up and away, the spacex mighty falcon rocket.in one of these seats. this uncrewed test is part of an ambitious nasa project to send astronauts into space from us soil once more. what today really represents is a new era in space flight, an era where we are looking forward to being one customer as an agency and as a country. it's been eight long years since the country that won the space race has been grounded. the shuttle was withdrawn from service because it was unsafe and nasa had to pay the russian space agency to send its astronauts to the space station on its soyuz rockets. but in 2014, nasa awarded spacex and boeing a combined £5 billion contract so that each could build their own spacecraft. we believe in the future of space, and it's important that we become a space—faring civilisation and be out there among the stars. we want the things that are in science fiction novels and movies not to be science fiction for ever. we want them to be real one day. nasa hopes to use the vehicles to send astronauts into space by the end

spacex's falcon rocket blasts off into orbit from florida's kennedy space centre.show nasa it can carry astronauts into space. and in sport, arsenal miss the chance to beat their rivals spurs, with a late penalty miss in the north london derby. good evening. a 17—year—old girl has been stabbed to death in a park in east london. the victim was found in harold hill in romford last night. police have launched a murder investigation. no arrests have been made so far, and the victim hasn't been formally identified yet. katy austin has more for us. flowers have been laid by the park where a 17—year—old died last night, the first teenage girl to be fatally stabbed in london this year. it's sad to see this happen. itjust shows kind of the support that is needed in the community and how the community needs to continue reporting, because that's one of the issues we have in havering. the community are not reporting what they're seeing. therefore, havering is not seen as a priority or is not seen as an area of concern. it's been a shock for residents of this quiet residential

spacex's mighty falcon rocket, and on top, the dragon space capsule.ake four astronauts into space, but not just yet. instead, just a solitary crash test dummy, wired with sensors, is in one of these seats. this uncrewed test is part of an ambitious nasa project to send astronauts into space from us soil once more. we're doing things that are really risky, that most normal human beings don't do. and the designs and the complexity of what we have to do — you know, we're strapping human beings on top of rockets with millions of pounds of thrust and hurling them into orbit, to go attached to a space station, to do world—cutting research, and that isn't trivial. it has been eight long years since the country that won the space race has been grounded. the shuttle was withdrawn from service because it was unsafe, and nasa had to pay the russian space agency to send its astronauts to the space station on its soyuz rockets. but, in 2014, nasa awarded spacex and boeing a combined £5 billion contract so that each could build their own spacecraft. if they work as

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how serious are the concerns over lord falconer? to reassure jewish labour held the post might go some way to reassurejewish labour in peace. he has no friend ofjeremy corbyn, he is an old flatmate of tony blair. he was to be given extensive powers to ask for whatever papers and e—mails he wanted, to interview whoever he wanted. but a string ofjewish labour mps have said this morning that they do not think anyone appointed byjeremy corbyn would be sufficiently independent and, more, one suggests the entire complaints procedure should be taken out of the party and given to an independent body. it has got a bit personal, with veteran labour mp dame margaret hodge suggesting that lord falconer bombarded her with phone call to try to get her to apologise when she was temporarily suspended from the labour party for calling jeremy corbyn an anti—semite. i think it all points to the breakdown interest between mr corbyn and jewish labour mps, which may be irreparable. meanwhile, the conservatives are dealing with accusations of islamophobia

, lord falconer, to take up a new role overseeing both allegations.ner‘s position, suggesting he is not truly independent because he is not truly independent because he has been appointed by the labour party and will be accountable to mr corbyn, and she also suggests that when she was temporarily suspended from the labour party for calling jeremy corbyn an anti—semite, lord falconer, to use herface, bombarded her with phone calls to try to falsehood to apologise. in effect, she raises serious questions about the role of jeremy she raises serious questions about the role ofjeremy corbyn and the leader's office in handling the anti—semitism allegations, and this is what she said on the today programme this morning. what is so awful about this is that jeremy always proclaims zero—tolerance of anti—semitism. when it comes to the actual cases, if they are his mates, he doesn't demonstrate zero—tolerance. and the other thing, he claims no political interference in... in these cases. there is. i've never seen so much evidence, there is definitely political i

the two peregrine falcons living atop the tower are expecting. cal installed live cameras.past few days one of them started laying eggs. there are two so far and more could be on the way. the -- see the eggs! >> yes, baby watch. >> they'll likely hatch sometime next month. >> we don't care about april the giraffe, we care about the falcons. >> i could watch that all day. >> people will. thank you for joining us. lester holt is next with nightly news. >>> tonight, president trump unleashes a stunning new attack on the late senator john mccain seven months after mccain's death. >> i gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president i had to approve. i don't care about this, i didn't get thank you, that's okay. >> tonight a republican senator calling the new attacks deplorable, saying he plans to deliver the president a verbal whipping. >>> breaking news, sources tell nbc news the fbi has joined the investigation into how the faa certified the plane involved in those twin air disasters. >>> the founder and former owner of the massage parlor where patriots owner r

whether lord falconer will feel that he can take this post a p°ny feel that he can take this post a ponychaotic. —— ta ke it all seems a little chaotic. —— take this post when he has defined his terms. he was interviewed elsewhere in the sunday papers talking about what he would do, but presumably that was before this interview. between march and may last year, covering the period immediately afterjeremy corbyn promised to be militant opponent of anti—semitism and it reveals, according to the observer, that officials acting on behalf of the newly general secretary, jennie formby, who was appointed in april last year, oppose recommendations to suspend several members and another case, jeremy corbyn adviser argued for more leniency to a member who had defended the anti—semitic mule that caused such controversy. had defended the anti—semitic mule that caused such controversym had defended the anti—semitic mule that caused such controversy. it is the trust issue, who do you trust to sort this out? trust and perception. —— mural. also, there is the sense thatjeremy —— mural. also, there is th

. >> reporter: the 1st officer not to climb aboard a falcon 9 rocket and into spacex's new ship called crew dragon. falcon 9 is the company were course watching 20 times last year but crew dragon needs a successful test flight called demo 1 the 4th spacex can fly people. the goal is to prove it can safely dock and undocked from the space station, reenter the earth's atmosphere and splashdown off the florida coast. >> and we have splashdown. >> reporter: your mission is? >> riding on success of #1. >> i am from missouri, the show me state and having those successes under your belt goes a long way. >> reporter: you wanted to go wrong when it is unscrewed. expect yes. >> reporter: the final lift off of atlanta's. once the space journal program ended in 2011, nasa has had one option to get to the space station. to ride with the russians, a round-trip ticket cost $81 million per seat. that is now changing. nasa has hired 2 companies, spacex and boeing to design and build new space taxis. both companies have learned space is hard. both are running more than 2 years behind schedule. and with

the spacex falcon is due to launch at around 7:50am this morning.will be an unmanned test—flight to the international space station. nasa says it is a critical mission, and if successful, could be a major step forward in space travel. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. spacex's mighty falcon rocket, and on top, the dragon space capsule. designed to take four astronauts into space, but not just yet. instead, just a solitary crash test dummy, wired with sensors, is in one of these seats. three, two, one, launch. this uncrewed test is part of an ambitious nasa project to send astronauts into space from us soil once more. we're doing things that are really risky, that most normal human beings don't do. and the designs and the complexity of what we have to do — you know, we're strapping human beings on top of rockets with millions of pounds of thrust and hurling them into orbit, to go attach to a space station, to do world—cutting research. and that isn't trivial. it has been eight long years since the country that won the space race has be

wonder how the falcons feel about that? >> why are you looking at me?pefully they don't realize. >> mind your business. >> we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. not looking great this morning. although the rain has let up through this area. it was quite heavy earlier this morning. definitely have wet pavement still. you'll deal with road spray. could be breezy on the bridge. the lights on early. metering lights flipping on at 5:07. it's a busy start in several areas. also, a sigalerti issued. if you want to head through the city or north to the bridge, that is currently closed due to flooding. we're working to get more information. i don't have an eto for when it wraps up. let check in with our meteorologist, mike nicco. >> the potential for a thunderstorm today. it's alls us. we'll reset the clock at 4:00 a.m. this morning. you can see about .15 to a third of an inch. by the time is epds in the evning hours, we're up to a quarter to nearly half an inch of rain. pretty healthy amounts there. my biggest concerns are this morning with the standing w

kim falcons says her office could have convicted smollett and it would have had the same result.mollett forfeiting his bond and community service. falcons therefore her office chose alternative prosecution and understands the police and public are upset. >> it is fair to say that the police department is not happy on every decision that we make. i think the notoriety around this case has somehow cast i think an unreasonable expectation that the police department and us will agree on every case. >> also, the national district attorney's association which says it represents 2700 prosecution offices around the country released a letter heavily criticizing kim falcons writing in part, quote: when a chief prosecutor recuses him or herself, the recusal must apply to the entire office. not just the elected or appointed prosecutor. also writing, quote, prosecutors should not take advice from politically connected. we just learned the police union plans to protest kim foxx. >> order of the court but that may change? >> yes, chicago police tell us this case has been sealed but now kim foxx

how many falcon nines would it take, or how many falcon heavies? when we did the analysis, we patterned a rocket that was sized out to be the sls, the space launch system. it is a family of vehicles. as we get further down the road payload,to carry more we will enhance it with some other kind of things. a quick example of what the sls will allow us to do -- and it has nothing to do with humans. if we want to do a mission to europa, one of the moons of jupiter -- it is a big deal in the science community. john: there is more water on europa than there is on the earth. charles: you either take a number of years -- either it is seven or eight ticket to europa, which is orbiting jupiter, or sls gives you the lift, the power that cut -- the power to cut that in half. for a scientist, it means they may live long enough to get to the planet where they are going. sometimes people will tell you nothing last forever, and that is right. we are getting ready to retire the delta four heavy, which was an incredible rocket built by ula, which used to be boeing. a

when the falcon 9 rocket powered through the night sky cutting a spectacular path to the space station. >> live view of the falcon 9 rocket as it ascends through the atmosphere. >> reporter: yet again spacex demonstrating remarkable engineering precision. >> as you hear from the cheering here at spacex headquarters, we did have a successful mid-engine cutoff. >> reporter: success at every stage, including the reusable first stage guided to earth for a perfect landing on a ship 300 miles out to sea. this unmanned mission a critical test of the spacex dragon crew vehicle that nasa hopes will carry astronauts to the space station this year. along for the ride a mannequin named ripley, wired with sensors to gauge the g-forces and stress a real astronaut might experience. spacex's ceo elon musk's vision, first the space station, then the moon, and mars. >> i believe in the future of space. i think it is important we have space exploration, be out there among the stars. >> reporter: dragon is set to dock with the space station tomorrow before returning to earth next week. if all goes well, a

spacex's falcon rocket blasts off into orbit from florida's kennedy space centre.arry astronauts into space. labour's internal row over anti—semitism has deepened with two of the party's most senior figures clashing over how to handle complaints. reports from the disputed region of kashmir say there's been a new violation of the ceasefire along the line of control between india and pakistan. britain's golden girls — katerina johnson—thompson takes gold

and how many falcon nines would it take or how many falcon heavies? when we did the analysis we patterned a rocket scientist out to be the space launch system. it's actually a family of launch vehicles because as we get farther and farther down the road and we want to carry more and more payload we will enhance it with a different upper stage and other things. to give you a quick example of what the sls will allow us to do, it has nothing to do with humans, if we want to do a mission to europa, the moons of jupiter, it's a big deal in the science community, -- >> there is more water on europa the nurse. >> you either take a number of years, seven or eight to get to europa which is orbiting jupiter or sls gives you the power to cut that in half. so to a scientist who is an investigator on a mission, it may means they may live to actually be on the mission to the planet where they are going. that's the biggest reason for sls. a lot of times people will tell you, it won't last forever. they are absolutely right. nothing lasts forever. we are getting read

lord falconer has suggested that is not the case, he said he spoke to margaret hodge on the phone butnt, he wasn't trying to put some squeeze on her. nevertheless, margaret hodge's view is that eitherjeremy corbyn has misled her or been misled himself by saying he has not or his staff had not been involved in the disciplinary process. this is her speaking on the today programme. what is so awful about this is that jeremy always proclaim zero tolerance about anti—semitism. when it comes to the actual cases, if it is his mates, he doesn't demonstrate a zero tolerance and the other thing, he claims no political interference in these cases. there is, i have seen so much evidence, there is definitely political interference, so trust in him has gone and, actually, misleadingly or himself being misled, it really undermines my trust for him. interestingly, there is a similar sort of row, perhaps on a lesser scale, bubbling away in the tory party after former tory party chairman baroness warsi accused the party of 80 —— like being institutionally racist and ignorant of islamophobia, after she

there are x-wing fighters, land speeders, and, of course, the millennium falcon. you won't need an e-ticket to pilot the falcon. disney hasn't done that in decades. to make point five past light speed you'll probably have to wade your turn. >> there -- wait your turn. >> there are huge fanatics out there. >> i think it will be fun. i'm nervous about the crowds. >> reporter: before you get a bad feel about this, we're also getting a first glimpse at how disney will manage those crowds. for at least the first few weeks to get into "galaxy's edge," you'll have to make a reservation on line. it won't cost you anything extra, but those reservations will be in high demand. >> those reservations are going to be gone in seconds. seconds. >> reporter: and "gall agents's edge" -- "galaxy's edge" will be opening in phases. "rise of the resistance" will be open sometime later this year. rob mcmillan, abc7 news. >> what do you think? >> it's going to be packed, and an incredible amount of fun. >> company outing? >> yes. talk to our boss about that. >> yes. "world news tonight"

the former lord chancellor, lord falconer, has revealed that he hasn't yet agreed to take up a new anti—semitismwithin labour, despite the party's most senior official saying he already has. america's ambassador to the uk urges britain to embrace us farming methods to help secure a post—brexit trade deal dismissing fears over chlorine—washed chicken and hormone—fed beef. bernie sanders launches his campaign for the white house at a rally in new york. the senator is hoping to be chosen to run against president trump in 2020. after a successful launch, the first astronaut capsule launched from american soil in eight years is on course to dock with the international space station tomorrow morning. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are the political editor of the sunday mirror and the sunday people, nigel nelson, and the political commentatorjo phillips. tomorrow's front pages. starting with. .. the mail on sunday reports on the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney who was stabbed to death in a park in east london. she's the 18th vict

in rugby union's premiership, newcastle falcons held on for a vital win over worcester warriors to keepe quick thinking from zack kiberigee at the base of a ruck. the winger‘s fifth try in eight premiership matches. man of the match toby flood scored the only other try and the rest of newcastle's points in a 17—6 win. in the pro14, ulster beat dragons 28—15, sealing a convincing bonus point victory and returning to third place. captain alan o'connor scored their fourth try after they were reduced to 13 men. the win keeps ulster on course for a playoff spot. london broncos with an 18—16 win over the rugby league champions wigan warriors. that is your sport now. i'm so glad you've mentioned the rugby league. i've been hustled on social media all night. so have i been, yes! we have been listening, thank you. putting it right. goodness me. the test flight of a possible new capsule for taking us astronauts into space has so far gone well. the dragon vehicle successfully docked with the international space station earlier today. karen allen has more. two metres away... 248 miles above earth,

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spacex's falcon rocket blasts off into orbit from florida's kennedy space centre.show nasa it can carry astronauts into space. in sport, arsenal miss the chance to beat their rivals. a late penalty miss in the north london derby. good afternoon. a 17—year—old girl has been stabbed to death in a park in east london. the victim was found in harold hill in romford last night. police have launched a murder investigation. no arrests have been made so far, and the victim hasn't been formally identified yet. well, a short time ago, our correspondent katy austin — who's been at the scene today — told me about the grief that's been caused by this latest fatal stabbing. that's right. there's been a profound sense of shock and disbelief in this community at the fact that a 17—year—old girl died in the parkjust behind me last night. she has become the 18th person to be killed in london this year. no arrests have been made over the death as yet, but police say they're continuing to investigate how someone so young came to lose their life here. flowers have been laid by the park

the falcons are expecting their first offspring of 2019. >> i wonder if they look up to the camera, aplease. >> beautiful bird watching weather. >> you watch the butterflies, you watch the birds, larry, you have a lot of time on your hands. tomorrow there is no rain, just sun shine. temperatures to the 60s to the low 70s. and for the st. patrick's day parade, you couldn't ask for better weather in san francisco. when the parade gets underway, you will need plenty of sun screen, shade. enjoy the milder pattern. it is going to warm up for the weekend. saturday and sunday is when the temperatures will come up into the 70s. monday near 80 degrees. a light level 1 system will bring us cooling trend. this is an accuweather seven-day forecast that appeals to everyone. bird watching, butterfly watching. >> sti aroun and jus soaking it up. >> lounging and soaking it up. >> that's my life. thank you, sandy. and that and putting on makeup. >> that's your favorite part. >> a new landmark for silicon valley. the unique ideas we found. >> i am michael finney. to take care of yourself. but nature's

newcastle falcons held on for a vital win over worcester warriors to keep their premiership survivalarly on thanks to some quick—thinking from zack kiberige at the base of a ruck. the winger‘s fifth try in 8 premiership matches. man of the match toby flood scored the only other try and the rest of newcastle's points in a 17—6 win. in the proili... ulster beat dragons 28—15... sealing a convincing bonus—point victory and returining to third place. captain alan 0'connor scored their fourth try, after they were reduced to 13 men. the win keeps ulster on course for a playoff spot. we're heading to poland now, because the world track cycling championships drew to a close there today. no more medals for great britain, but plenty to build on ahead of the olympics in tokyo next year. jill douglas and sir chris hoy have sent us this... the well track championship. it has been an exciting afternoon. no metals by great britain, but outstanding performances nevertheless. let's talk about the man at sprint, holland had been great all week, but that was something special. but the gold and silver,

the falcon nine rocket an astronaut capsule blasted off from cape canaveral florida it should reach the eye assess tomorrow and is scheduled to return to earth on march eighth if successful two astronauts will be allowed on board for the next launch of space x. suffered a setback in twenty fifteen when a rocket bound for the international space station exploded. north korean leader kim jong un has departed vietnam following the breakdown of his summit with u.s. president donald trump kim's journey home on his private armor train is expected to take more than sixty hours it comes amid fresh controversy over the case of auto warm beer an american student who was detained and tortured in north korea warm beer was returned to his family in the u.s. in a vegetative state in two thousand and seventeen and he died days later president donald trump has said he's confident kim did not know about it the two countries and says they'll continue dialogue despite the failed summit. well for more on all this i'm joined in the studio now by behrendt berger he's an asia expert of the german council on f

the falcon nine rocket with the crew dragon capsule took off from to canaveral florida it should reach the i s s tomorrow and is scheduled to return to earth on march eighth if successful two astronauts will be allowed on board for the next launch space six suffered a setback at twenty fifteen when a rocket bound for the international space station exploded. now let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories making news around the world north korean leader kim jong un has departed vietnam following his state visit and the breakdown of his summit with the u.s. president donald trump he spent his last day in hanoi laying wreaths at a war memorial and mausoleum kim's journey home by an armored train is expected to take more than sixty hours. canada says it will allow the u.s. extradition case against wall waves chief executive mangal one job to proceed canadian authorities arrested the chinese technology companies c.f.o. last december at the request of washington is wanted in the u.s. for allegedly conspiring to violate u.s. sanctions on iran. heavy fighting is reportedly underway

has proved itself with its dragon capsule and its falcon nine in the past but it's only worked as a cargo farriers basically taking cargo from the u.s. from cape canaveral up to the i assess this is the first time that they're actually given the ability to prove that they can transport humans safely to the ice s. and back and of course the ice as is our foothold in space and when it comes to actually sending out those longer term missions to the moon to the mother to mars this is a critical first step but it's one of many that have his company will have to take and just say thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least six civilians and two pakistani troops have been killed after indian and pakistani soldiers targeted each other's posts and villages along the border in the disputed kashmir region tensions have been running high since indian aircraft crossed into pakistan on choose day to carry out a strike against militants. in syria heavy fighting is reportedly underway in the last one on klav of the so-called islamic state u.s. backed syrian defense f

has proved itself with its dragon capsule and it's falcon nine in the past but it's only worked as a cargo farriers basically taking cargo from the u.s. from cape canaveral up to the i assess this is the first time that they're actually given the ability to prove that they could transport humans safely to the ice s. and back and of course the idea says is are foothold in space and when it comes to actually sending out those longer term missions to the moon to the more to mars this is a critical first step but it's one of many that have his company will have to take and test like thank you. u.s. president donald trump has hit out at his political opponents in a case beach to conservatives trump is under mounting pressure on both domestic and foreign policy after this week's a failed north korea summit and the explosive allegations made by his former lawyer in congress u.s. president has been addressing the conservative political action conference it's his third successive speech to the gathering which for decades has played host to republican leader is trying to criticize the democrat

has proved itself with its dragon capsule and its falcon nine in the past but it's only worked as a cargo farriers basically taking cargo from the u.s. from cape canaveral up to the i assess this is the first time that they're actually getting the ability to prove that they could transport humans safely to the ice s. and back and of course the idea says is are foothold in space and when it comes to actually sending out those longer term missions to the moon to the mother to mars this is a critical first step but it's one of many that have his company will have to take and just say thank you. a protester in algeria has died during a mass march in the capital algeria's protests have been taking place across the country against president abdelaziz bouteflika running for a fifth term the demonstrations are the biggest anti-government uprising since the arab spring eight years ago but has been in power since nineteen ninety nine despite suffering a stroke five years ago eighty one year old announced he wants to he wants wrong for another term. it was the biggest turnout of demonstrators so far

. >> reporter: the "falcon 9" rocket and crew dragon capsule soared into history this morning bringing america a giant leap closer to completely home-grown space travel for the first time in nearly eight years. ten minutes after launch, the "falcon 9's" first stage successfully touched down on a recovery ship 300 miles off the florida coast. [ cheers ] by then, the crew dragon capsule was already orbiting earth at five miles per second. spacex's founder, elon musk. >> a little emotionally exhaust ed because that was super stressful, but worked so far. >> reporter: through next friday the crew needs to prove it can safely dock and undachau ton mousily with the space station, reenter the atmosphere, and splash down on the florida coast. if all goes well, the spacex capsule could carry two astronauts as early as the summer. >> i want to be clear. our goal here is safety. >> reporter: nasa's administrator told us nasa is no longer in the space race business. >> it is less relevant as far as the date what is more relevant is the safety of our crew. we're going to make sure we do things righ

the crew dragon capsule atop the falcon nine rocket is the first space shuttle intended for commercial use the only passenger on this demo one mission is a dummy named ripley carrying with him four hundred pounds of supplies for the space station it's expected to arrive on sunday and if all goes well the next mission could put two astronauts in space as early as this july nasa wardy contracts to space x. and boeing to develop cheaper methods of going to space since retiring its shuttles in two thousand and eleven thus ending its reliance on russia so use spacecraft which cost more than eighty million dollars a seat what it means for the space program is it's really opening up much more regular.

the falcon nine rocket an astronaut capsule blasted off from cape canaveral in florida it should reach the iowa says tomorrow and is scheduled to return to earth on march eighth if successful two astronauts will be allowed on board for the next launch the space x. suffered a setback in twenty fifteen when a rocket bound for the international space station exploded. and for more on all this to a reporter and tilton joins me now in the studio hello to you aaron so tell us why this mission is so important for the u.s. space program well there's two aspects to it you have to remember the u.s. hasn't had the capacity of launching their own manned space missions the ais as since two thousand and eleven since they grounded the space shuttle program so this test is the first step towards actually returning that capacity to the united states that's the first aspect the second is that nasa is attempting to cut costs and really commercialize space they're trying to bet on smaller companies like space x. or also like boeing and. they want them to help them commercialize space so they can make spac

behind me you can see spacex's "falcon 9" rocket.what this is most about, the crew dragon capsule. spacex has everything riding on this mission. its final approach for nasa astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley. straight ahead, the international space station. they're not 250 miles above earth. this is a training simulation at the headquarters of spacex in hawthorne, california. >> soft capture confirmed. attenuation in progress. >> reporter: behnken and hurley, both space shuttle veterans, will be the first astronauts to climb aboard a "falcon 9" rocket and into the new ship. >> liftoff. >> reporter: "falcon 9" is the company workhorse launching 20 times last year. crew dragon needs a successful test flight called demo one before spacex can fly people. the goal -- prove it can safely dock and undock from the space station, reenter the earth's atmosphere, and splash down off the florida coast. >> we have splashdown. >> reporter: your mission is riding on the success of demo one? >> certainly. the only way to demonstrate it is to fly

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the crew dragon capsule atop the falcon nine rocket is the first space shuttle intended for commercial use the only passenger on this demo one mission is a dummy named ripley carrying with him four hundred pounds of supplies for the space station it's expected to arrive on sunday and if all goes well the next mission could put two astronauts in space as early as this july nasa wardy contracts the space x. and boeing to develop cheaper methods of going to space since retiring its shuttles in two thousand and eleven thus ending its reliance on russia so use spacecraft which cost more than eighty million dollars a seat what it means for the space program is it's really opening up much more regular access to the space station redundancy right now we're relying on just one system the russian soyuz system we also have boeing starliner vehicle coming later this year so so we really will see a lot more capability in terms of our ability to launch humans into space space x. and boeing own and operate the spacecraft and will be leasing them out to nasa and other clients when striking as and regu