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For a landing, for a spacecraft landing, capsules that we are now starting to design like we had years ago, they will come down in water. they may come down in land. you want to see how that is growing to work. the way to do that is drop them and see how they will survive. gregg: you don't want to end up like sandra bullock in the movie gravity in the very end, but lands in the water and fire, but punches open the door, almost drowns because it sinks. >> i don't remember all details of that scene but it was, quite a thing. only a movie. but in real life things like that might happen. we test n...

There is no space shuttle. we're dependent on russia and others to get our own cargo up there. we do need to get this capability as soon as possible. if there's an expansion, we heard from the chief of nasa next week. he said things are fine now. he's fine coming home monday. later on the other astronaut pete swanson will be fine going up. if things get significantly worse between united states and russia there could be fallout. >> lets talk about other leaders. china has a space capsules and we're not exactly best pals with them. there's something called commercial crew which was in president...

Astronauts which like the launch was broadcast live by state tv. an effort to build popular support for this costly program. during their journey the astronauts will give lessons to school children back home. china is racing to catch up with europe and the united states in space development. currently it lags well behind. at the launch site the director admitted this could but the last mission. the plan is almost fixed he says but the time is not confirmed. . we do have plans for another space lab and more space capsules. what happens next is unclear. the current space module is reaching its l...

Miles deep and pulled up to the surface. back in the early 60s and 70s they propelled our space capsules into space falling to aert 360 miles east of cape canaveral. they used remotely operated vehicles equipped with cameras, lights and fiber finding these needles in a haystack. jeff basos, a huge space enthusiast was on board for the historic find and blogged, quote we've found so much we've seen an underwater wonderland, a garden of twisted f-one engines that tell the story of a fiery and violent end, one that serves testament to the apollo program. the f-one engine is the most powerful sing...

They took cover in soyuz because of space debris. before we get to this celestial display, that was a close call but all's fine now? >> that's right. it was a very late notification. they found out that this chunk of an old russian satellite, which is debris from an explosion from a few years ago, was going to fly within about six, seven miles of the participation station. not enough time to move the participation station out of the way. the astronauts had to pile into their space capsules and wait it out. they had to be ready in case it hit the station. >> let's get to what is happening up in...