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Gabrielle giffords of arizona will be there. mark kelly is manning that space shuttle. how do things look for the launch? the last one was delayed, and that's why we are talking about it now. >> reporter: everything is looking pretty good. the weather is terrific here today. more of the same expected tomorrow. "endeavour" is in good shape. nasa is not working any technical issues unlike two-and-a-half weeks ago when the launch had to be scrubbed. some critical heating elements failed in what's called the orbiting maneuvering system and forced that launch to be scrubbed. and nasa went back. whe...

their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators won't think twice about grabbing a human. let's go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? >> reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the national guard and sheriff's deputies are urging people to leave. and in this subdivision made up of 20 homes, almost everyone has ...

Advance human flight, human presence beyond the orbit. the in the ways that we need to do that involve some new technology, some new approaches, some new spacecraft and systems to carry us below earth, out into deep space where there's some amazing scientific and discovery kind of challenges awaiting. unfortunately the shuttle is not the vehicle to do that. while the shuttle is an amazing technological marvel and while i am amazed as i walk around here at the kennedy space center at the engineering talent that has put the shuttle together and gets it ready for these flights, the shuttle vehicl...