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D.c. where it was on display. the first commercially owned vehicle to ever circle the earth and land safely back. >> the guy who designed the 747, when he saw it take off, he said he can't believe it works. that's how i feel. >> reporter: his company space x is considered the leader in what is quickly becoming a commercial race to space. >> races are good. >> reporter: there is little doubt the race is now on. atk, the company that builds the shuttle's solid rocket boosters, announced it is going to build a rocket called liberty. bigger atk boasts than musks falcon 9. and this month, nasa is e...

>> reporter: yeah. that's it. certainly coming -- this is emblematic of the fact that it really is coming to an end now. shuttle "discovery" coming home later this morning. the six-member crew just started making preparations for the de-orbit burn that will come about an hour before they land at 11:57:44 eastern time here at the kennedy space center. you can see the weather here is spectacular today. that's looking really, really good. i want you to look at some spectacular video. this was shot on "discovery's" liftoff. and a lot of these images were taken from cameras mounted on the solid roc...

Forecasters say they could hit 30 miles an hour. and some incredible video to show you. it's just released by nasa. basically, letting us ride along on the shuttle "discovery" launch. look at that. when the crew blasted off last week for the international space station, cameras attached to the solid rocket boosters caught it all. going slow because it's a great video and i want you to see it. the footage shows the boosters separating, falling away, and crashing into the atlantic. nasa installed the cameras to give mission control a look at any potential damage during the launch. incredible p...

Unchts "discovery" houston you are go at throttle up. >> commander steve lindsey acknowledging the call, "discovery's" three main engines throttle back up. lindsey is joined by pilot eric bowen, al drew and nicole staunt. mission specialist mike barrett and steve bowen. "discovery's" three main engines are bulg a rate that would drain an average swimming pool at 35 seconds. they produce more than 7 million pounds of thrust. 1:50 into the flight we're standing by for separation of the twin solid rocket boosters, traveling, the altitude 24 miles, downrange from the

At throttle up. acknowledging the call from captain as "discovery's" three main engine throttle back up. lindsey is joined on the flight deck bowen drew and staunt. mission specialist mike barrett and steve bowen. "discovery's" three main engines burning rate average swimming pool 25 seconds. the engines combined with the solid rocket boosters produce more than 7 million pounds of thrust. one minute 50 seconds into the flight. we're standing by for separation of the twin solid rocket boosters. "discovery" traveling 2695 miles per hour. altitude 24 miles. down range from the kennedy space cente...