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Young boy and john glenn was your hero, right? >> he was. i was only 7 years old when he first flew and i still have the book here that i got right after his flight that told me all about the mercury astronauts and john actually signed it for me when i was a shuttle astronaut back in the 1990's when he was training for his second flight so he was my role model and i became an air force pilot and a space scientist and astronaut. i would like to see our country generate the same inspiration for youth in the 21st century. >> it's amazing to hear you tell that story because so many parents raise t...

You've been listening to president barack obama becoming the first sitting president in 12 years to make a visit to the kennedy space center at cape canaveral, florida. he is announcing and introducing a plan for american space exploration from here forward, in his words, saying we will leap into the future with major breakthroughs and a transformative agenda for nasa. nbc news' senior space correspondent is jay barbree who has been listening with me joining us from cape canaveral right now. you have covered space exploration in this country for 51 years. if you can, what jumps off the page to...

Vote d.w. talks to both sides in the delayed second round of the presidential elections you take place on saturday. also coming up watch out for space junk this is for much i mean spacelab is on commission calls of course with the except no one using control and scientists a rough idea of where it might last. we'll talk to a space scientist about where he thinks it might come down. to a. harmful gale welcome to the program. israel's military has clashed with demonstrators in the gaza strip as thousands of palestinians began six weeks of protests called by the militant group hamas the palestini...