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Just happened. ijust, its extraordinary. extraordinary. for more on the technology that makes this type of short flight possible, here's one space expert. the really big breakthrough here is the reusable rocket technology. for most of the history of space flights. rockets have been one and done, you use it and you throw away and you never for use done, you use it and you throw away and you neverfor use it. so the fact that we are able to recover most, if not all of these rockets is really what has brought the cost down and has made this a little bit more affordable. certainly, it is not afford...

And so scion, and if they needed to, it would be where they understood the controls to be and how you use the touch screen to do certain thing, and if needed in an emergency. i am guessing. >> so they have a couple of the contingencies in place, and so this crew as i understand it, they are scheduled to perform a couple of series of space flights, and what could we glean from their experiments. >> well, my guess is that they are doing, and i hate to say my guess, but my guess is i am not involved with the training or the preparation at all, but because they are flying for st. jude's, and haley...

Space flight. it was very exciting, but it couldn't have been more tense, as charlie said, he and i have bout flown multiple space flights. its wickedly unforgives. it's taken them 17 years. it was just an enormous feeling of joyous success. i'm in a quiet room, but it is still pervasive here at spaceport. >> yeah, i'll bet. charles, what does this mean for the future? as of now, these are billionaires traveling to the edge of space. it costs a heck of a lot of money to do this. people like me can't just get on a rocket ship and motor off into shape, despite my 4-year-old now thinking we can a...

Nevada to see the famous fisher space pen. >> that's right. >> reporter: so you brought one? >> we did. >> reporter: what do you got? >> this is the original astronaut space pen. used on all manned space flights. even has a little inscription on it -- >> reporter: oh, yeah, look at that. my own fisher space pen. my name, right there on it. and 50 years later, a sense of pride tonight. this went up with apollo 7. >> yes. this marks 50 years in space for us. >> reporter: it was cary's dad, paul fisher, who invented the pen in 1966. he was already in the ballpoint pen business, but was convinced ...

To the space station. purpose built antennas equipped with the technology will be mounted in august back on earth researchers have fitted thousands of birds with sensors similar to tiny backpacks these will send data on their movements temperature moisture and the effect of magnetic fields up into space the birds will act as environmental monitors the scientists are also planning to attract insects swarms and shoals of fish all from outer space. did you know that time can take different depending on your speed of motion if one twin were to go on the space flights she'd be younger than her expe...