but there's no funding, and nasa's budget cannot develop such vehicles.s budget today is insufficient to carry out the administration's plan on the stated schedule. sos and orion will be highly capable, and their development is progressing very well. but they're only part of the picture. without the means to develop or acquire the missing pieces of the puzzle, a decade from now nasa will be unable to do much more than duplicate the success of a apolo's 8's orbit of the moon. i agree with, quote: a long-term objective of space should be -- in fact, in my view it should be the long-term objective for human exploration of space. i also believe robotic missions should serve as precursors to critically lay the scientific foundation on which human exploration will be built. in a recent survey that i chaired, the highest priority flagship mission identified was a mars rover that would initiate a campaign to return samples from the surface of mars. unfortunately, nasa's been unable to follow this recommendation because of deep proposed cuts in the fy-13 budget fo

in my time as chairman of the nasa advisory council, the aeronautics program is one of nasa's shining tools. it is a small part of the agency, financially. but if you look at nasa's budget and ask yourself, what are the things the agency does that most directly benefit the taxpayers in their daily lives? it is hard to find anything better than their aeronautics program. i feel that disrupting that program, taking it and trying to rip it out of the place it has found such a good home would be detrimental to one of the best things that i think nasa does. the surveys that are run by the national research center are all about prioritizing. we looked at dozens of mission concepts. we prioritized and prioritized, and we draw on input from the community to go on literally for a couple of years. and what we bring forward are the few highest priority missions that have survived, that really pretty brutal down a select process. what you see are the ones that result from a very, very intensive and rigorous prioritization process. >> if i can add to that, one of the new things at tweeted in this

while the pilot of the nasa 747 navigates the skies with the shuttle atop the aircraft. you'll need to do a little navigating too. if you're driving in the area, you're urged not to pull off the highway to take a look. another great photo op will be at the golden gate bridge where the shuttle will fly over around 8:30 tomorrow morning, an an estimated 1500 feet in the air. mary curry says operators will do what is required to maintain safety, but doesn't expect traffic to stop. wherever you go to watch the shuttle, it's your chance to say good-bye to endeavor and welcome new endeavors in space exploration. >> others suggested places to watch the shuttle tomorrow morning, including shore line park and chrissy field. the big question now is whether the weather will cooperate with the shuttle viewing. to find out that answer, let's check in with jeff ranieri. >> it's going to be a close call. i saw this shuttle lift off as a kid. you can bet i'm going to be up early to see this as it passes throughout california. the marine layer and fog right now is not very extensive. tha

update news was there for the flyover and to find out more about the bay area's nasa center. ">>>all eyes were in the sky last week as a piece of american history, the space shuttle endeavour, soared above california in its last flight before retirement. the endeavour was the fifth and final shuttle built by nasa with its first mission to space in 1992. the ship made multiple trips to the international space station and made service missions to the hubble space craft. standup :18 - the space shuttle endeavour made its twenty-fifth and final mission into space in may of 2011. today endeavour tours california in its final flight, making honorary fly-bys at the state capitol and right here outside the nasa ames research center here in mountain view. the ames research center has one of ten nasa visitor centers in the country and has top astronaut training platforms like this virtual motion simulator..nat sound karol bobko joined ames as a simulation lab manager in 2005 and remembers flying the real shuttle as a nasa astronaut. sot :10 - there is a tremendous sense of accomplishme

nasa me the following statement. and concluded that it will. and regardless of the exact architecture that is pursued or the exact have a master karmic, a heavy launch capability is fundamental to its execution. it must be pursued with utmost priority and speed. it is dependent upon its capability as an enabler. now that architecture has been established. it is imperative that we receive adequate funding. what nasa cannot afford to do is continue the trend of cancelled programs and seemingly random directional changes of priorities. will result in the return or progress. would result in little return our progress. it leverages on past experience and technology. this is the time to make sure we get beyond current's or that as fast and as safely as possible. orbit as fastth's and as safely as possible. there has been a lot of talk about returning to the moon. sos has the flexibility to do that. a continual research should be the norm. robots should be characterizing the environment on mars and its moons. when humans ex

it predates nasa.he laser guidance that enabled the space shuttle to dock with a space station accurately without dumping in and having to try it four times. how many people here had that surgery? one person in the whole place has the surgery? [laughter] and she's not wearing glasses. and, you know, of course tang predates nasa. it became a beverage of choice for them to this day, i know not why. [laughter] the point is, you know, and if you are in to spin-offs, every year every couple of years nasa comes off with a spin off book. each product that was pat tented because of space motivation that became a product is the stride here in every one of the volume. this is twoin. i think there has been some since then. it's beautiful lo composed and written. an interesting one, terrorist an there's solutions that enable people to hear. nasa figured out it's a good thing to do. now you might say why didn't anybody else think about it? they were not not -- motivated to do so. .. inspired by it space technologie

i was recently part of a four member nasa crew. i was the one non-astronaut on the crew that conducted a two-week long mission of the aquarius mission in your home state of florida simulating the kinds of extra vehicular activity tools and equipment for what we use for exploration of an asteroid and it got me very excited about what a human scientist, explorer could do in an asteroid on a mission by sls. i think most importantly a heavy lift capability is essential. i'm a big fan of robotic exploration. i'm a member of the science team for the curiosity mission but with our magnificent curiosity rover can do in a day you can do in about 45 seconds, and you know what our magnificent opportunity rover has done on mars and eight and a half years you could do in a good week, week and a half, something like that. so what humans can do in the way of science on the surface of mars far surpasses what can never be done in my view by these wonderful rovers that i in so many of us here have devoted our careers to building and operating so i s

it might sound like a movie plot, but tyler tells us that nasa takes neos very seriously. in fact, all should. >> so, do you worry that something from outer space may crash into the earth? >> i think the chances are pretty slim. >> sometimes, like when i'm daydreaming in the middle of history class. >> no. i don't worry about something from outer space crashing into the earth. >> i don't worry about it a lot because i feel like we would have had a lot of warning from a lot of people and on the news, so i don't think that it's much to worry about. >> the universe isn't quite as empty as it seems. icy comets and rocky asteroids have been hurtling through space since time began. they're formed and propelled by explosions, collisions, and gravity. and they can be gigantic. this asteroid is 36 miles across. that's almost as wide as the state of rhode island. fortunately, most of these celestial wanderers are a lot smaller. >> pebble-sized objects hit the atmosphere on a daily basis. that's what you see when you see a shooting star. basketball-sized objects hit the earth's atmos

latest update from nasa, endeavour has just flown over the monterey bay aquarium. another science education location. earlier today it flew over the space and science center in oakland. the exploratorium in san francisco and the discovery museum in sausalito. and of course nasa ames research center in mountain view. >> it hitched a ride on top of a retrofited converted jumbo the pair left air force base, flew to sacramento and hundreds of thousands of people from northern california to southern california turned out to see this moment in history. it ispb!hci-it is going to be me saw -- low passes here. reporters in the field could see the writing underneath the jumbo jet as it passed over. >> so exciting. john alston has been at nasa ames research center all morning he joins us live from there where the excitement and emotional day. >> reporter: people waited almost five hours to see this sight. nasa and/or the pilot pulled a fast one because the thousands here were all looking toward the aren't way and moffett field, all of a sudden the shuttle actually came behin

>>pam: before nasa astronauts blastoff they make a stop in the bay area.ron4 takes you behind the controls at the nasa simulator coming up later. >>jaqueline: cooler weather over the past couple of days. that will continue into tomorrow. here is a live look from the ba temperatures right now are on the cooler side. fifties and low 60s for the inland valleys. another chilly night with temperatures are in to the '40's and '50's. the fog is spreading all the way inland. into the afternoon, sunny and cool with temperatures in the '60s and '70s. >> contest on a 193, the new 24-7 news channel. >>vicki: what is the culprit behind childhood obesity? you might be surprised to know. >>gary: in game 1 of a major tan game road trip. also, one of the founders of nfl football has passed away in vans, the raiders need some help. those stories are coming later in the broadcast. >> apple had said they have made improvements to siri. even if you're not getting a new iphone, you have something to look forward to with the release of the new operating system. >> siri has also

latest update from nasa, endeavour has just flown over the monterey bay aquarium. another science education location. earlier today it flew over the space and science center in oakland. the exploratorium in san francisco and the discovery museum in sausalito. and of course nasa ames research center in mountain view. >> it hitched a ride on top of a retrofited converted jumbo the pair left air force base, flew to sacramento and hundreds of thousands of people from northern california to southern california turned out to see this moment in history. it ispb!hci-it is going to be me saw -- low passes here. reporters in the field could see the writing underneath the jumbo jet as it passed over. >> so exciting. john alston has been at nasa ames research center all morning he joins us live from there where the excitement and emotional day. >> reporter: people waited almost five hours to see this sight. nasa and/or the pilot pulled a fast one because the thousands here were all looking toward the aren't way and moffett field, all of a sudden the shuttle actually came behin

golden gate bridge and nasa ames research center for the first time in history. there is keira clapper live with more. >> 10,000 people are expected to come here tomorrow morning. that will add to gridlock of the already-heavy silicon valley morning commutes and there is organizers urging people to carpool, bike if you can and though they're stressed about pulling off the event, they're enthused and looking forward and back in the history of this is the last flight tomorrow. on the way to its final resting place in los angeles will make a tirs and last flight over moffett field, paying homage to workers here. >> this is very proud of that. and there is a space shuttle over 30 years old. many people now worked on it from the beginning. >> nasa ames instrumental in the development ask creation. >> we'd been at the tiles here in nasa ames. >> 8,000 to 10,000 people are expected to pack into the field. and there are crowds and onlooker traffic. patrol hope drivers take heed. >> whatever you do, please do not stop on the side of the roadway. this is very unsafe to sto

and astrobiologist at nasa ames described it this way. they had these huge charts on the wall, engine drawings of the rover. with all of these dimensions, we would have some geometric question. well, can we see this? can we reach that? is this rock going to be in shade, or will it be in the sun? we would go and we would stand and stare at those charts. and overtime we stopped doing it so much because we begin to gain a sense of the body. that's projecting your self into the rover. it's just an amazing capability of the human mind that you can sort of retool your self. so acting through the robots they controlled, the scientists look around, they manipulate materials and they move over the landscape. they may pretend to be the rover crouching down and gesturing with an arm to better and imagine what is reachable. and through the eyeglasses of special cameras they can directly see iron minerals in the rocks. they are transformed in a way to the kind of cyborg on mars. now, that's all pretty different from doing field science. this is an on

you have done so many stories for nasa ames. how incredible to talk to somebody who flew it. did it surprise you? >> reporter: you know i lived in florida. i saw the seventh or eighth launch. i saw john glenn go up. living in florida, you see these go up all the time. you wouldn't realize it, but you can live halfway across the state. once it is in the air, you can see it. it looks like a white plume of smoke or rocket flare at night. you think of the engineering

so our futurecast, maybe nasa looking at this rpm model as well. you can see the fog right around san francisco and over hartowar hayward. as they move back the flight time, we'll get clearing as the sun comes up, the low clouds should break up so overall viewing should be pretty good as we go through the morning. some chilly temperatures out around bait area this morning. >>> well, the bay area was included as part of "endeavour's" final flight because of the deep connections between the shuttle program and nasa ames in mountain view. >> bob redell joins us live where thousands will fwagather t to get a glimpse of the shuttle. >> reporter: good morning to you. moffett field here is going to be one of the best places to see the shuttle "endeavour" not only because the weather is supposed to be good as far as viewing goes but this is one of the places where it's expected to do a low flyover at 1500 feet above the flight deck. the gates open to the public here at 6:00. they are expecting 8,000 to 10,000 people to show up. you cannot park unless you h

nasa ames is expecting 8,000 to 10,000 people out here. two to 300 people are here waiting for the gates to open up so they can get out to the flight line. at 8:00 they'll have a speaking program. one of the original "endeavour" astronauts, steve robinson, is scheduled to speak. at roughly 10:00 is when the space shuttle "endeavour" pic piggybacked on the 747 is supposed to do a flyover. i was just talking to someone at nasa ames, they're saying it could be as low as 200 to 300 feet, which would be quite a sight. you've got a lot of people out here who have been following the shuttle people since it started. you've got a father and his few kids. why was it important for you to be out here this morning? >> well, it's a once in a lifetime chance to see the space shuttle come over the bay area, so -- >> reporter: are you pretty excited? >> yeah. >> reporter: did you bring your camera, i assume? >> i see the cameras out here. all i have is my cell phone camera so this is going to have to work. >> reporter: have fun out there. they were initial

tomorrow, nasa is sending the shuttle endeavor on a tour of the bayarea. it's going to be the -- bay area. it's going to be the final flight as it moves to its home in los angeles. it will become part of a massive space exploration exhibit in la. nasa says we can expect a golden gate flyover some time after 9:30 in the morning. >> reporter: thursday afternoon, nasa delayed the space shuttle endeavor's plan to arrive here in the bay area by about an hour. they're hoping to get the shuttle here 9:30 in the morning. fog could make viewing difficult, so they decided to wait an extra hour. the shuttle riding atop a modified 747 is scheduled to take off from edwards airforce base friday morning. it will make a low-pass over sacramento then turn west over san francisco. we expect it here in the bay area around 9:30 am. that could change on the weather and cloud conditions friday morning. it will make two loops around the bay that will include flyovers of the golden gate and bay bridges. it could be as low as 1,500 feet. then it will head south to make a pass over

nasa committed 17 billion or the u.s. is spending 17 billion with nasa.t appeals in comparison if you compare it to today's dollars what they have spent in the past. how has the aerospace industry changed and what is the path for you?. >> there are six astronauts up there doing research. we tend to forget about that but it is ongoing the research out of that. we're developing a new commercial transportation system that will take crews on a u.s. system up the space station. then beyond that, we're developing a, big rocket, bigger than the apollo rocket that will carry the orion capsule deep into space to do human space travel back to the moon, to an asteroid and eventually on to mars. melissa: wow. >> it is interesting. houston brought us the moon. in the future we're going to bring the united states and the world mars. humans on mars. it is an amazing thing. melissa: how far away is that? >> we're out there in the 200 time frame. melissa: really? >> we're moving forward taking stepping stones approach we did in the 1960s. that decade we used step by step

the gates open here at nasa ames at 6:00. i just spoke to the guard manning the gate and they expect 8,000 to 10,000 people. you will want to arrive early. you'll be allowed to be out there on the flight line. as i mentioned, sometime prior to 10:30, that's when the space shuttle will do that low buzz-cut fly over the runway. this was the fifth and final shuttle that was built for nasa. it flew 25 missions. during those 25 missions, flew somewhere around 122 million miles. reporting live here at nasa ames, bob redell for "today in the bay." >>> bob mentioned the fog. meteorologist rob mayeda is in the weather center. is the fog going to clear in time to see the shuttle? >> i'm encouraged. we've been watching the fog along the coast. this includes sfo down towards the naval air station. we're seeing visibility close to 10 miles, same in san jose. why this is critical as it makes the low pass over the golden gate bridge to your top, which is 750 feet above the water, we're looking at the marine layer at 1250 feet, so that's bel

it is leaving edwards air force base 8:15 the latest we have from nasa an. weather permitting nasa says any time after 9:30 it will be flying over oakland's space and science center, bay area discovery museum, exploratorium and hall of science a loop. then scheduled to pay tribute with a low fly over in mountain view where scientists have done so much work in the program years. the program has strong ties to california's aerospace industry. yesterday it flew from houston to edwards air force base in southern california where spending the night. >> it was built here in california. >> we want to know where you plan to see the endeavour. let us know on facebook.com/ abc7 news or tweet us. . be sure to send pictures and video. -- >> the anticipation is building for the sales of the new iphone 5 in is a scene from new york city where people have lined up for days waiting to buy the highly anticipated device. sales begin there our time, 25 minutes from now. those people are so excited. back at home hundreds of apple fans are lined up in palo alto, they have to wai

i have been able to do it all with nasa and never anticipated that. i certainly remember the landing on the moon and i could have recited to you all of the different astronauts and neil armstrong who we just lost. i didn't realize you didn't have to be a rocket scientist or a military test pilot to work for nasa. linguists and psychologists and my team, that is the real high point. the downside as well i haven't gotten -- curiosity and somebody else is doing that. >> i thank you so much. this has been great and i hope you have enjoyed this afternoon's program. [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or book humanlike to see featured on booktv? send an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org or tweak us at twitter.com/booktv. >> mer firestein leaders of how many brain cells to we have? >> we still think 1 hundred billion. that hung around for ages and is in all the textbooks but couple years ago, a young narrow anatomists in brazil send an e-mail around asking how many we have and where we got that number from and everybody wrote back 1 hundred million and also

making it impossible to give specific autos nasa told us you guys are a sit. be ready. we said okay. we're ready they went woom, and flew by it should have been the perfect back trop. the science center prides itself in krafgt activities designed to make science exciting. today's scene stealer was this mini astronaut hoping to ride a rocket. a perfect example, he says of what today was all about. >> first step is to get them excited and to fall in love with the idea and possibility. >> organizers were quick to point out there was more happening here today there are programs for children and lectures about the direction of space exploration. nick smith, abc 7 news. >> there is no disappointment among spectator who's gathered at the either end of the golden gate bridge. >> this shows the second approach to the bridge that passed over once, circling back over and abc 7 news put it this morning it is up and good. and through the golden gate two suspension towers flying dead center across the bridge. >> thousands gathered around vista point into headlands. the crowd enjoyed

makes its final flight. >> nasa, not nasa. >> nassau in bahamas or long island. >>> lindsay lohan bringsto new york. what police say about her car crash. you are watching "world news now." ♪ crash into me >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you lifestyle lift. lift. ought to you by lifestyle lift. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. "endeavour". insurance company. ealthcare like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about. and which aarp medicare supplement plan works best for you. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networks, and you'll never need a referral to see a specialist. there's a range of plans to choose from, too. and they all travel with you. anywhere in the

the amazing story of nasa astronaut jose hernandez. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. jose hernandez, you are one of the few people in this world who have made it to space. you were up on the shuttle discovery for two weeks in the year 2009. and you are one of only nine latino astronauts that have actually been up in space. welcome to our program. >> thank you very much, maria. happy to be here. >> hinojosa: so what was it like going up into space? you're one of, like, 500 people who have done it. >> it's just an amazing experience. i think few people realize that it only takes eight and a half minutes to get up into space. >> hinojosa: so, like, we'll be done with this television show, and you would have already made it... >> halfway across the world. >> hinojosa: wow. >> exactly. >> hinojosa: what does it feel like? i mean, actually, you tweeted about it. you were tweeting bilingually at the time. >> absolutely. >> hinosa: and you kind of clueus ithat it wa nerve-wracking. >> i mean, at first, you know, you're sitting there, and you're ready for the countdown, the co

we have bob redell live at nasa ames as the shuttle raced by. bob. >> reporter: that is a nice way of putting it. raced by. caught people by surprised. a lot of people were expecting "endeavour" to make a low pass at moffett field. we saw the chase plane come across. everyone had their eyes out there. then we did a 180 and this is what we saw. it sneaked behind hangar one. that is the large blimp hangar along 101. people had to turn around with their cameras and try to get as many shots as possible. it was within our view for maybe 10 to 12 seconds. a nice slow rumble. majestic to see this. despite of the confusion, i got to talking to people afterwards. there was little disappointment. thousands of people up here lining the flight line out there. in that crowd was dr. steven robinson who flew the "endeavour." >> you saw it going by around 220 miles per hour. it did not look like it because it was so large. imagine that same beast on the 747 going 17,500 miles and over and over. a real engineering marvel. >> reporter: to be on that ride? where d

with me right now is a 22 year veteran of nasa, leslie williams. it has been nostalgic. >> i have worked with endeavor for 28 years since i started with nasa. i used to work at kennedy space center and it was very exciting to see a new shuttle because they arm majestic vehicles. >> last night in arrived here at edwards air force base, the refueled the 747 and check the connectors to the shuttle. what is next? >> right now the crew is trying to find out what the weather is like in san francisco and want to make it for the optimum time when the fog will be less so they can get some good shots with the golden gate bridge and the beautiful city of san francisco. >> right now, the weather will really influence what time everything happens >> we wanted to delay it by 1 hours of the fog would not be as thick so we can get some beautiful pictures. these are things that we try to do when we travel with the shuttles over iconic places. >> so far so good, everything on time? >> as far as i know >> when might the folks in san francisco get to look up and see e

nasa gives kids a chance to name >>> and out of this world. nasa gives kids a chance to name a piece of cosmic history. captions pd for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with cheerleader in chief. at the democratic national convention in charlotte last night, first lady michelle obama delivered an impassioned speech designed to both to sway wavering voters and light a fire under the party's base. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from charlotte. she has more on this. tracie, good morning to you. >> lynn, good morning. aids tell us michelle obama was very involved to putting this speech together. it was a fiery start to the convention and we have more coming up tonight. democrats bring in their heavyweight tonight, former president bill clinton. the only person more popular in a recent gallup poll, michelle obama. she brought democrats to their feet last night with a rousing speech about decisions based on family va

and doing it all with nasa. and i never anticipated that.i certainly remember the landing on the moon and i could have recited to you all of the different astronauts and neil armstrong we just lost. so i was always -- i didn't realize that you didn't have to be a rocket scientist or a military pilots work for nasa. i have hired anthropologist and psychologist on my team. so that is a real high point for me. the downside is that i haven't yet gotten jpl at curiosity and maybe someone else is doing that. >> thank you so much, this has been great. i hope that you have all enjoyed this program. [applause] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. forty-eight hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> you know, as important as this project has become, i can scarcely remember the first time i learned about this historic congressional race between two future president in 1789. what i do remember is reading about it in a book and it was treated with the typical one or two sentences that you would see about this congressional inquiry. and i

golden gate bridge and nasa aims research center at moffitt field first time in history. researchers can't wait. more from tl our reporter. if. >>reporter: it's the last flight for space shuttle endeavor tomorrow. on the way to its final resting place at los angeles it will make its first and last flight over moffitt field paying homage to nasa workers here. >> w w we are very proud of tha that it's paying tribute to the people who work many years. space shuttle over 30 years old and many people who are here now work on it from the very, very beginning. >>reporter: instrumental in the development of the space shuttle program and in the creation of endeavor itself. >> win vented the space shuttle tiles here at nasa aims. very design of the shuttle itself was based on wind tunnel test done here at aims. >>reporter: 8 to continue,000 people are expected to pack in moffitt field for total morning once in a life time low fly over. along with those crowds there is the anticipated on looker traffic intermingle with the usual morning rush hour. california highway patrol officer h

not on "endeavor" but the other four nasa shuttles, saying goodbye to the only one he never flew on was bittersweet for the 74-year-old. >> there are things like that, we're celebrating as much today as saying goodbye to the shuttle as it goes into storage. >> reporter: former astronaut steve robinson watched. a view very different from his last encounter. >> i flew on the second to last "endeavor" mission and i started my nasa career here when i was 19, which i hate to say was a little while ago. so it's full circle for me. >> reporter: today's more than a celebration of the space shuttle, but highlights the power of nasa. >> the people who developed the tiles to allow the space shuttle to come through the atmosphere and not burn up are right here. >> it is so exciting. and now i wanted to see "endeavor" with my naked eyes. >> reporter: this engineer is so proud, he shared the moment with his 89-year-old father who has been in the area sense the 40s. >> it was great being out here with my dad. that he's still a big kid. >> i didn't think i was that big, but otherwise i guess i'm a kid.

nasa tv is sending this to us. they have one jet flying alongside another and take the like pictures. that is very cool. leg one took the shuttle to houston and now "endeavour" has made flyovers on the way to california. it passed right over tucson, arizona, an hour ago. nasa reported it was to honor the former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords, a long-term advocate of the space program and wife of the former astronaut, mark kelly, the last person to command "endeavour" and congresswoman gabrielle giffords stepped down from her job this year as she continues to recover after a gunshot to the head. a live look coming now from edwards air force base in southern california, where is the final home of the california science center in los angeles. trace? >>trace: we are watching this with you. it is very cool. it looks like the shuttle is still pretty high. what was supposed to happen, the shuttle on the 747 was supposed to land at edwards air force base at either 12:30 west coast time or 12:40. they were seeing

when it comes to nasa, there's a little caveat in the press releases.y can change things due to the weather. would they push this back an hour so people would be able to view it? it could be a possibility? i don't work for nasa. but the 9:00 hour looks like a lot of cloud cover. we'll have to wait and see. >> thousands of people are already authorized to go there. >> yeah. it's going to be a real tough call. >> if you know the history of space launches, there's always some delays sometimes. so, hopefully they would do that for us. but you know, it is nasa. >> they're going to do what they can. >>> just ahead, a not-so-fun time at knots berry farm for thrill seekers stuck. >>> dangling 300 feet in the air for hours. tonight, 20 people are safe and back on the ground after being stranded on the wind seeker ride this afternoon at knott's berry farm. it took mechanics three hours to fix it. this is the second time this ride has broken down in less than two weeks. >> maybe they get a free season pass out of it. >>> a dicey night for the a's. as for the giant

he spent six years managing nasa ames shuttle operation program.e was charged with sure the shuttle had a safe trip in extreme conditions. >> taking off and then being in freezing cold in space and then coming in through immense heat that you come through reentry and then being able to than like an airplane. >> it is a spectacular thing. >> the astronaut mark kelly was the last to command the "endeavour." he and his wife gabe relevant giffords watched it fly over arizona thursday. kelly continues to be amazed by its abilities. >> we launch an airplane essentially into space. it operates as a spaceship for more than two weeks. comes screaming back through the atmosphere. at mock 25 and lands on a runway. it is something nobody else has been able to do. >> i hope to design it and build it. >> reporter: allman was a big part of the success. he built the wind tunnel. >> simulate the air flowing over the model and get accurate results that were predictable, repeatable to the way the shuttles actually flew through the atmosphere. >> reporter: the end of

the shuttle that fly down the peninsula to the nasa research center where nasa is hosting a free viewingarty. if a >> anywhere in syria, he should be able to see endeavor. if is the fog is not too thick anywhere near the bridge you should begin as well. endeavor will then head south, the peninsula. nasa is recommending viewing locations at various points. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. pat >>pam: it was a mixed day on wall street despite apple's stock closing above $700 a share. other discouraging news weighed down investors today. the dow posted a small gain rising almost 12 points closing at 13,565. the nasdaq fell a point and the s&p 500 lost two points ending the day at 1459. >>mark: we are watching today's winners and losers with rob black. 2 million phones sold from apple? >>rob: that is a big psychological number. six months ago the stock wa

career right here in nasa aames when i turned 19 which i hate to say was a while okay. it came full circle to me. >> it highlights the power of nasa aames. >> the people who developed the tiles that allowed it to come down through the atmosphere, we are right here. >> it is because i wanted to see it with my naked eyes. >> this computer emergency is so proud, he shared the moment with his 89-year-old father who has been in the area since the 40s. >> it was great being here with my dad. that's why i got to be a big kid because of him. we love this. >> i didn't think i was that big. otherwise i guess i'm a kid. >> bay area news. >> a lot of us became photographs with her cell phones and cameras towards the sky, but one in particular who really stood out. san francisco a few months ago took this picture and became famous for taking that shot. he was at it again. 400 pictures from crissy field to his facebook page. they were shared worldwide by hundreds of people. like so many, he felt proud in the bay area and the u.s. space program. >> a lot of my facebook friends are pho

here's a comparison, side by side, of the actual nasa footage and his enhanced footage. >> has nasa approvedthis? >> according to bards, people have reached out to him from jpl, the jet propulsion laboratory, part of nasa, saying wow, this footage is really incredible. he even claims that one of the people said hey, can we use this for marketing? >> i think bards may have just landed himself a job. >>> we're excited. it's monday and time for real or fake with e-bomb's world. >> real all the way around, right. >> we've got three videos to judge and one of them, well, yuck. >> [ inaudible ]. >> see what's real and what's fake, next. >>> it's best of rtm time where we tell you about bonus videos on our website. >> as far as pranks goes, these guys thought of a hilarious one. somewhere in the uk, stopping people in this square asking for directions. and you see what they're wearing there. somebody comes by with a big slab of cardboard and poof. they just continued to ask for directions, get a whole bunch of people in this thing. >> definitely a video you want to watch from beginning to end, head

and along the way it passed over tucson arizona, the home of the last person to fly nasa shuttle.retired astronaut mark kelly, he is married to former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. tomorrow the shuttle will make a bay area flyby, passing over the golden gate bridge before heading down the peninsula and circling around nasa ames which will have a special viewing events. tomorrow will mark the end of the shuttle's journey, it will spend his retirement in a museum in los angeles. for more details on when you can expect to see the shuttle and the sky near you, go to cbssf.com. >> rumor has it the weather should be ok. more from lawrence coming up. >> leading the pack in new jobs. the big victory for a man who blames the smell popcorn for his health problems. >> 63 degrees in san jose but we have brought multiple whether inside to a very dark and gloomy gotham city. a big show in the south bay, we'll talk about that. >> i'm lawrence karnow in the,,, >> >> some disappointing manufacturing numbers out of europe and china have stocks trading down earlier on wall street. take a look ca

now nasa says it will be closer to 931 it will fly over conquered in walnut creek. other spots will include the lawrence hall of science, the shuttle will do a couple of loops around the bay, passing low to the golden gate bridge and then down to nasa and finally over san jose and south to the monterey bay aquarium. certainly the excitement is building >> thousands of people are expected here on the flight line at moffett field tomorrow. those gates behind me will be open in what is very likely going to be the closest point to the fly over tomorrow. when the 747 ferrying the shuttle leaves edwards air force base, it will put on the show that nasa says the bay area will never forget. >> this is a big deal. shuttle has ever been to northern california before >> he says he should be able to see the shuttle from almost anywhere in the bay area >> pitch to be a great view almost no matter where you are >> of the shuttle will first passover sacramento and then fly towards oakland and the lawrence hall of science before heading to the golden gate bridge for several passes

nasa officials estimate that will happen around 10 a.m.at moffettfield, ann ruben ktvu channel 2 news. >> thanks. time just about 8:05. we want to look at the space shuttle endeavour right now. it's in the mojave desert edwards air force base. there it is. on the back of that jumbo jet getting ready to take off. >> it took off a couple days later than expected from florida because of thunderstorms but left on wednesday and went to houston and then thursday from houston to the edwards air force base in southern california where it is now and taking one final flight heading north up to sacramento. and down over the bay area near the golden gate bridge and we have a reporter and ann ruben at moffettfield and down -- movee field and down to -- moffett field and disneyland and make the landing. it's behind schedule delayed an hour because of the fog and they wanted to make sure the fog was cleared and weather was clear so folks in sacramento and the bay air yo would get a nice view. we are watching it slowly moving along the runway and we will

it through hayward, up the east bay through sausalito back around the golden gate then down to the nasa ames. >> going to be a great view, hope i get to see it. hope you do too. let's find out what the weather is going to be like for viewing? >> it is looking better. sacramento 6:00 in the morning the shuttle will be flying through piggybacking on that -- look at that, then a few clouds hanging around. just a few clouds tomorrow morning. hopefully, we'll get to see. north bay it will stay way from the fog. let's look at satellite, just a few clouds upper parts of the atmosphere besides the ones starting to develop in the lower part may get a beautiful sunrise this morning. if we find pretty pictures will post those on facebook. foggy north most of us in the 50s through 7:00. clouds back to the coast by noon, breezy temperatures will run by 4:00, 60 coast, 70 bay, 80 inland. tomorrow warmest day cooler sunday, two to eight degrees cooler. time for traffic. >>> good morning. overnight roadwork is what is going on now. on the northside of the golden gate bridge coming off the waldo down to

then scheduled to pay tribute with a low fly over at the nasa ames research center. the program has strong ties to california's aerospace industry. yesterday it flew from houston to edwards air force base in southern california where it is spending the we want to know where you are planning to see the endeavour this morning. let us know on our facebook page. or tweet us. be sure to send pictures and video from the shuttle fly over this morning. >>> just a few hours ago until a highly anticipated iphone 5 will be available to customers. we want to take you out to new york city. the fifth avenue flagship store, the big apple waiting for the big apple iphone 5. i don't think it was named after the big apple. >> no. but the big apple is certainly biting this morning. >> rim shot please! >> reporter: the tents are up, and the tv's are out, apple fans are settling in, in a few hours their wait will be over and they will have the new iphone 5 in their hands. first in line, he's been here since monday night. >> my way of thanking apple for being such a great company. >> repo

here's a comparison, side by side, of the actual nasa footage and his enhanced footage. >> has nasa approvedis? >> according to bards, people have reached out to him from jpl, the jet propulsion laboratory, part of nasa, saying wow, this footage is really incredible. he even claims that one of the people said hey, can we use this for marketing? >> i think bards may have just landed himself a job. >>> we're excited. it's monday and time for real or fake with e-bomb's world. >> real all the way around, right. >> we've got three videos to judge and one of them, well, yuck. >> [ inaudible ]. >> see what's real and what's fake, next. [ female announcer ] this is the story of sam, who made an unexpected arrival. [ woman ] he was 4 months early, weighing 1 pound, 12 ounces. [ female announcer ] fortunately, sam was born at sutter health's alta bates summit medical center. [ woman ] the staff was remarkable. they made me feel safe, trusting, cared for. [ giggles ] they saved his life. i owe all of them my son. [ female announcer ] alta bates summit medical center and sutter health -- our story is yo

nasa is deliberately flying the shuttle over key nasa sites as a final tribute to those who made so manytributions to the program. on the morning of thursday, september 20th, endeavor will pass over the golden gate bridge and nasa ames in mountain view on its way to l.a. >>> a consumer warning about a popular candy is being expanded tonight. last month the american licorice company, union city, recalled some of its red vines black licorice because of lead contamination. now the company and california's health department is expanding that recall to include all of the company's black licorice products. they're being told not to eat the company's snap products, jumbo black licorice hanging back, law down bags and family mix as well. >>> traffic will be a bit sluggish on the peninsula tomorrow night. stanford is hosting duke. a little constructions as well. the cardinals set to host duke at 7:30. in addition to the game day traffic, east bayshore road on the other side of 101 from campus is closed from the creek just south of pulgas avenue. the shut down was needed so crews could relocate an

now people will be leaving moffett field and nasa ames.t is a problem right now. with the thousands of people that bob saw over on the tarmac leaving the area, that is a major complication. if you can avoid driving through that area, stick with us. we have the 11:00 a.m. coming up. we have pictures and interviews and great stuff to follow-up. stay out of the mess. it was an historic event. we will track this and back to you. >> that would be a good ending. we don't want it to be the distraction. that is the final flyover for "endeavour" over the bay area heading south to the monterrey area. our news will continue at 11:00 this morning. we will bring you the recap of the day's events and news as well as the historic flyover over "endeavour" as it makes its way to the final resting home in los angeles. >> and all in all, its bay area trip lasted 45 minutes. >> we hope to see you at 11:00. you can keep up to date on nbcbayarea.com. thanks for being with us. >>> it's time for "today weighs in." we answer questions about diet, nutrition, and he

we have thoughts on a nasa future, on today that at so many of us looking at the sky. >> remember the plan to match shelter animals with people living in city housing? this is gr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> there was nothing like it, it blasted off, it glided home, it was the sports car of space travel. but today, three decades after it became a symbol of the future, the space shuttle officially became an antique. a beloved ante, across the bay area and california, " workers huddled on rooftops and dropped meetings and picked up binocular's well schoolchildren marched up hilltops and gazed out over the sky and waited. >> it will be very hard to find, because the sun is going to be in our face and most of us predict that it is going to be over here, we're over there. so i'm not sure. i'm pretty sure that it will be cool. >> have a victory lap and a half funeral procession. >> it is going to los angeles and the museum. >> undeniably awesome and unquestionably sat. >> i thought that the space shuttle would be here forever. it is the pickup truck of the space station. and i guess we will mov

nasa is updating the time between 9:30 and 10:00 in the morning for the shuttle to fly over. again, stay tuned for more updates on that. they have pushed this back due to low clouds in the area. so they're hoping that a lot more people here across the peninsula will be able to see the "endeavour" as it flies over. at 9:00, we'll have the fog against the coastline. also in san francisco, watch right here as we advance this into 10:00. notice how it starts to push back. we'll see that as we head to 11:00 as well. pretty good right now to be able to see the "endeavour" at moffett field. as for this weekend, we'll have the slow system moving across the west. it looks like the drier track will bring us cooler weather as we head into the weekend and a few areas of patchy fog. it looks like the patch of showers yesterday is somewhat out of the picture. we'll have the full forecast coming up. >> thanks so much. >>> it was a thrill they had not expected. coming up, what led to a malfunction that led riders at this amusement park stuck in the air for hours. >>> and a s.w.a.t. showdown.