laid out in the documents for sls and orion. for sls they ranged anywhere from 400 to 900 million, but we're pushing out the date and doing some other things. those numbers have been reduced. they're still a funding risk for orion that's considerably high. >> i'm after something for the robustness of the system. just orion itself? is that ground control, personnel costs? every step you need to make this work instead of just this individual silo. has that been actually looked at through the totality of the system that's required? >> right. so the problem we identified and have a different report on cost estimates, cost estimating is can we don't really know the total number now of how much it's going to cost to do everything we are looking for them to do. and second, we don't know really what the pathway is, and that pathway has a big effect on numbers, like mr. gerstenmaier mentioned a landing system but it's very costly. there's not money to do it now but if you want to move things up you have to pay for a landing system. how m

we're looking at here with sls/orion. this is just really not smart, and at the end of the day the technology expire. the technology changeover period of 10 or 20 years is worth stretching things out, and it's like starting all over again. and i just think it is about the dumbest way to do science. with that i yield. >> ms. edwards, i think there's several people who agree with you. i now recognize mr. bridenstine. >> thank you, mr. chairman come and ms. edwards. i do agree with you. your comments are certainly well recognized on both sides of the aisle, so thank you for that and we would like to work with you on how we can remedy that. just had a quick question about the international implications of our direction for human spaceflight. the report that ms. edwards referenced from the national academies indicated that if we were to do this astroid redirector nation, we would be not an ally but with the international community, most of which is focused on getting to the moon. namely the lunar surface and then on to mars. a

perfect conditions for orion's homecoming. >> this view from orion itself of the chutes helping it to descend gently towards its splash down in the pacific. >> reporter: orion has 1200 sensors aboard. 1200. >> after some of the mishaps that we've seen in the not too distant past with these attempts at expanding our knowledge through this kind of exploration, it is nice to see a moment like this where it appears we're going to get quite a bit of new intelligence out of this orion launching splashdown. also interesting counterpoint to those who might say government can't do anything right. 100 feet. >> we have splashdown. splashdown confirmed at 10:29 a.m. central time. orion is back on earth. america has driven a golden spike as it crosses a bridge into the future. and we now have configuration that orion is stable one, upright. >> reporter: guys, you could not have asked for a better experimental mission. >> orion splashed down at a mission elapsed time of 4 hours, 24 minutes. and the crew module uprighting system is now being activated. these are the five inflatable air bags. >> this

orion circled the globe twice. reaching an altitude of 3600 miles, 14 times higher than the international space station. in the most nerve-wracking moment, orion re-entered earth's atmosphere of a blazing speed, generating temperatures of 4,000 degrees. the advanced heat shield designed to keep astronauts safe appeared to have performed tuawlessly. >> main chute deployed. >> reporter: the enormous parachutes that slowed orion for a gentle splash-down in the pacific also passed with flying colors. ( applause ) >> it was also really, really cool. >> reporter: mark geyer is the top nasa official in charge of the orion program. what's the big-picture significance of this mission? >> it's the beginning of showing that, you know, the united states is getting back to exploring the solar system. and orion has the systems that we're going to need to do that, and today we put them to the test. >> reporter: orion may look like the old apollo capsule that took men to the moon, but orion is larger and vastly more sophisticated

the dawn of orion. >> reporter: the orion spacecraft blasted off from cape canaveral and launched nasao the future. nasa was forced to cancel the original launch thursday because of strong winds and a problem with the rocket valve. today's successful take-off marks the craft's maiden voyage. >> approximately now 1341 feet per second. >> reporter: orion was designed to one day take astronauts to mars. today's 4.5-hour unmanned mission is a test flight. the craft is orbiting the earth twice reaching some 3600 miles into space. it will re-enter through temperatures near 4,000 degrees and splash down in the pacific. cbs news space consultant says this is one of the biggest heat shields nasa built. >> they want to be sure that these systems work normally before astronauts get on board. >> reporter: the orion ship is set to fly humans farther than any spacecraft since apollo. >> they want to make sure the spacecraft can survive radiation in deep space. >> reporter: nasa wants to first send astronauts to an asteroid after the year 2020. about 10 years later, plan is for a manned mission to ma

just orion itself. and personnel cost, every step you need to make this work instead of just this individual silo has that been actually looked at through the totality of the system that's required. >> right. so the problem we identified and the different report on cost estimates, cost estimating, we don't know the total number of how much it will cost to do everything we are looking for them do and second we don't know really what the pathway is and that pathway has an effect on numberes. like mr. girssten meyer mentioned the cost. you have to pay for landing system. how is much that. it is very important to lay out the roadmap and see the different pieces that you need. we don't know that and we don't have cost estimates beyond the first test for some of the systems. >> you understand sort of the, you know, when we are looking at numbers we have, here is our best guess. here is our optimistic and here is when we are in trouble. we understand for every step of technology, every additional incremental p

the orion capsule returned to earth after a dramatic test flight.asa called the maiden voyage picture-perfect from start all the way to finish. kpix 5's ryan takeo tells us orion could one day carry astronauts to mars. >> and liftoff at dawn. >> reporter: the orion spacecraft blasted off from cape canaveral and launched nasa into the future. >> big into space ever since i was a kid. >> reporter: paul doherty was glued to every move. before he was a senior scientist at san francisco's exploratorium, he fell in love with the apollo missions. >> but this spacecraft this command module, is capable of going forward beyond the moon so we can leave our little home, our nest and get out there into real space. >> reporter: the orion is designed to one day take astronauts into deep space but today's 4.5-hour unmanned mission was a test flight. the craft orbited the earth some 3600 miles away and then re-entered through temperatures nearing 4,000 degrees before splashing down in the pacific. nasa wants future orions to send astronauts to an asteroid after the

it helps to design technologies in orion in this important event. as you know we recently reviewed preliminary cost estimates. we performed and in-depth review of the space system and we have been covering the orion program for the assessment of nasa's magic programs. in conducting this work at the time we reviewed sos the program is approaching a critical milestone known as kdpc where it makes formal commitments to congress in the form of cost schedule base lines. the gate represents the point at which program begins full scale efforts to fabricate the space system and the point at which technical and or funding programs can have large spread effect. we found that sos was generally doing a good job at maturing design, keeping requirements stable, and putting a high priority on quality. the program is also acting the managed cost, however it did take longer than to definitive contract for cost growth. >> still facing inherent technical design and as all space programs do but it was actively managing them in a transparent fashion. >> however, the res

oriÓn alcanzó una velocidad mÁxima de 20 mil millas por hora.os hecho algo para las prÓximas generaciones, es un buen dÍa decían los responsables de este gran logro. oriÓn la primera nave diseÑada para ser tripulada que la nasa pone a prueba desde los transbordadores retirados en 2011. la primera desarrollada para que viajen los astronautas. desde las cÁpsulas del programa lunar apolo de los aÑos 60 y 70. >> por quÉ regresar la tecnologÍa del apolo? no volvemos atrÁs? >> hay razones econÓmicas y tecnologÍas. las econÓmicas son que es mÁs barato, las tecnologÍas tiene que ver con la seguridad de la tripulaciÓn. que ya se demostrÓ que naves tipo aviÓn tienen ciertas limitaciones. desde el punto de vista de seguridad. >> oriÓn consta de tres partes. lo que la nasa llama el sistema de interrupciÓn de lanzamiento, el mÓdulo de tripulación que iba vacÍo el mÓdulo de servicio. en su recorrido de hoy pasÓ por dos veces la tierra. su aterrizaje en el pacÍfico. oriÓn representa el futuro de los viajes espaciales tripulados. podrÁn viajar a marte. la opera

the orion mission is expected to orbit the earth twice. it could be seven years before an astronaut flies in the orion. i love this stuff. >> really cool. >>> indra petersons has an early look at our forecast. >> good morning. i have good news. it will be the nicest day of the week, including the weekend. we will start to get rained out as we head toward the weekend. enjoy today. temperatures are warming up in the south. we will see above normal temperatures. some of you looking at temperatures 15 degrees above norm normal. sunshine. we are not looking at rain we have been seeing for the last several days. all of this moisture will fill in and make its way into the mid-atlantic and we head through the weekend. day by day, you can see a soggy mess cutting through the middle of the country. we get heavy amounts of rain if nashville and louisville. by saturday, a soggy northeast. today is gorgeous. we love it. >> we will take that. thank you, indra. that was an early start on your weather. now it is time for an early start on your money. asia

perfect conditions for orion's homecoming. this view from orion itself of the chutes helping it to descend gently. >> that appears to be the camera. >> towards splashdown in the pacific. >> from orion looking up towards the three chutes. they are at 1,000 feet before slashdo splashdown will happen. it left at 7:05 this morning. this, of course, is a test with future hopes and plans that it may take man to mars and its moons. this is quite remarkable what we are watching. >> a few hundred feet until splashdown. >> that spacecraft is just about to land in the pacific ocean. we are 100 feet away. this is sort of a reminder for those of us who grew up in the '60s and -- >> splashdown confirmed at 10:29 central time. america has driven a golden spike as it crosses a bridge into the future. >> america -- >> we have confirmation orion is stable one upright. >> making reference to the 1869 utah crossing of the east and the west, the railroads. >> orion splashed down at a time of four hours and 24 minutes. the crew module uprighting sy

with that the orion era begins. first step toward putting humans perhaps on mars someday. it sent up the orion spacecraft into orbit earlier this morning for an unmanned test flight and it should be reentering the earth's atmosphere and splashing down in the pacific at any moment. are these live images we're seeing, folks, from the booth? this is amazing! we are watching new era of history unfold and, of course, the weather is not cooperating but you can see these images coming in. i want to bring in alina machado at the kennedy space center to watch the launch. really very exciting as we watch these parachutes deploy. tell us about this moment. this is significant isn't it, alina? >> this is incredibly significant, michaela. what you're watching -- i keep looking away because i'm looking at a feed from nasa, the same thing you guys are watching, showing these parachutes bringing orion back to earth. you have to remember that just about ten minutes ago orion was traveling at a speed of about 20,000 miles per hour an

. >> reporter: the orion ushers in a new era of space exploration. >> at dawn the dawn of orion and a new era of american space exploration. >> orion blasted off on time. yesterday's launch had to be scrubbed due to gusty winds and critical valves. researchers in the bay area were watching the flight closely. over at mountain ames in mountain view, orion's heat shields were made there. they made 14-foot panels that protect orion as it goes into space. >> there's a real pride in our company but when you see something that can have such massive implications on humanity, you can't help but be a little excited. >> orion will orbit the world twice, expected to take about four and a half hours and then it will perform a splashdown about 600 and then mission to mars the next decade after that. nanette miranda, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >> a quick day trip just into space and back. well it's a big weekend for bay area sports as the 49ers and raiders squaring off against each other. we wish there was more at stake in this game but what there is is concern that both sides coul

the dawn of orion and a new era of american space exploration. >> scientist say orion flew farther andthan any spacecraft built for human since apollo 17 went to the moon 47 years ago orion took off from the launch site at cape canaveral and then started making a loop. made two orbits around earth and then made a bull's eye splashdown in the pacific off of mexico's baja, and took four and a half hours. phil keithing is live. what are they saying at nasa. >> they are absolutely ecstatic as well as a bit exhausted after what nasa describes a nearly flawless debut test flight. also the orion returned to earth, never before has the world watched live on tv a space capsule coming back from space, plummeting into the pacific, thanks to a camera on a nasa drone and another first thanks to a camera on the orion, actual flames of the super hot plasmas orion penetrated the atmosphere at 20,000 miles an hour. the orion team today a bit emotional. >> bill and i have been at this a long time together. when we started at jsc we started with all the apollo guys still there so we have now finally done

orion deep space displorgs and . a report from kennedy space center. >>> it may not look that important but orion is the agency's first new spacecraft for humans in more than a generation. described as a landmark event. nasa am administrator charles bolden says it's a return to the glory days of spaceflight. >> i hope the caus causeway is d with cars, and of the early days of shuttle when there were flags of nations all over the world. >> will head 6,000 kilometers into space, the osh orbit higher than the international space station. before orion splashes down into the pacific ocean. for the orion spacecraft its first mission is basically a stress test but it represents a hugely ambitious ram by nasa. in the years to com -- program y nasa. a whole new era of space exploration . but in the past two months, two unsuccessful flights have taken precedence. for those involved in the orion project say it won't hold them back. >> the important thing, can you manage your data? it's the thing in the back of your mind, it wor

. >> the counts down is on for nasa's launch of its orion space craft. a rocket scheduled to black off at 7:05 tomorrow morning from cape canaveral florida. good launch weather is in the forecast. orion set to fly further than human rated space craft since apollo moon program. lucy noland is at cape canaveral coming up at 5:30 we'll check in with her life to find out where orion is head and why this mission is so important. >> sexual allegations against bill cosby move into court. >> now, a woman is suing the legendary comedian over an assault that she says happened decades ago when she was just 15 years old. the impact this latest development could have. >>> and video that's hard to believe. police believe this woman walked the streets of new orleans slashing people. the big search that's now underway. >> and later, the future is now. a storm in one part of the country is testing robots that could one day serve you. we'll show you hoy it all work. >> there's been yet another claim against bill cosby alleging i a sexual assault this time it's not just a

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orion live here at the franklin institute. cheaper, and it is a lot more smoother. >> sure, yes. >> as you guys can see. >> three # $3 million for this launch. >> this thing couldn't be more than three-point ooh? >> i was going to give him 50 bucks. >> for the little cart? >> really, guys. look at that. fabulous, fabulous. >> for every action there is a reaction. >> way to do it, q. >> pretty much the same thing as cape canaveral. 8:35. sounds like you might have time to get over to the franklin institute before this thing goes off. >> cool piece of time lapse tape i put together while gone? >> yes, let's see. >> look at this, 100 years of beauty in one minute. the incredible decade by decade time lapse showing how beauty has evolved over the past century. >> but fursday hear mariah carey singing live last smile. >> ♪ what i want for christmas ... is you ♪ >> she sang that song life last night. you want to hear it? >> we'll hear it later. because people are wondering, does she still have it. >> sounding off about mariah's voic

coming up, local engineers talk about their role in the orion space flight. >>> and good evening, i'm jeff ranie ranieri. we're tracking heavier rainfall across redwood city and getting close to east palo alto. it looks like that will continue throughout the next five minutes. we'll have details on how long this rain lasts and if it will last the entire weekend in just a few minutes. >>> then at 6:00, police tore down the jungle and forced the homeless out. now we know the answer to the question where are those people going to go. >> they're headed here, and i feel even more invaded. >> that's new at 6:00. >>> it is a dark day for sfpd. two san francisco police officers are guilty adds charged. this is part of a police corruption case that's been brewing for years. three more officers are awaiting trial. mark matthews has the new details from the halls of justice. mark, what's the response from the police chief? >> reporter: well, the police chief is, of course, very disappointed, continues to defend his department. we're about to show you one of the men convicted today is sergeant ia

we are talking about the launch of orion. but i have some news here just coming into us at the bbc that there has been a delay in the launch. we were expecting it to happen about a minute ago. but our correspondent jonathan amos is there watching and he said there has been a delay in the launch time. we don't know any more. although we did get news a short time ago that a boat had drifted into a zone that it wasn't meant to be in, so they've got to move that boat. actually, news just coming in now from nasa, we're expecting this launch to take place in ten minutes time. we will bring that to you live here on "bbc world news." but hugely significant because orion is the spacecraft that could one day see us traveling to mars, and it's taking off on its maiden test voyage. we can see it live now. news just coming to us that will happen in ten minutes time and we will bring that to you live. >>> let's bring you up to date with other news. survivors of typhoon haiyan, which devastated the philippines a year ago, are preparing for

it is really important gathering step and next orion, thinks number one, and next is a fleet of orion's and eventually we will have people living on another planet, but first a lot of steps. >> a lot of steps, boots on the ground in mars. as far as sign up sheets orion spacecraft sign up sheet whose name will be on it. >> is there that sheet and all of us are on it. >> katie, it is just a pleasure talking to you. we appreciate it. watching count down clock, it looks like we might be able to do this thing. we are so close right now. >> yes, when it happens it is a big deal to leave the planet when it is orarion or with people in it or not, there will be people in it some day. >> new era of america's man space program happening right now. katie, thanks very much. back to you guys in the studio. >> lucy, thank you. >> it is a big deal. >> sure. >> for more on the launch we will bring it to you live ande more of lucy's reports, come to my fox philly.com. >>> 6:43. coming up amazon releases a new line of every day essentials starting with diapers. but will this hurt brick and mortar retailer

right on target 600 miles off san diego. >> orion is back on earth. america has driven a golden spike as it crosses a bridge into the future. >> reporter: today's mission critical to prepare for eventually carrying astronauts to an asteroid or even mars. >> before we put humans on board we want to look at the test data and have an opportunity to actually change the spacecraft, its design, its construction. >> reporter: for nasa today was about proving it still has the right stuff. >> -- we started with all the apollo guys still there, so we've kind of now finally done something for the first time for our generation. >> reporter: the first manned test flight could be six to eight years away. and consider this, if the first mission to mars is 20 years away, that means those astronauts today are in preschool. there are many more years ahead of tests and hurdles, brian. >> tom costello down at the kennedy space flight center in florida. tom, thanks. >>> president obama today announced his pick for the new civilian boss of our men and women in uniform. if

what have we learned from orion so far? x today was a significant milestone. arendt has been nine or so years in the making and today was the first flight test of a version of orion. they tested some important systems. we got some important information on the heat shield. theame back down through atmosphere at 20,000 miles an hour and the -- the heat shield got up to 4000 degrees fahrenheit. they were sensors that were measuring heat at different parts and we were able to test separation systems, including the parachute deploy system and the system itself. lookme -- the flight test pretty much flawless. we will be analyzing the data in the next day and weeks to come and determining how things work area and >> you have been into space four times. not as far as mars. do you think it will happen in your lifetime? -- i certainly hope and i believe we will get to mars in my lifetime. children'sne from my generation or my children's generation. back on the 1970's, we all thought by the 1990's we would be on mars. it is hard to predict the timetable. this was a small

nasa's orion spacecraft returned after two trips around the earth. kpix 5's ryan takeo tells us this mission is a step before eventually sending astronauts to mars. >> and liftoff at dawn, the dawn of orion. >> reporter: the orion spacecraft blasted off from cape canaveral and launched nasa into the future. >> big into space ever since i was a kid. >> reporter: paul was glued to every move. before he was a senior scientist at san francisco's exploratorium, he fell in love with the apollo missions. >> but this spacecraft, this command module, is capable of going far beyond the moon. so we can leave our little home, our nest, and get out there into real space. >> reporter: orion is designed to take astronauts one day into deep space but today's 4.5-hour unmanned mission was a test flight. it went around the earth 3600 miles up and then re-entered through temperatures nearing 4,000 degrees before splashing down in the pacific. nasa wants future orions to send astronauts to an asteroid after the year 2020. in about 2030, the plan is for a manned mission

the bay area group behind the orion capsule. we will hear from the researchers who had to dig up the past for today's return to space. >>> and we are keeping a very close eye on the storm moving through the bay area. we are watching it on live doppler 7 hd. we have the full forecast for just ahead. >>> we'll be right back. >>> and liftoff at dawn. the dawn of orion. >> that was a spectacular liftoff at cape canaveral in florida today. the orion took ten years to develop and represents nasa's future for space travel. but did you know an important element of orion was developed right here in the bay area? abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom spoke with researchers. >> reporter: there was applause. even engineers were getting choked up. >> we have finally done something for the first time for our generation. >> reporter: orion's first test flight, as flawless as they come. >> for an engineer it may be as cool as an artist appreciating fine art in a museum. >> reporter: across the continent, the excitement echoed here at the nasa ames

idle on pad 37 for now orion sits on the edge of history. for the first time in more than 40 years this nation will launch a spacecraft intended to carry humans beyond earth's orbit. that's a big deal. the orion program has nasa's bid to get back into man's space travel after more than three years from the final space shuttle. but this time the plan is for deep space and ultimately mars. still team members stress they can't get there without today's unmanned test run. two laps around the earth climbing to 3600 miles above the planet, 15 times higher than the international space station before rushing back at more than 20,000 miles an hour as it re-enters the atmosphere then slowing down ultimately to less than 20 miles per hour. before splashdown in the pacific ocean. >> we need to make sure it works right before we put people in it. we're pushing on those systems, heat shield, parachutes and other things to do just that to learn how this vehicle behaves in the environment in deep space. >> reporter: the test flight today is expected to last

cape canaveral, in particular, upcoming, launch of orion. we zoom in, see a little area of green on ultimate doppler radar. but, it is not raining there yet. there is a little rain in the forecast, but i think it will hole off until launch time. or after launch time at 7:05, mostly cloudy skies, though, and 67 degrees, for lucy noland there. now, here is fox future cast. we jump ahead to tomorrow. expect sunshine today, dry weather, have a loft cloud, looks like really socked in for most of the day, but the models aren't showing the rain moving in until much later on in the day, say, 6:00 for northern and western suburbs, maybe 8:00, 9:00 for the rest every us, so it rains friday night, it does rain on saturday, i know, a loft christmas plans this weekend, maybe going to get your tree or whatever. but it, looks like on and off rain throughout the day on saturday. now, the early call on sunday is for the rain to move out. maybe lingering into sunday morning, but sunday may be your better weather day of the weekend. 29 degrees in mount pocono

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the world waiting for the orion capsule to be cleared for take-off. a live report coming up next. >>> closed captioning provided by mancini sleepworld's triple bonus mattress sale. >> this was actually supposed to happen about two hours ago, but a series of problems causing some concern this morning. scott has been closely monitoring this situation. he brings us the latest on how exactly this is going to work. it seems like there's a lot of temperamental factors involved. >> there are. there's some valve not doing its job so we're waiting on the hold. it's the delta rocket. it's the orion capsule at the top, very similar to the one that took the astronauts to and from the moon in the 60s and 70s. this will be the first use of a new spacecraft that's historic. and where it's going is historic, the space shuttle and international space station, they stay in low earth orbit. orion will go all the way out into deep space before returning, real space, not skipping along the atmosphere. we haven't been that far out with a spaceship, the kind people can go i

the dawn of orion. >>> the dawn of orion. two hours ago nasa launched the newest spacecraft after year's delays. what is next for the bold new mission? >>> live doppler hd showing the calm best mention storm. meteorologist mike nicco will tell us when the pens storm will roll in. >>> good morning, everyone, at friday december 5. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. >>> and >>> so, we mountain showers from south to north so be prepared to use the windshield wipers and the streets are wet and full of fog. san rafael has the thickest fog. drizzle and low-to-upper 50's and low-to-mid 60's with showers and thunderstorms and hail through 4:00 and it will start to taper by 7:00 and if you are headed out on friday evening be prepared to be wet. >> enjoy the ride to work and this afternoon it will be different. >> that is right. headed to the south from the last shot, this is the golden gate bridge, traffic is moving nicely and we have a little bit of fog lingering. it is soupy and socked in. that is sludge if i ever saw it w

orion set to launch tomorrow morning 7:05 the time you see the clock right over here. it's only if the weather cooperates. i'll physical you a little bit about that later on. now, this mission is called exploration night test one. test is the key word. and that's where a bucks county company jumps front and center. ♪ >> reporter: traffic takes it easy in newtown bucks county. home to company with a big name and big role in orion's maiden voyage. 25 miles an hour around here. but the speed limit newtown's tele tron nick technology corporation will be recording will hit 20,000 miles an hour in space. >> we're getting back into business of going into deep space. we're goining to explore deep space. >> reporter: which is huge. >> that is big. for the engineers and the team we have a number of us have been working on this program for years. tomorrow we're going see our baby launch. we'll see it fly. >> reporter: orion is big more than 23 tons. 20 pounds of that -- >> comes from newtown's ttc. and every ounce of those 20 pounds is critical. >> it's basically taking the pulse

orion's first historic flight started with pecktacular takeoff. >> a dawn of orion and new era of americanpace exploration. >> orion represents nasa future noon space travel the design to carry six astronauts may get first humans to mars. friday's launch is a good start. >> it hard to have a better day than today orion and belt afore heavy where nearly flowing. >> after initial orbit orion was pushed into deep space 3 600 miles from earth sending back stunning images not seen since apollo 17 in 1972. >> we did something for the first time for our generation. takes good day. >> among those celebrating astronauts at kennedy space center. >> when we look back, 20, 30 years from now we can go back to the day. >> orion's flight ended in the pacific ocean 600 miles off the coast of san diego. >> orion was back on original and america driven a golden spike as it crosses the bridge to the future. >> and the immediate future will be an unmanned flight before the first planned manned flight in 20 18 as for trip to mars that would be 15 to 20 years down the road. ted rollings, "abc news," los angeles

little bit excited. >> orion will orbit the world twice. that's expected to teak about four and a half hours. right now it's roughly halfway through the journey. the parachute-assisted splash down will take place around 8:30 pacific time and splash down about 600 miles west of baja, california/mexico. astronauts are expected to climb aboard in the year 20, 21. but that's all it takes. four and a half hours. >> today is most likely the day that jurors in oakland will hear from the late steve jobs. >> apple is facing a lawsuit over the way it kept other companies from selling music to ipod owners. >> the other two big cases against apple, one for ebook pricing, the other for fixing salaries in silicon valley. we know what jobs is going to say. the deposition is taped and he doesn't say much. jobs generally testifies he doesn't remember. other apple executives have already appeared on the stand. at issue, did apple go too far in protecting the ipod, locking it down so other companies, like real networks, would not be able to sell you music and

success for the orion space capsule. how today's test flight may pave the way to send people to mars. >>> new at 4:30, the allegations sparked a national debate. why the credibility of the student who claims she was gang raped on a college campus is now in question. >>> also 7 on your side's michael finney taking your questions on twitter and facebook. he will be here to answer them live in just a few minutes. you can contact michael at facebook.com/michaelfinneyabc7, also on twitter at mfinney. >>> traffic is a crawl in both directions, slightly better perhaps on the right-hand side, traffic approaching 101 south and the peninsula, on the left-hand side, you trying to get on to the lower deck of the bay bridge and to the east bay. stay with us. >>> a burst of hiring last month is providing more evidence that the u.s. is outperforming other economies throughout the developed world. the u.s. labor department's report says 321,000 jobs were added, about 100,000 more than expected, and makes 2014 the best year for jobs sinc

we'll see it fly. >> reporter: orion is big.e 23 tons. 20 pounds of that - comes from newtown's ttc. and every ounce of those 20 pounds is critical. >> it's basically taking the pulse of the vehicle and the systems, the structures to make sure that things are operating as they were designed. >> reporter: ttc's equipment is interpreting, recording, and sending back vital information from 1200 sensors on and in orion. temperature, pressure, even the vibration of this launch from one power packed rock. we're talking about the shaking, a delta four heavy rocket is a massive rock. >> it is. >>> that's a lot of shaking. >> you're talking 50 tons of material versus our little 5-pound box. >> reporter: and that simulates it. >> that can give us the experience we need to know that we will be successful as our equipment is launching into space. people here really are he can scatter tick about the fact that we are part of the orion program. >> reporter: one in 10 things shipped out of this bucks county company supports nasa space explorati

orion and delta four now transcending the speed of sound. one minute, 31 seconds in. >> a success for nasa. looks like the launch is taking off. ship -- this ship, the orion could some day take humans to mars. it accelerated off the pad at 17,000 miles per hour. orion will head past the space station to 3600 miles out, make two orbits around the earth and come hurdling back down under 4,000 degree temperatures. it is about a 4 1/2 hour trip. and the launch was supposed to happen yesterday, but history was put on hold because there were wind gusts and a valve issue and they had to scrub the launch and postpone it to today. this is a $370 million attempt here, so the conditions have to be just right for orion to go up. >>> and now, back to earth. in florida, manatee county sheriff deputies are searching for andreas avalos following a triple murder in bradenton on thursday afternoon. he allegedly shot his wife and neighbor and drove to bay shore baptist church and killed a pastor. authorities are not releasing a motive, but have a witness to ba

they point out the irony of the orion space craft launch yesterday. they say one day humans may make it to mark but it seems like -- make it to mars, but when they do, it seems that race will still the devil america. >> time now for updates. we are going to start with a warning for the international labor organization. >> that's right. it has sounded the alarm over flatlining wages in developed countries. the human body is urging governments to boost the minimum wage. salaries in developed countries grew a dismal 2% in 2013. greece, britain, ireland, and japan shrank below levels last seen in 2007. >> as the global economy remains sluggish, workers are being hit hardest. the international label organization's global wage report talks about stalled salaries that barely keep up with inflation. >> the growth of wages has slowed at a global level. there was an average increase of global wages of about 3% a year in the years before the financial and economic crisis. since then, it is an average of about 2% a year. >> when china is subtracted from those acc

the launch of orion on hold. we thought it was going to take off now but one of the last checks that they did, we understand one of the valves, possibly a fuel valve, did not close properly. so once again we're all on hold. we'll attempt to bring it live to you if it happens to within our 7:00 hour this morning. >> the window, which will close just before that time. "the tonight show" suddenly cancelled because jimmy fallon welcoming their new baby into the world. >> the couple kept the news to themselves until the baby was born via surrogate. >> how the warriors are making one fan's dreams come true. we'll explain next. over a million californians have a gotten something that's beend. out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. you can compare plans side by side, choose the one that

the dawn of orion. >>> the dawn of orion.the newest spacecraft after year's delays. what is next for the bold new mission? >>> live doppler hd showing the calm best mention storm. meteorologist mike nicco will tell us when the pens storm will roll in. >>> good morning, everyone, at friday december 5. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. >>> and >>>

how are things looking so far on orion? >> you joined us perfect timing this morning 20 seconds before launch. it is pretty much a perfect mission so far. we are 1444 minutes into a four hour mission. it will orbit 14 times higher than the international space station. this is an unhand mission, basically a stress test for the capsule. 1200 sensors are onboard, the engineers on the ground will monitor each second of this vital mission at testing things like radiation going through twice and then crucially as it goes down to splash into the pacific ocean, a test of the heat she'd. they will be super heated as it comes back down into the earth's atmosphere, but a great start for nasa. i think certainly if you speak to anyone here, there's a sense of excitement and a sense that america is back in the game and back in the space race. >> all right, you know, this is eventually going to be a manned spacecraft, right? so this -- is this the first of a number of tests before we see that? >> this is the first among tests, there will

the dawn of orion.nd a new era of american space exploration. >> passing 25 seconds. >> pulling up into the sky. it's going to do a pitch and roll maneuver as it heads out over the atlantic. it will head towards africa and upwards into earth orbit. it will reach there about 17 minutes from now, and then it will start to go around the earth. on its second orbit of earth, it will then fire its upper stage once more and throw the orion capsule up to about 6,000 kilometers and that will set up this fast re-entry. about four and a half hours time. we'll see orion come back in through the atmosphere. 30,000 kilometers an hour. it will generate heat on the underside of the capsule. temperatures something like about 2,000 degrees. and then we'll see whether the capsule is ready to have humans put aboard. that won't happen for a number of years yet. six or seven years we're talking about before nasa says it will have the confidence to put this vehicle to the test with humans aboard. this is one small step in tha

the hope is orion could one daycarery humans. when it launches, scientists will analyze how the navigate systems are operating. after that orion will make an important re-entry through the atmosphere and that's when the capsule will get the trial by fire. orion will be enduring temperatures about 4,000 degrees fair ren heat. that will put the heat shield to the test that was developed here at the ames research center. >> once it reepters the atmosphere, the heat shield will compress the air in front of it, generate a strong shock and that create as lot of heat transferred to the heat shield. >> reporter: this test flight will take about four and a half hours and orion will splash down into the pacific ocean 600 miles southwest of san diego. nasa will be giving it another shot tomorrow. the launch window opens at 4:00 in the morning our time here on the west coast and by the way, here at aims research centerrer, they say they will not be having another viewing party tomorrow morning. in mountain view, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2

the orion capsule is five meet centers diameter.really rely at the end of the day on a flight test to tell us how those parts of the system will work. >> eft1 or exploration flight test 1, will subject a orion capsule to a real-world trial by fire on its maiden voyage, giving nasa the data they need and a big milestone. bill hill is a nasa associate administrator. >> eft1 is absolutely the biggest thing that this agency is going to do this year. >> orion is slated to orbit the earth twice, once at an altitude of about 500 miles. then it will get a lift from a second-stage booster to 3,600 miles, high enough for the capsule to be exposed to a big december of space radiation and to create enough speed on re-entry to generate 80% of the heat it would encounter on a return from the moon. >> this is really our first step in our journey to mars. >> nasa envisions a human presence on mars in the mid-20 30s. charlie bowden is the agency's administrator. >> i use the term pioneer instead of explorer. exploring implies we'll go out and come b