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$100 billion. so do that. so far only one space probe has been returned to earth when an as it ter rode sample. dan springer is in our seattle newsroom. hey, dan. >> yeah, shep. one of the -- built tiny space craft 2 feet high designed to land on asteroid and take pictures and measure. s so pictures back on earth can pick out the best for mining. ross perot jr. company called space x is giving rides in space even these entrepreneurs admit government will play a row. >> it's important that we have a partnership with the government in these endeavors. this really is an investment in the future o...

Acting head of the irs told congress today the american people no longer trust the agency. this following scandals over the targeting of conservative groups and lavish spending for employee events. that's "the fox report's" top five. and on this day in 1965, a u.s. astronaut stepped out of a capsule 120 miles above our earth and became the first american to walk in space. the mission was part of the gemini program which nasa launched at the height of the space race with the soviet union. during gemini's second manned mission, major edward white floated outside the space craft for about 20 minu...

To a million out there that we have not yet identified all of which the focus of nasa's near he earth objects program. >> it is not coming unusually close to the earth but going to be about 15 times the distance from the earth to the moon. the interesting part about it is it is so large for an asteroid, it is huge. >> a lot being done publicly and privately to prepare for the direct impact asteroid of the future. some plans call for sending a rocket or space craft into space to collide with it or blow it up. other plans call for sending a satellite or craft to use the gravity to change the tra...

Looking rough conditions get better on sunday, shep? >> shepard: rick reichmuth, thank you, sir. and on this day in 1971, the u.s. launched the space probe mariner 9 to explore mars from high above. it took more than five months for that space craft to enter the martian orbit becoming the first to circle the planet. at first heavy dust storms blocked the shot of the surface. once the brrr broke mariner nine got quite a viewvment the craft sent back more than 7,000 pictures. capturing the entirety of the martian landscape. it revealed images of volcanos, a massive canyon and what' ad to be drie...

Nasa launched voyager 1 way back in 1977. the idea to explore the outer planet. this week scientists at a top research journal reported that the space craft recently detected major changes in radiation. consistent with the escape -- with escaping influence of our sun. a scientist on the voyager project says no it's likely still in our solar system, at least for now. still the space craft is way out there. some 11 billion miles from earth. think of it. and along the way it's captured some the clearest pictures of nuclear weapon tune, saturn and jupiter's great red spot. folks can now tweet abou...