phil keating has the closest look in cape canaveral, florida. the ship to take astronauts actually to mars? >> yeah, this is it. and that's the plan and quite an ambitious plan. nasa's extremely critical test flight later this year will be the first ever, what nasa believes and is confident of, will definitively and decisively put the u.s. back in the clear lead when it comes to space travel. all around kennedy space center, as well as in houston at johnson, excitement is abundant for the big return to space mission set for november or december. the orion space capsule which can fit four to seven astronauts is still being built and assembled but clearly it's taking shape. 60,000 parts, 20 miles of wires. and its heat shield is the largest ever of its kind. this is the closest anybody's seen of this to date. the core engine tests of the system are going well. and it will be the largest and most powerful rocket flying. and in houston yesterday, there was no problem as the administrator unveiled orion's brand-new mission control. and long gone are

phil keating with more in our south florida newsroom. phil, what else is this contractor saying? >> reporter: he's absolutely outraged and at the end of his rope. last week when he learned about this revelation of the u.s.-funded cuba twitter program, that was the trigger which then led him to begin starving himself and that's what he's been doing now for five days. no food, just drinking water and according to his attorney, he has already lost ten pounds. that's on top of the 110 pounds he already lost while in prison. for four-plus years gross and his legal team have been begging the u.s. to sit down and negotiate with cube which his attorney says has yet to happen and is jeopardized. he said this, quote, i am fasting to object to miss truths, deceptions and interactions not only for my arbitrary detention but because of the lack of reasonable or val lid effort to resolve this shameful ordeal. no word from the cuban authorities on whether they're even considering beginning a force feeding program for gross or if they will do that. >> i keep reading from people who are suggestin

phil keating is live in miami. ess everything seems to be going he well up there, phil. >> absolutely, despite the fact these american astronauts spent much of the morning spacewalking and screwing around quite lift rally. they accomplished this critical computer repair job in just about 45 micro gravity minutes. at 10:00 a.m. eastern time rick mass squawk yo and steve swanson came out of the airlock over asia and unscrewed the multiplexer computer or mdm for short. it is critically important because it is only backup to control the solar array joints that provide power to six men living in space. once they hit the western hemisphere, daylight returned and they inserted the new computer around screwed it snuggly into place. >> you have a new mdm. >> excellent work, gentlemen. >> reporter: at one point mission control, someone in houston thought they saw on video screens an errant tool floating away into space. that could be dangerous as it could damage the exterior of the space station. neither astronaut could find

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phil keating is live in our florida newsroom. phil, easter service, had it begun? >> reporter: yeah. just begun for the easter sunday celebration. the screaming started to replace the singing and the whole room was in cass can chaos. at first nobody knew a car had bren through the wall. they thought a bomb exploded because the cloud of dust was so thick, nobody could see the car. not only did it break through the brick wall but kept going through the church, into and over identify rows of pews. >> services started and then we just -- bang. >> putting people under the car. some hurt. so we have to do to take care. >> it's heroic reactions by the parishioners inside the church. before first responders got there several rap out to their cars, opened the trunks, got their jacks and helped lift up the car. only a few of the injured remained at local hospitals today. most of the injuries including prepares and broken bones. >> what's the story of the woman driving the car. >> police say it appears to be a horrible accident. she blames the brakes on her car for not workin

phil keating live in miami with more on that. phil? >> reporter: hi, jon. crimea first got its suspended on the global stage from the g8, now it is suspended from all context between russian government officials and anybody working for nasa. at least none so far from the russian government. citing russia's, quote, ongoing violation of ukraine's sovereignty, nasa has implemented its own sanctions including no nasa travel to russia, no visits by russian government representatives to nasa facilities and no nasa nasa/russia bilateral meetings, teleconferences and video conferences. exempt from all of this is everything keeling with the -- dealing with the space station. currently residing on the space station are two americans, three russians and one japanese astronaut. whether they are talking global politics up there in space, perhaps that's best avoided for the moment. former astronaut and u.s. senator bill nelson reiterated space science will not be affected by politics down below. quote: we have co-occupied the international space station for 13 years unin

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phil keating is live with more. is this launch going to happen today? optimism is high at kennedy space center right now, even though the favorable weather forecast right now, 40%. it's been rainy, gloomy, gray and a lot of lightning at the kennedy space center all day long, which is three hours north of miami. 5,000-pound cargo delivery to the space station will be the fourth time space-x has made it to 250 miles above the earth. this one is carrying very important scientific activities. for space-x, their fourth time up. nasa's image of the day taken before the front came in shows the scene from space. but this is a very exciting launch for space-x because for the first time, it is going to do a full-fledged launch and test out its entire reusable rocket concept. instead of crashing the falcon 9 rocket into the atlantic ocean, the falcon is going to come back down slowly and vertically out to a soft landing out in the ocean. and the plan is to have it land right back on the launchpad from where it came. the president and ceo of space-x says it will dr

. >> correspondent phil keating reports tonight from miami that the obama administration has now reversed itself and cut many of its space ties with russia. >> three, two, we have ignition and liftoff of the united launch alliance, atlas 5 rocket. >> reporter: the launch of a military satellite highlights the complexity of u.s.-russia relations when it comes to space. our rockets use russian engines. in light of russia's annexation of crimea the pentagon is reviewing whether depending russian rocket engines threatens u.s. national security and citing russia's ongoing violations of ukraine sovereignty nasa has suspended contacts with russia, specif specifically no nasa travel to russia and no visits by russians to the nasa facilities and no bilateral meetings, e-mails, teleconferences or video conferences. >> given current events i think it's certainly right for nasa and law enforcement to be skeptical of that relationship and make sure that there's -- that this relationship going forward is in the best interest of the united states. >> reporter: a major exception to these new nasa sanctio

phil keating is live. why is this so important?ation could lose significant power and all incoming and outcoming space activity could be curtailed. so this broken computer needs to be repaired quickly. it controls half of the 24 computers on the u.s. space station and they control the array joints that need to be moved depending on the sun from the space station to derive power. only one of these compauters is working. these two have been space walking for a few minutes. they are still depressure for the conditions of space. they haven't left the iss just yet. when they leave they will be carrying the new computer and tool with them as they shimmy down the rail. it is a relatively easy space walk and should be completed in two and a half hours >> i wish them well. i hope there is no sandra bullock moment. there is a new space suit as well. tell us about that. >> it arrives sunday morning with the space capsule. it isn't being used today. but they are watching and making sure they don't repeat the major problem that happened when an

phil keating has more. >> allen gross reportedly has not eaten since april 3.and charged five years ago for illegally establishing internet access on the island and his wife does not think he can survive there much longer. the family is quite concerned. they say he's lost more than 100 pounds. they consider him a political prisoner and fear that last week's revelation that u.s. aid had secretly set up a twitter only makes gross' situation more dangerous as the discovery has only angered the cuban government. gross' miami attorney says this is what degrees told him on friday. i'm fast to go object to mistruth, deceptions and inaction by both governments not only regarding their shared responsibility for my arbitrary attention but also because of the lack or valiant efforts regarding this or deal. the administrator of aid testified ahead of the appropriations committee and was promptly called by patric leahy. he then blasted the state department's cuban twitter nesh active revealed last week by the associated press. >> i've read the legislation. the legislation d