at nasa headquarters in washington, d.c., i got to meet two astronauts -- dr. sandra magnus and leland melvin. both are examples of different ways you can become an astronaut. you might say that sandra took the more "traditional" path. >> i grew up in a small town near in southern illinois called belleville, illinois, and it was about middle school when it hit me "hey, you know, i want to go be an astronaut," and so i was going to go to school, study physics, all the way through my ph.d, apply to nasa and presto-whammo, get to be an astronaut. >> it wasn't quite "presto whammo." after sandra got her ph.d, she worked as an engineer at an aviation company for a while. >> so it took me about, gosh, ten years or so after graduating from college to get to the point where i was ready to apply to nasa, and then i got lucky enough to be selected. >> leland was on a different career track. his thoughts of "touchdown" had nothing to do with rocket landings. it was his football career that was taking off. so, you were drafted by the nfl when you were 22. how did you end u

today, commander mark kelly announced he is retiring from the navy and from nasa, to take care of his wife. congresswoman gabby giffords. to help her fight for recovery from the gunshot wound to her head. and bob woodruff starts us off with their story tonight. >> reporter: after 25 years of service, mark kelly announced his retirement today on faceweek facebook, writing, "gabrielle is working hard every day and he mission of recovery. i want to be by her side." giffords will remain in houston while she continues her outpatient rehab. kelly says her comprehension is almost back to 100%. she continues to work on issues like vocabulary and mobility. after spending so much of his career flying high above the earth, mark's coworkers at nasa say he'll be missed. >> it's great to see that stability. he's a great role model for us. >> reporter: for this all-american hero, whose military career spanned combat

why is it that nasa is shutting the shuttle program?s it mean for us and for space exploration? >> well, you're right. in fact, atlantis rolled out to the launch pad this evening in a sight that will never be repeated again in our life times. one space shuttle was landing and the last one raz rolling out to the launch pad. atlantis for july launch which will be the final in the space shuttle era. and i think part of the problem is politics and money. nasa does not have enough money to continue flying the shuttle while at the same time trying to develop a next generation vehicle. you know, we sometimes fail to realize that these things have been flying for 30 years. and it's time, everyone says, to move on. time for nasa to start exploring the solar system again, perhaps go to mars or an asteroid with human missions, maybe back to the moon. but they couldn't do that and continue flying shuttle. there just isn't enough money. so it was time to go ahead and retire the vehicles. the question, of course, is a, you know, how much political wi

. >>> and a south bay teacher reaches higher aboard a flying nasa research lab. nbc bay area news at 11:00 starts right now. >> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. police tonight in east palo alto are investigating a killing that they say strikes at the heart of the community. that's because the victim is a 3-month-old boy. investigators called in help from neighboring police departments and vowed to track down the killers. nbc bay area's kimberly tere is here with more on what happened and the search for the gunmen. kimberly? >> reporter: diane, east palo alto has come a long way in curbing violence. this is the second homicide of the year. at this time last year they had four. but it is a heinous crime, as you mentioned. police say they have promising leads at this hour, and that's because they called in extra resources to canvas a neighborhood with a the shooting happened. they say they are putting everything into looking for those responsible for this act. east palo alto police say the early morning shooting that killed a 3-month-old baby was no accident. >> why t

but once this mission ends, so does her job with united space alliance, nasa's biggest contractor. >> here's the letter, it's the pink slip and it's not pink. >> reporter: barbara is a single mom with a son heading off to college. on july 22nd she'll be unemployed. >> i'm thankful that we have another lunch to keep us busy so it keeps your mind off the impending deadline, but it's coming and you think about it a lot. >> reporter: 2300 shuttle workers will lose their jobs in july. on top of 4,300 who already have. brevard county has lost more jobs in the last year than any other county in the state. florida's space coast is trying to lure new companies with incentives like tax breaks and grants for employee training. but they see the vast nasa talent pool as their main draw. >> if you think about it be, we have an area of workers that are three generations deep in working in space industry. you can't, there's not an incentive in the world that can create that. >> reporter: it was a big selling point for brazilian jet maker embraer. the company opened a new 80,000 square foot assembly p

nasa is very sensitive now about issues of people being on board the shuttle and other facilities who are not astronauts. what we have done is rigorous testing, test flights with just test pilots on board and so on. >> marita beard's flight takes off tonight from palmdale and will land ten hours later on saturday morning. if you have a story you think deserves a closer look, go to cbssf.com and click connect and go to closer look. >>> we head into a bay area river for a rescue operation coming up. >> from the cbs 5 weather center, we are looking at our hi-def doppler. no green on the screen but this time tomorrow night will be in the thick of rain. the pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 125 year old university mound ncisco's >>> well, if a turn of that wheel -- at the turn of that wheel, water is once again flowing into the 125-year-old university mound reservoir in san francisco's portola district. for the last two years, it has been undergoing retrofitting to make it withstand earthquakes. the reservoir supplied drinking water to millions of peopl

and nasa shows off its replacement with its space shuttle. and a man hired to i'm person nate barack obama -- i'm person nate barack obama is taken off stage at the event. >> and we have clear skies and the temperatures in the east bay in the 70s. it will be a mild night to nights. a very hot day expected the next couple days. 5* look at the accu-w-w-w-w-w-ww >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> extremely high winds are forcing authorities to order more evacuations as crews ba the tell a pair of wildfires, one in arizona and another one on the new mexico border. the largest fire in arizona has burned more than a half million acres. >> the fires have burned more than a million acres in the last 72 hours in what was already a record wildfire season. with more than 4.3 million acres burned this year. authorities call this a perfect storm of fires. >> what we are seeing is a prolonged drought. we are seeing more fire and more weather extremes. >> in arizona, a thousand firefighters are now on the front lines battlin

but she really has a great legacy. >> what a proud moment for so many at nasa.ratulations to them. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay the with us for "good morning america." have a great wednesday.

after spending so much of his career flying high above the earth, mark's coworkers at nasa say he'll be missed. >> it's great to see that stability. he's a great role model for us. >> reporter: for this all-american hero, whose military career spanned combat missions during desert storm and command of the final mission of the space shuttle "endeavor," speculation abounds about what's next. we know that the couple will be co-writing a book, and a question of politics still lingers, as mark kelly told diane five months ago. >> reporter: do you want her to go back into congress? after this? >> that's a tough, touch decision. probably not. but i know that's probably not going to matter to her. >> reporter: if she didn't, would you ever go and run? >> you know, i -- probably not. it's a lot harder job. the way she does it, the way she does her job, which would be the standard that i would have to live up to, i'm not willing to

. >> nasa has only one more shuttle mission before the 30- year space program ends. endeavour will be on display at the california science center in los angeles. >> how about some weather? >> we are on storm watch and it's june 1. >>> i'm starting to see an end two weeks down the line. >> two weeks? >> i mean, looking at the doppler, it is incredible. >> it's a squall line moving through the bay area today. we have thunderstorms popping up outside. we had some heavy rainfall out there. some folks telling me it felt like the dead of winter there for a while but now we're catching a couple of breaks in the clouds. but what's interesting is you get a break and you get a little heating from the sunshine and that could very well give rise to some afternoon thunderstorms out there. so we're not done with the weather just yet. we have more scattered showers

with the idea she'll bring it back to her classroom after flying aboard nasa's soviet 747. >> sophiaflying space telescope that comes home every morning, better than a mountain top observatory in terms of its clarity, its ability to observe celestial objects, and it's much less expensive and much more convenient than a telescope. >> reporter: nasa's invited six teach stories fly with sciences on research trips this month. maria barrett of branham high school is one of the chosen few. >> wouldn't it be great if i was on that flight when we discovered a new star? >> you'll be waving at them. >> maybe discover evidence there might be a star with planets orbiting around it that could be like our earth. >> reporter: the specially redesigned plane flies 45,000 feet above most of the water in our earth's atmosphere. >> rollback door over the opening, same size telescope as hubble. >> reporter: on-board telescope uses infrared light to study stars, comets, even black holes. >> we have evidence when teachers have research experience, that it improves their career trajectory, their retention,

>> only on nasa tv.t was in the middle of the night and only because they have infrared cameras were we able to see anything at all. you can see the black and white image. plus we are about five miles from it. so even in daylight you can't really see the landing site. it's a good distance from here but on tv it was absolutely awesome. i mean, did you see the touchdown? >> yeah, we just watched it. >> reporter: the chute deployment. no winds, no problem. a flawless landing to a flawless mission. >> randall, so once atlantis completes its mission, where does that leave america's space program? >> reporter: atlantis is the next and final shuttle to be launched. as a matter of fact, it was rolled out as endeavour was landing. it's one of the few times that nasa has done both things simultaneously. it's sitting, oh, about three miles from here right now for take-off on july 8. after atlantis, america will be out of the manned vehicle space business but not out of manned space flight. we'll continue -- the u.s

he's now on his leave of absence from nasa. his official retirement, diane, is actually in october. >> and it's wonderful to have medical professionals, but you were telling me, bob, having your family there in charge of your recovery is everything? >> reporter: it is so important for coming back physically and mentally and all that. but your major frustration, depression, and if you have family around you, you have your kids, your parents, your husband, that's very, very helpful. >> nonetheless, it is a big decision and we both talk to commander kelly often, but i was thinking back, when he told me before the last space mission, about the choice he was facing between taking care of her and his joy being up in the sky, here it was. >> just to see our planet as this big blue marble floating in the blackness of space -- you know, there aren't borders between nations, and that's the only place we have. i mean, we can't go anywhere else. we need to be able to work together, as a nation and as a community. we've got nowhere else to

. >>> plus a bay area teacher teams up with nasa and shares what she's been up to. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fie. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. yeah, this is pretty good. are you guys alright? yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. >>> good monday morning to you. a beautiful look outside the bay bridge. look at the lights on the water there. just perfect. perfect morning. it's 5:14 now. california hit a major milestone. they have recycled 1 billion pounds of e-waste. it's with a b. commuters and tvs have been kept out of the landfills. california was the first state to pass an e-waste law in 2003. since then, 24 other states have followed suit. it seems to be paying off. >>> the worldwide developers conference gets under way in california. steve jobs is expected to be there. birtha is liv

we're doing is based on nature is self regulating. >> the inventor of vaspar is looking into it, for nasaional sports teams. and the military. >> you do not feel " wasted " afterwards. you are still full of energy. >> it is being tested in mountain view. the lactic acid is said to be that burning feeling of the muscle. the compression and cooling system that keeps the body core cool. >> melissa campanella she answered a question about legalization of marijuana that she did not think it should be fully legal but edition be available for medical purposes. she was crowned miss usa, she hails from california. >> president obama celebrated with his two daughters at an ice-cream parlor. with frozen yogurt and even homemade fudge. this ice-cream celebration right before the girls in the first lady go to africa. a decree today to have ice- cream it was pretty hot. >> ice cream-a great day to have i screamed-- >> and it will be hot for tomorrow, tuesday, and i screamed. a great day to have a ice cream. --with 96 in antioch. and day of summer. and i think to kick off somewhere everybody should have

site. >>> and given a once in a life time opportunity, she is one of just a few able to fly on the nasas is not an ordinary plane, sources say, and definitely is not an ordinary flight. >> reporter: and some dream about going to the super bowl. this science teacher dreamed about flying on this. and her dream is about to come true. this is not your typical science project. more than 30 high school juniors and seniors swam around the pool in home made cardboard boats. >> i don't know, that was hard work. we learned how to make a good boat. >> i think other people had a layer, and we had like 15. so i think that helped a lot. >> making science fun is the goal of their teacher. >> i love science, this is my passion, and as a minority woman i wanted to encourage people to pursue this type of career. >> reporter: she is one of only six across the country chosen to fly on this plane. this is the world's largest air borne area. it can open to show the largest telescope. flying 40,000 feet up is a great thing. >> it is the best thing. >> reporter: the director for the nasa aimed project says tha

how endeavour's crew is honoring the youngest of nasa's shuttles.  >>> welcome home endeavour. >> it'sad to see her last for the last time but she has great legacy. >> mark kelly guided endeavour back to earth this morning. the shuttle touched down in florida after completing its final mission. commander says it's difficult knowing that it will never launch again. >> i would probably go out every couple months have the opportunity to fly on the space shuttle. it's 30 years old. we've got to grow and adapt and build new things. >> he heads to houston where his wife is in the hospital recovering after being seriously wounded in the tucson shooting spree back in january. nasa's final launch will be in july when a four-member crew will fly to the international space station. >>> mike nicco is here now. we have had great the storm system today, everything from rain to hail to high winds. >> it's been quite something. >> let's take a look outside. as we have some quiet weather showing up right now around san francisco as we look down from sutro tower but that won't last long. we have storms

how endeavour's crew is honoring the youngest of nasa's shuttles. sure, pulling the mold, miew, and grime from out of the porous caverns of grout takes the right tools, but it also takes a gentle, caring touch. before you can deep clean, you learn to get a feel for its trouble spots. and hey, if you can't listen to grout, you can't truly know its wants...its needs...its dreams. ♪call 1-800-steemer. >>> welcome home endeavour. >> it's sad to see her last for the last time but she has great legacy. >> mark kelly guided endeavour back to earth this morning. the shuttle touched down in florida after completing its final mission. commander says it's difficult knowing that it will never launch again. >> i would probably go out every couple months have the opportunity to fly on the space shuttle. it's 30 years old. we've got to grow and adapt and build new things. >> he heads to houston where his wife is in the hospital recovering after being seriously wounded in the tucson shooting spree back in january. nasa's final launch will be in july when a four-mem

the third for atlantis and nasa's 135th flight after 30 years of the space shuttle program.ttle endeavor landed late last night after its last mission. >>> a south bay teach certify about to begin a research mission once only open to nasa employees. ktvu's maureen naylor reports this trip is truly out of this world. [ applause ] >> reporter: this is not your typical science project. more than 30 juniors and seniors paddled around their school swimming pool in homemade cardboard boats. >> that was hard work. learned how to make a good boat. >> it says that a lot of people had one layer of cardboard. we had 15 so that helped a lot. >> reporter: making physics fun is the goal of their teacher. >> physics is my passion. ooze a minority woman i wanted to pursue more young women to pursue careers in engineering and in high school i can reach more teachers. >> she has chosen to fly on sophia that is the world's largest airborne observatory. the modified 747 has a side door which opens to reveal the world's largest telescope. she has always dreamed of going outer space but flying th

the third for atlantis and nasa's 135th flight after 30 years of the space shuttle program. shuttle endeavor landed late last night after its last mission. >>> a south bay teach certify about to begin a research mission once only open to nasa employees. ktvu's maureen naylor reports this trip is truly out of this world. [ applause ] >> reporter: this is not your typical science project. more than 30 juniors and seniors paddled around their school swimming pool in homemade cardboard boats. >> that was hard work. learned how to make a good boat. >> it says that a lot of people had one layer of cardboard. we had 15 so that helped a lot. >> reporter: making physics fun is the goal of their teacher. >> physics is my passion. ooze a minority woman i wanted to pursue more young women to pursue careers in engineering and in high school i can reach more teachers. >> she has chosen to fly on sophia that is the world's largest airborne observatory. the modified 747 has a side door which opens to reveal the world's largest telescope. she has always dreamed of going outer space but flyin

now higs mission control will be talking to you. >> it will be four years before nasa astronauts can fly out of the united states again. until then, russia will be the world's main gateway to the stars. "bbc news." >> a reminder of our breaking news at this hour from texas where the county judge there, according to reuters, has said a psychic gave authorities a false tip that up to 30 bodies were buried under rural homes east of houston. there is no crime scene. those are the words of the liberty judge craig mcnare after police and f.b.i. were involved in an operation to search the area following that tip-off from a psyche yifpblgt just that news, the judge saying that the news was false. >> to date twitter online. stwuss. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank h

than today when a local teacher arrived at school and described to her students how she flew with nasan an airborne observatory. ma rita beard was only one of six teachers nationwide chosen for the job. kent wilhoit met with beard and the astronomy club to bring this story down to earth. >> anybody see my clicker? >> you can't blame her if her head is still in the clouds. she just got off a plane and not just any plane. >> this is a picture of sophia. sophia is the stratospheric observato observatory. >> the altitude, 43,000 feet, filters out light from the planet and lets scientists and a few teachers see all the way to the center of the galaxy. for beard, the experience was as rewarding as being dhoechb fly with nasa. >> i felt like i had a smile on my face the whole time. i made sure that i spoke to everyone. it was invigorating and rejuvenating. i had all of these ideas that i can't wait to bring back to my classroom. >> and so the astronomy club uses the lunch hour to fill up on knowledge as well as peanut butter and jelly. >> it's really fun to me to listen to someone who's done

. >>> it was a successful liftoff for nasa's aquarius satellite today.nge. nasa says it will help scientists better understand ocean currents and climate patterns, such as el nino. we'll be right back. >>> in news around the bay area, in men low park, funeral services were held today to a murdered 3-month-old baby. family and friends mourned their loss as izack jesus jimenez was buried. the baby was killed last sunday in east palo alto. police say two men opened fire on his family's car in what's believed to be a case of mistaken identity. garcia's parents were also injured in that attack. >>> san francisco police are investigating a suspicious death. early this morning, firefighters responded to a trash can fire near the san francisco park. there, they discovered a dead body of a man on fire. homicide inspectors and the arson taskforce are investigating. >>> the exwife and mother of brian stow's children has written a letter to supporters. jackie cane says that she wants people to know that she's taken their two children to see stow. he's the giants fan

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. >>> nasa plans to explore climate change. at 7:20 this morning the space agency has a five minute window to launch the satellite. the three year mission exams the planet through ocean currents. president obama wants nasa to focus more on science with tangible benefits such as protecting the environment. >>> it's coming up on 5:00 we want to go back to sal. any problems? >> eastbound 80 at gill man we saw last time police responding and then we found out that there is a crash. it's right there at the top of your screen. you see the police and the fire lights there. it's east 80 at gillman. now it's not causing a huge delay but it is definitely there. so we saw them responding and they are there on gillman north of the gillman exit. as i read here it looks like the accident is mostly confined to the right hand shoulder. just be aware that it's there. let's move ray long and take a look at 80 westbound the bay bridge toll plaza that looks good. if you are driving on the peninsula still looking very nice. let's go to steve. >>> t

the crew's mission will include hosting the team from nasa's final space shuttle. the soyuz spacecraft docked at the iss on thursday after a two-day voyage from earth. >> hatches are open. >> japanese astronaut satoshi furukawa, nasa astronaut, mike fossum, and russian cosmonaut, sergei volkov moved in on friday joining three others on board. they then contacted their families and officials at the russian mission control center near moscow. >> furukawa is scheduled to stay on board the station until november. he will take part in various medical experiments using his expertise as a surgeon. >>> japan's meteorological agency is trying to prepare people for the hot and humid summer. concern is high because the country's nuclear crisis could trigger a power shortage. in an effort to keep people safe and informed, the meteorological agency will start issuing temperature advisories, or heat advisories, for mid july. they will cover all areas of japan, except for hokkaido and okinawa, where power shortages are not expected. the advisories will be issued for each region w

. >>> finally tonight, the video of the day, curtsy nasa. >> it's a solar flare.was recorded tuesday by an orbiting satellite. this is only classified as a medium size solar flare and this is equivalent of billions of nuclear bombs exploding. nasa says solar energy released could have a small effect on satellites and even on some power grids. so far, though, no word of any trouble. >>> billions of nuclear bombs? that's a lot. that's a lot. thank you very much for joining us tonight. "nightly news" is next. >> and we'll be back at 6:00. we'll see you then.

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the nasa operation center in california is in contact every day. the craft are now so far away that their radio signals take 16 hours to get here. the green figures are the latest data to come in. >> it takes 16 hours for the command to get there and another 16 hours for the spacecraft to tell earth i got it. >> professor ed stone was in at the start of the project and he's still excited. >> this is the only journey i'm aware of that has lasted now 33 years since launch and probably has another 10 years before we finally start losing enough electrical power to power the mission. this is an incredibly long journey, but even more importantly, it's one where it keeps discovering new things year after year. >> the transmitters on the spacecraft only have the power of a lightbulb. a typical mobile phone has 10 million times more memory, but this hasn't been a problem. this is an exact copy of the two voyager spacecraft, which are now the most distant objects mankind have ever sent into space. what they've seen is quite extraordinary. jupiter with its gi

. >>> nasa scientists hope the skies stay clear this morning.n hour from right now, nasa has a five minute window to launch the satellite. this satellite will take images of the ocean surface. nasa says its $400 million mission will predict future climate change and short-term climate phenomenon like el nino and la nina. >>> new details about missing bay area nursing student michelle le. what police are saying about her disappearance. >>> also the strange site on a highway, pam. it brought out the geese police. >>> good morning, westbound 24 looking pretty good here in lafayette as you drive up to oakland. we will tell you more about the traffic and bay area weekend forecast. man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ m

this nasa image shows it stretching out into the atlantic, creeping up the eastern seaboard. further west, firefighters on the front lines in oklahoma, where flames have pushed more than 1,500 people from their homes. >> they said we have to go, it's too dangerous here. >> reporter: part of a fire season many say is burning too hot and too long. and some recent rain did provide some much-needed help, but the south is in the grip of a severe drought. there are eight states right now that are seeing extreme conditions. >>> two days ago he was one of the most wanted fugitives in america. today whitey bulger is in back in his hometown of boston in custody. the reputed former mob boss and fbi informant, alluded authorities for 16 years until he was finally caught in california. nbc's jeff rossen joins us with more on this. jeff? >> reporter: hi, lester, good evening to you. here's what they're saying in boston, a big picture of whitey bulger, with the caption, "rat's back." he actually just appeared in front of the judge here at the federal courthouse in boston a short time ago fo

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. >> coming up next, nasa sets date for final launch. >> and new twist in the dodgers ifsial woes.al action major league baseball is considering. >> the billboard raising eyebrows in a nevada city. >>> good morning. 5:23 on wednesday morning. here is a live picture from san jose. a little cloudy for the drivers on the freeways there. at 101 and 880. but you can see traffic is moving smoothly. no delays here. we talk more to mike to see about the remaining showers from yesterday's storm and talk to danielle about where the hot spots are in traffic. coming up. >> person familiar with the major league baseball plan involving the dodgers says the league will probably file a motion to seize the cash-strapped team. baseball constitution does allow the constitutioner to take control -- commissioner to take control of a team that seeks chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. the league must file a motion seeking termination of the fran chi. b -- franchise. yesterday a delaware judge authorized the dodgers to enter into a financing arrangement. >>> there is a billboard controversy in north las ve

he's retiring nasa and the navy to take care of his wife. woodruff reports. >> reporter: after 25 years of service, mark kelly announced his retirement on facebook writing, gabrielle is working hard every day on her mission of recovery. i want to be by her side. giffords will remain in houston while she continues her outpatient rehab. kelly says her comprehension is almost back to 100%. she continues to work on issues like vocabulary and mobility. >> here we are on the flight deck of "endeavour." >> reporter: after spending so much of his career flying high above the earth, mark's co-workers at nasa say he'll be missed. >> it's great to see that stability. he's a great role model for us. >> reporter: for this all-american hero whose military career spanned combat missions during "desert storm" and command of the final mission of the space shuttle "endeavour," speculation abounds about what's next. we know the couple will be co-writing a book. and the question of politics still lingers. as mark kelly told diane five months ago. >> do you want

nasa will rely, as we said, on russian shuttles. soyuz, to be able to send astronauts into space and bring them back. we have a commercial space program hoping to i guess fill that gap within three years. >> that's right. a lot of it testing has been done, test flights have been done, and i'll be there. >> that's going to be great. >> we'll be there every step of the way as nasa prepares. i'm not going to be on the space shuttle, just near it. >> down with john zarrella eating popcorn and crying. >> space case yes, astronaut no. >> you can catch beyond "atlantis" the next frontier, a cnn special investigation should be cool, airs sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> back to the brazen terror attack staged by taliban militants on the intercontinental hotel in kabul, afghanistan, eight sue said attackers, ten others were killed. the attackers stormed the hotel armed with guns and grenades. they battled afghan and nato forces for hours, leaving the hotel in flames. reminiscent sant of the attacks in mumbai. jerome starkey is following deve

nasa released the photos over australia and new zealand. it is sending ash six miles down in the air. the reporter and thousands of stranded passengers . on the trail of the ash flume and tracking its movement and trying to keep the plains in the air. today with that turn it went up and leaving passengers stranded. they are flying all of its roots. not answers but questions. >> it is considering a whole range much different factors in relation . it was prevously planned media day and it was an approach to the ash cloud. they are learning what to do if they encounter one. number one prioritiy to look for clean air. virgin said it is choosing to fly below the cloud. >> there is no evidence in the areas we are flying. >> and they believe that that is still too risky. >> we go through our process and make our safety decisions. >> there could be more problems as the ash plume heads toward perth. >> u.s. army uniforms are getting made over. black berets are no longer part of the attire. they will have a camoflage. >> and police in california are

f.mark kelly currently on leave from nasa after just returning on the shuttle mission. october. >>> to politic. another blow to newt gingrich presidential campaign. today top fundraiser quit. reports say his campaign is already 1 million dollars in debt. earlier this month 16 top de anadvisors rigne en masse after disagreement with the republican candidate about campaign strategy. >>> g.o.p. front runner romney in the bay area tonight collecting campaign cash at the home of l sun and making stops in los angeles and orange county. but hisrip here got up staged a bit by another moderateepubcan and one th local ties. oreonig from political reporter mark matthews. >>reporter: standing in the same spot where ronald reagan kick off his presidential campaign l the former youth governor announced he's in. >> today pill am a candidate for the office of president of the united states of america. [applause]. >>reporter: john huntsman biosays he grew up in palo alto. we know his dad went to stanford and develop the clam shell box forcdonald's big mac along with a lot of other plast

let me read something from nasa. they just issued this statement to us. surface images have been thoroughly studied by nasa scientists and researchers worldwide. while nasa applauds the public's interest and fascination of images of the red planet, there's no scientific evidence or data to confirm a structure on the surface. so they seem to be answering some of the questions that are out there, in the video you have there, is that just some rocks or not? >> well, it is hard to say. according to mr. mckeown, who runs the high rise project, he doesn't know which camera took the image. and he also doesn't know where the raw data is. so until you can actually find that and sort of compare it, it is, i don't know. >> and is that where you leave it? i don't know? >> yeah, until i can get there, actually physically, you know, i'm just basically -- >> well, david, if you do get there physically, bring a camera with you and if you can just tweet a couple of shots for me, i would love to see them. but nevertheless, it certainly put a smile on our face to discuss th

nasa's final shuttle flight 23 days away.antis" and make history. >>> for the first time since blood began to spill, cnn goes inside syria. >> on the very edge of this makeshift camp -- >> arwa damon talks with a young, pregnant woman who escapes bullets by crawling on her stomach. >>> plus, rick perry lights a fire. >> we will take america back. >> as the texas governor considers a white house run, find out which star republicans he's meeting with privately in new york. >> if we don't do it, who will? >>> and the royals are coming to america. we now have the itinerary for catherine and william's visit. >>> welcome back to "cnn newsroom." hour two, let's get to this developing story out of washington. here's what we're learning. there is a white house report on libya, we believe, now being sent to capitol hill. in this report, the obama administration argues it is n not -- is not in violation of the law, does not need congressional approval for continued u.s. involvement in libya. and as you've heard, a number of members of c

had computers crunching you know anybody could plug into nasa to crunch seti data in order to help out with that project there could be some. central hub that is benefiting from this and then you're actually creating credits of something of value no one knows who remember there's no central hub debate going this is one of the things that differentiates it from most other from the currency it's pure peer to peer like usenet or anything like that there's no central place where it can be monitored or controlled like napster of or shut down or pillaged or taken over or investigated or anything like that so it's it's a completely distributive currency system and that's one of the reasons why you don't have a central place that is controlling the creation but it's people who are interested in getting bitcoins you can even buy them or you can trade for them or or you can devote your computer to creating that was so it was kind of launched from this algorithm but what stops people from counterfeiting that. well there's a number of counterfeiting measures that are put in there i won't bore ever

stay tuned to nasa television. in the meantime, for more information about the 134 mission you can go to www.nasa.gov/shuttle. thanks for joining us. captioned by the national captioning institute ---www.ncicap.org--- [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the number of house republicans that met with the president this morning at the white house talk about spending cuts. that republicans want before any increase in the federal debt ceiling. today's meeting comes after a house vote yesterday against raising the limit on government borrowing by $2.4 trillion. a number of the members, as you see right here, leaving the meeting. we are expecting that there's a possibility that some may come to the microphone to make remarks. >> again, looking at live pictures of house republicans as they're leaving the white house after a meeting with president obama this morning. that meeting on spending cuts with that republicans want before increasing the

we'll hear from randall pinkston in just a couple of minutes live at nasa. >>> 6:06. the hunt intensifies for a missing nursing student. the search warrants that could lead to a break in the case. >> no relief in sight for the capitola. the double whammy when it comes to disaster funds coming up. >>> the free ride so far for hybrid drivers. why the state is pulling the plug on a popular perk. >>> chopper 5 is over highway 880, where they have just had a big accident this morning, a big rig involving a couple of cars and a big oil spill, as well. and it looks like they are beginning to open it up. >> opening the freeway there. >> very good news for the commuters. >> i can only imagine if you're backed up on 880 right now. more when we come back. stay with us. >>> i'm chris wragge with the potential government shutdown looming american fears grow as the house gets set to vote on raising the debt ceiling coming up here on "the early show." man: everybody knows you should save for retirement, but what happens when you're about to retire? woman: how do you go from saving t

for eleven days installing a $2 billion machine that is already at work gathering information for nasa. endeavour spent 16 days in space during this trip, but over the course of its 19 years in service the shuttle spent a total of 299 days in space and traveled nearly 123 million miles. endeavour also orbited the earth more than 4500 times. now endeavour is the youngest shuttle in the space program and it could likely perform more space travel but as nasa's 30 year shuttle program comes to an end, so does the life span of endeavour. this is its 25th mission to space was its last. talking about some of what they did while on this mission is endeavour commander mark kelly. >> mission went great. we installed the alpha magnetic spectrometer, the elc3 so we have the station positioned to wear over the next 10, 15, 20 years, it's got the spare parts it needs to continue doing the science that is so relevant today. >> reporter: this is the second to last shuttle mission for nasa's shuttle program. shuttle atlantis will make the final trip and it's scheduled to blast off july 8th. live in was

science that is so relevant today. >> reporter: this is the second to the last shuttle mission in nasa'srogram. shuttle atlantis is scheduled to make the final trip on july 8th. atlantis is already on the launch pad. reporting live in washington, nicole collins, backout to you at the desk. >>> time now 5:47. the world health organization warning users keep the cell phone away from your head and rest of your body. yesterday experts said if you talk on the phone for more than 30 minutes a day you have a high risk of developing tumors. we talked to the wife of a lafayette real estate agent diagnosed with brain cancer three years ago. she says they're thrill today hear this announcement. >> people have the right to know that cell phones being held to the head or body can kill. >> her husband survived his tumor. now they're hoping everyone will protect themselves. health officials say send more text messages and use a speakerphone. you should also avoid sleeping with the phone next to your head. and they say use a headpiece with a cord instead of a wireless device. >>> the mayor of alameda sa

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colonel vittori, you are the last non-nasa astronaut to fly in this they shuttle. how important has the shuttle been to the non-nasa space program or the european agency and so on and so forth? >> everything we have done -- we have continuously been using the possibility to fly on this shuttle. i don't recall exactly when was the first year but since the very beginning of the shuttle and obviously for me it is a privilege to be the last one on board the shuttle. the flight has been spectacular and i was very pleased to see the space station almost double the size of ice on 2005. i was very pleased to see that coppola, node 3a and node two and everything else that one way or the other went through the european space agency and industry so i am very honored and privileged to have had this opportunity and grateful to nasa. >> mark. >> mark redman with talking space. a question for commander kelly. ifrs i you and your crew here august 26, 2010 at the shuttle landing facility when amos came over from geneva switzerland. i remember thinking how committed and focused you

colonel vitorri you are the last non-nasa astronaut to fly on the space shuttle. how important as the shuttle been to the non-nasa programs or the european space agency and so on and so forth? >> everything that we have done, we have continuously been using -- on the shuttle. i don't recall exactly when was the first year but since the very beginning of the shuttle and obviously for me it is a privilege to be the last one on board the shuttle. the flight has been spectacular and i was very pleased to see the space station almost double the size that i've seen in 2005. i was very pleased to see the cupola and everything else that one way or the other went through the european space agency and industry. so i am very honored and privileged to have this opportunity with nasa. >> mark. >> mark with talking space. question for commander kelly. ifrs are you in your truth here on this 26 shuttle landing facility when amos came over from geneva switzerland. i remember thinking how committed and focused you were on that hot august day and what duke spec that you will always

last weekend, she took off on a special nasa flight. now marina beard joins us that gives teachers and educators an incredible way to explore the galaxy. you didn't go into space-space, but the stratosphere. tell us the difference between that and flying on a regular plane. >> a regular 747 norm heal flies -- lower stratosphere, most planes, 30, 35 -- astronomers can -- to get the data they want. normally if the red light gets absorbed by the clouds in our atmosphere, so ground-based observatories like the one at hamilton will lose a lot of the data from the distant objects they need to see. >> you were in the stratosphere for how long? >> it was a 10-hour flight. >> and what did you see? >> we saw amazing things, the center of the galaxy at the highest resolution for any infrared image ever. when the astronomer created that image quickly on the flight, i wasn't expecting it to happen so fast, i was excited, because it was cool, but to see all the other scientists get really excited, i knew i was seeing something really, really exciting