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Orbiting the moon inside their ride home. we went to the moon because we could, because jfk said we should. but people forget we went to the moon because of the russians. it was the soviet union that launched the first satellite into space. it was the soviets who launched the first astronaut, and the u.s. was sent into a frantic scramble. it was called the space race for a reason, and the mission was to beat the russians to the moon. in fact, it still galls a whole lot of space folk and nasa retirees that the russians are these days our only ride into space. we don't have a vehicle to get our ...

The pictures were. imagine half a billion people down here on earth able to watch live television from the surface of the moon in the summer of '69. we marvelled at what our nation had accomplished and at the bravery of that crew, remember, no one had ever landed on the moon or anywhere that wasn't named earth. and they landed with no guarantee that the rockets would fire and get them back up to the third man, michael collins, patiently orbiting the moon inside their ride home. we went to the moon because we could because jfk said we should. but people forget we went to moon because of the rus...

Country's birth in the cosmos. astronauts peggy whitson and jack fischer, beaming down this video from the international space station. check out those pants. peggy posting on twitter, here's what happens when space folk take some pictures to show their usa pride. microgravity allows for some cool poses. happy birthday, usa. thanks so much for watching on this fourth of july. i'm tom llamas in new york. david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. night. have a great evening. good night. across the country and throughout the bay area, we're

>>guest: some of the ashes go to shawn -- small cannisters the size of a lipstick and then they will burn up in the atmosphere and that is currently underway right now. that includes scotty on star trek and three other big space folk before they died and, also, that includes nasa legendary astronaut gordon cooper who died in 2004. the company that does this is from california which charges $3,000 for the final life-time flameout so, tone, for the families of the 300 space fans, well, they have something extra special as they look up at the nighttime sky. >>shepard: big money for the mission, t...