getting into space is an extraordinary feat, and astronaut kate rubins was no ordinary student. >> as kate rubins walked to the launch vehicle in kazakstan, a stanford professor was watching from mission control in houston. >> as the rocket headed up into the sky, i choked up. i was overwhelmed. >> he was kate's ph.d. mentor. he said her graduate work with deadly diseases like ebola prepared her for spacious. >> many of the same kinds of conditions that she'll now have to face as an astronaut. she was literally wearing a space suit in dealing with life-threatening dangers. >> he said kate never took the easy road, and there is no easy road to space. >> she had to learn fluent russian, learn to fly a jet fighter and other training. >> but her training began long before grad school. here in her high school they still remember her. >> she really dove into everything. >> he was her soccer coach. >> and she was an editor-in-chief. >> did you look and say this girl is going to be an astronaut? >> no, i can't say i did but i knew there would be something special. >> they are sending somethin

getting into space is an extraordinary feat, and astronaut kate rubins was no ordinary student. >> asrubins walked to the launch vehicle in kazakstan, a stanford professor was watching from mission control in houston. >> as the rocket headed up into the sky, i just choked up. i was overwhelmed. >> he was kate's ph.d. mentor. he said her graduate work with deadly diseases like ebola prepared her for space. >> many of the same kinds of conditions that she'll now have to face as an astronaut. she was literally wearing a space suit in dealing with life-threatening dangers. >> he said kate never took the easy road, and there is no easy road to space. >> she had to do things like learn to be fluent in russian, learn to fly a jet fighter and other training. >> but her training began long before grad school. here in her high school they still remember her. >> she was a top student and really dove into the material. >> he was her soccer coach. >> and she was an editor-in-chief. >> did you look at her and say this girl is going to be an astronaut? >> no, i can't say i did but i know there would

kate rubins >>> from napa to nasa, a bay area astronaut lifts off to the international space station. kate rubens took off in an rocket to kazakhstan, about 7:00 our time. she's travelling with two other astronauts from russia and japan, as you saw there. they're in coach. expected to it reach the space station friday. >>> back here on the earth, a $100 million museum dedicated to the story of noah's arc and it opens to the public tomorrow. >> the ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday in kentucky, called the ark encounter. almost two football fields long, it's built to the same specs as those in the bible. there's even an animateimatronic noah and animal s,,,,,,,,,,,, nfl hall of famer t favre & the wi >>> baseball up top and by the end of these highlights, maybe the end of next week's games starter. favre and the wife were in the house. brandon bell took over. leading vote getter for the remaining all-star slot launched it off the bricks, scored a run and it was on. six innings, slug on, gone. buster posey. a solo job. giants get a man, 3-1. cueto on cruise control. got charles blackmon

national crew stopped att the international space statione this morning.rnin on board was american kate rubinan astronaut from japan and a russia cosmo naught. it is starting a four-month mission around the earth. i love seeing that.seei >> i do, too. > there's only one way to describe the weather that we've been having and it is. >> who the, who the, who the. > we complain about everythingt i actually don't mind. >> i'm fine with it if it's nott snowing, not freezing, i'm all right. be careful what you ask for,or right. remember this in the middle ofmd december or january.r ja well, you know what we've got a frontal system and that's whatha we're keeping an eye on.ye it's going to move throughmo tonight right here to the northh the mason dixon line. it's going to bring us from the unwanted house guest. right now 84-degrees at d.c. relative humidity finally dropping 46 percent.dr winds areop fairly light movingo from the west, northwest at about 9 miles an hour. temperatures in our neighborhood 78 at dulles, 81 at frederick fr at gaithersburg, 77 at quantico. it's still warm out there. the sn

. >> reporter: as astronaut kate rubins headed to the pad, her professor was watching. >> many of thee kinds of conditions that she will now have to face as an astronaut, she was literally wearing a space suit and dealing with life-threatening dangers. >> reporter: he says kate never took the easy road. a good thing, because there's no easy road to space. >> head to become fluent in russian, learn survival training. >> reporter: kate's interest in science began in high school. >> she was a top student and really dove into the material. >> reporter: mike pearson was her soccer coach. she was in the honor society, the campus newspaper. >> she was the editor in chief. >> reporter: did you look at her and say, this girl is going to be an astronaut? >> i can't say i did, but i knew there would be something special about her. >> we'll have a live feed from the spaceship, a spectacular thing for the students. >> reporter: curiosity is in her dna. >> an explorer, a risk taker, somebody who has joy for the unknown. >> reporter: it will be a busy few months in space. kate was never one to do th

kate rubins exchanged hugs upon the arrival at the orbiting lab on friday night.crow biologist will spend the next few months in space studying genetics and how the body changes in microgravity. she will also study out bone mass and cardiovascular systems change while living in space. she graduated from vintage high school in napa. >>> an effort is underway to bring nor greenery and yellow to san francisco's tenderloin. a group of local organizations has launched an effort to plant 50 lemon trees. while the search is on for places to plant them, volunteers are needed to temporarily take care of the trees. anyone interested is encouraged to visit the demonstration garden's booth during today's sunday street events in the tenderloin. >> firefighters saved a kitten from the storm drain yesterday after hearing it meow for help. it was on 12th street and 26th avenue. her face could be seen peeking out from the greats. firefighters pride open the cover and got it free. the kitten appears to be in great shape. much more ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news. by all accou

. >>> nasa astronaut kate rubins is now aboard the international space station, a capsule docked withspace station overnight. they will spend the next four months there. true bins is a cancer and infectious disease researcher. >>> coming up next on nbc 10 news today, a popular golfer pulled out of the olympics. why he's choosing to skip the games in rio the same year as golf makes a triumphant return to the olympics. >>> welcome back. we have new video of a deadly tractor-trailer crash in washington state. the truck fell off an elevated ramp on to the highway below last night. the driver was killed. no other cars were hit. investigators are trying to figure out exactly what caused the driver to lose control in his tractor-trailer to crash. >>> new this morning doctors are reporting the first death of a patient with the zika virus in the continental u.s. health officials in utah say the person contracted the virus while traveling abroad earlier this year. it is an elderly patient who died in june and also suffered from another health condition so right now it's unclear how the virus co

now a new american astronaut is heading into space for the very first time area cancer biologist kate rubins is part of a group that launched from cousin this morning. she will spend four months doing research on the international space station. one of her tasks , sequencing the first genome in microgravity, that sounds pretty forward. that's what causes astronauts to appear weightless in space. jon: i'm sure you could do that area that justin, a florida county extending its state of emergencies as it grapples with neon green globs described as thick, stinking, toxic algae and the stuff is blanketing miles of florida waterways. reporting live from steward florida with that, phil? reporter: john, not only does this look disgusting it truly does smell disgusting and it toxic help problem for people and marine life. the state is wanting everybody not to touch this the algae that's floating on the surface, look at that. not even to smell or read in the stench because the symptoms include runny nose, scratchy throat, sore throat, headaches and even nausea. the state department of environmental pr

kate rubin will become the 60th woman in space. >> kristen, thanks a lot. >>> that picture of blue skies in kazakhstan, not here. >> no. couldn't see much of anything outside earlier. spencer christian is here with today's accuweather forecast. >> hey, blue skies. hum, i seem to remember those. maybe they will return some day soon. here is a look a live doppler 7 hd. if you travel inland, you could find some blue skies despite the rather extensive low cloud cover. the view from the rooftop looking across the embarcadero and over the bay and the forecast features. fog, no surprise there. and spotty drizzle during the overnight hours and into early tomorrow morning. below average temperatures will remain the pattern for the next three days but a warmer pattern begins on sunday and we'll have more seasonal temperatures developing by early next week. overnight, look for extensive low clouds and fog pushing well across the bay and inland. low temperatures will be mainly in the mid-50s. we'll see a few low 50s in the north bay valleys and along the coast. and here is our forecast animation beg