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Refuel space craft using robots while up in space. also, just because the shuttle is over doesn't mean astronauts visiting the international space center is over. at least four americans will be going to the space station every year. instead they will be riding with the russians, paying a hefty price. oo$50 million a head each trip. >> shepard: steve, thank you. the shuttles have carried interesting cargo over the last few decades. this one, for instance carries a pair of iphone 4s this. they will use the handsets as research tools of sorts. previous shuttles care rid items including coke and ...

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>> zero, we have lift off of the falcon 9. >> shepard: with that the private exploration takes off in america. the company space exploration technologies or space x as they call it test ago craft for nasa. it's dragon capsule rode the falcon 9 rocket into earth's orbit today. circled the world a couple of times and parachuted right into the ocean. space x the first commercial outfit to recovered a space craft that reentered orbit. until now only government companies. private companies to take supplies and possibly astronauts to the international space station once it shuts down the space stati...

Into space if it ends the shuttle program as planned next year. the american on board is astronaut scott kelly. he is scheduled to remain on that space craft until early next year when his twin brother, who is also an astronaut is scheduled to arrive on space shuttle endeavor. our amy kellogg is live near the launch site in kazakhstan tonight. i guess we'll be seeing a lot more of this in the years to come. >> well, we will, shep. because once the shuttle is retired sometime next june, american astronauts will be relying solely on the russian soyuz to get to and from the international space st...