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Thursday. i talked to kelly before this all happened, before the shooting, and he talked about how important it was to him back then to fly this mission. >> this is it. your last shuttle flight. >> flying in space is a very difficult thing to give up. i remember after my last flight thinking, well maybe this is the last time i'm going to do this. and you know, you get a couple months out and you're like, i really hope this is not the end of my flying in space career. then to have this opportunity again. i know when i get back from sts-134 from this last flight of "endeavour" i'll be thinking t...

Be someplace else. we don't know any of that. but it's certainly miraculous that she is going to be able to make it at all. you know, for awhile, carol, there was a question as to whether mark kelly was even going to fly this mission, because of his wife's condition. you know, i had an opportunity to sit down with mark back in october, before the incident ever happened, and he and i talked about just how difficult it is to give up space flight. this is it. your last shuttle flight. >> flying in space is a very difficult thing to give up. i remember after my last flight thinking, well, maybe th...

Mission. he is going to be the commander of a mission, very difficult choice. he's made it and says this what gabby wants and i'm sure he's right. >> that was his whole mindset. if i don't do this, two years from now she's going to be so upset with me that i didn't do this, sts-134. april 19th the projected launch date, my parents' 59th wedding anniversary. that's going to be a great day for him, he's going to launch this thing. now, there may be a couple more flights with the space shuttle thing but probably not. >> no. the program is winding down. >> i know. but i was talking to people on th...

His salary in half. it is meant to show solidarity with iraqis upset with poor public services and food and water shortages. nearly half of all iraqis are unemployed. bank of america will pay to settle a lawsuit over overdraft fees. according to the "san francisco chronicle" the bank is accused of boosting the number of overdrafts and the penalties paid by debit card users. bank of america was just one of several major banks named in this lawsuit. astronaut mark kelly is a go for launch. there was some speculation that kelly would skip his scheduled space shuttle mission to be with his wif...

Training for it for nearly a year and a half. and considering a bunch of other factors including how -- what gabrielle would want me to do and what her parents and her family and my family would like, i ultimately made the decision that i would like to return and command sts-134. >> commander kelly will resume his training monday for the launch which is set for noefb 19th. general vang pao died. his family wanted him buried in arlington national cemetery in virginia, but the secretary of the army denied that request. the general led thousands during the vietnam war. this guy has been arres...