59. what does it mean? a veteran astronaut of six shuttle missions joins us. this is unbelievable, it has three tons of equipment and it will burn up into a million ...

On us a few months before launch. and i'm not disappointed that it didn't happen. i was six and a half months was enough. >> six and a half months was enough. but let me ask you in terms of your experience, what were some of the biggest challenges spending that much time in space? >> sure, like i said, it's a matter of setting your expectations after you're up there for a while. we used to fly two-week shuttle missions before we had a space station. once we started flying longer duration flights we found what the russians already knew you get into a routine the first month or so. your body, th...

Reality we have done it. humans on the moon. and coming home to tell the whole world about it. there would be celebrations, presidential greetings and parades. so many parades. over the years, all the schools, streets, parks, highways named after the astronauts, including just today, nasa renaming kennedy space center operations in honor of one neil armstrong. 45 years. you know it almost makes you forget what happened three years ago. three years this very day, july 21st, 2011. nasa's final shuttle landing, atlantis and four astronaut crew gliding home safely after a 30 day journey. it would ...