a shenzhou 9 rocket blasted off from a site in the gobi desert. as chip reid in beijing reports it carried a crew of three, including china's first female astronaut. >> reporter: in china they're thaonal heroes, three astronauts on a mission that's become a national sensation, in part because of 34-year-old liu yang, an air force pilot, mother of one, and china's first woman 's space. the plan is for the shenzhou 9 space capsule to dock with a small space module named the heavenly palace where they'll live and work for 10 days. >> and liftoff! witheporter: with the recent end o nasa's space shuttle program, the future of manned space flight in the united states is uncertain, giving china a chance to grab the spotlight. >> a manned space program confers enormous prestige on the usuntry that does it. china, the united states, and russia are the only three heuntries in the world that have ever done that. >> reporter: we asked about that at the daily brief. is the china space program all about science, or is it also about national pride? he told us th

the shenzhou nine linked up with the tenggong 1 module. engineers at a ground base carried out the docking by remote control. they've been adjusting the spacecraft's orbit since its liftoff saturday. they went inside the space lab. two of them are men. the third is a woman. liu yang. she's the first female chinese astronaut to go into orbit. they'll perform a manual docking and carry out experiments during their 13-day mission. the link-up in space marks china's first manned docking. it's the third country to do this after the united states and russia. chinese leaders are aiming to build a permanent space station by 2020. >>> diplomats are meeting in moscow to argue over the future of iran's nuclear program. representatives of seven nations are in the russian capital. it's their third round of negotiations since april. they are trying to sort out their differences over the iranian government's uranium enrichment program. eu foreign policy chief catherine ashton and iran's top nuclear negotiator saeed jalili are participating in the two-day

the shenzhou-9 capsule carried a crew of three docked with an orbiting space laboratory. the event marked a couple of firsts for china. the shenzhou-9 linked up with the tiangong-1 module. it happened 340 kilometers above earth. engineers at a ground base carried out the docking by remote control. they've been adjusting the spacecraft's orbit since its liftoff saturday. the crew members went inside the space lab. two of them are men. the third is a woman. liu yang. she's the first female chinese astronaut to go into orbit. they'll perform a manual docking and carry out experiments during their 13-day mission. the link-up in space marks china's first manned docking. it'she third country to do this after the united states and russia. chinese leaders are aiming to build a permanent space station by 2020. >>> diplomats are meeting in moscow to argue over the future of iran's nuclear program. representatives of seven nations are in the russian capital. it's their third round of negotiations since april. they are trying to sort out their differences over the iranian government'

astronauts aboard the shenzhou 9 spacecraft successfully completed a docking with an orbiting modulenday. it's the latest hurdle by china as it prepares to launch its own space station by 2020. >>> three union pacific crew members are missing and presumed dead after the collision of two freight trains in oklahoma. the trains crashed head on and exploded into flames on sunday. 50 firefighters battled the fire which burned for hours. a fourth crew member survived the crash. cbs "moneywatch" time on a monday. gas prices continue to fall and a new disney cartoon hits its mark. ashley morrison is back. good morning. >> good morning to you, terrell. overseas markets were cautious ahead of the union summit. tokyo's nikkei fell three-quarters of a percent. the hang seng lost half a percent. wall street begins after a friday rally. the dow climbs 67 points on friday after the second worst selloff of the year and the nasdaq was 33 points higher. at the e.u. summit greek leaders will try to renegotiate terms. of the international bailout. the leaders of italy, france, germany and spain plan to

a spacecraft called shenzhou-9 docked with an orbiting module., two men and china's first female astronaut were launched into space on saturday. as the chinese began that mission, a supersecret u.s. air force spacecraft has completed one. the unmanned x-37v space plane looking somewhat like a miniature space shuttle landed at vandenberg air force base. spent more than a year in orbit traveling 91 million miles but the military won't reveal the purpose of that long flight. >>> new york jets quarterback tim tebow entered enemy territory at san diego's qualcomm stadium, this time to celebrate father's day. he told the crowd that his father taught him life lessons using mel gibson's character in the movie "braveheart." >> it had the biggest impact on my life because every time i go to practice from then on out, i'd always think about what my dad said to me. do i really love what i'm doing? am i passionate about it? am i willing to sacrifice more than everybody else is wiling to sacrifice? >> tebow said it felt good to get an applause there. on his la

. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the success of shenzhou-9 and tiangong-1's manned mission and docking realizes another breakthrough. it marked important progress made by china on the second strategic goal of the manned space flight project, which is of decisive significance. >> china is still no match for russia and the u.s. with money and momentum, beijing wants to catch up fast. martin patiences, beijing. >> a report has accused unjustly tle -- they company hired an independent auditor. it says it will carry out all of its recommendations. the u.s. congress has voted to hold the attorney general, eric holder, a criminal contempt for failing to turn over documents related to a botched gunrunning investigation. it is the first time a sitting cabinet member has faced such thing. the chinese president has arrived in hong kong to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the restoration of chinese sovereignty. the visit comes amid signs of growing discontent in the territory, 15 years after its handover from britain. police have set up a giant barricades around the president 's hotel. they are e

the shenzhou 9 uncoupled from the tiangong 1 space laboratory. among the crew of three inside was china's first woman in space. the craft gradually descended and entered earth's atmosphere. the landing capsule hit ground in china's inner mongolia region. state-run television broadcast live footage of the vessel's return. premier wen jiabao and other top leaders monitored the landing from beijing. the crew members greeted onlookers as they left the capsule. the manned spacecraft's voyage was an important step forward for china's developing space program. officials plan to build a space station for long-term stays by around 2020. >>> it's been a wonderful day here in tokyo, but a storm building up in china. robert speta has the details. >> we do have tropical storm doksuri here pushing off to the west. starting to see heavy rainfall pushing on across portions of southeastern china. it is racing towards the west-northwest at this time. about 20 kilometers per hour. expecting this to make a landfall going into your saturday afternoon hours. but as i

the shenzhou 9 uncoupled from the space laboratory. among the crew of three inside was china's first woman in space. the craft gradually descended and entered earth's atmosphere. the landing capsule hit ground in china's inner mongolia region. state-run television broadcast live footage of the vessel's return. premier wen jiabao and other top leaders monitored the landing from beijing. the crew members greeted onlookers as they left the capsule. the manned spacecraft's voyage was an important step forward for china's developing space program. officials plan to build a space station for long-term stays by around 2020. >>> the safe return of the astronauts coinicideses with some more good news for china. this time in the field of archaeology. on exploration in the country's south yielded the oldest fragments of pottery found so far in the world. a team of chinese and american archaeologists discovered the fragments in the shenran dong cave. they examined the geological layer where the samples were found. it allowed them to conclude human

prototype orbiting station and the other way to into orbit is china's first ever woman astronaut the shenzhou nine spacecraft blasted off from the launch pad in the gobi desert to move china will spend around ten days in space where they'll test the. beijing hopes to establish a permanent space station by twenty twenty tariq malik managing editor of space dot com says china is going full steam ahead these days with it. this is their big test to show that they can do it with people on board they can do it with a mix crew. veterans and new space flyers for them it's a major milestone what china has done in just the last decade it has taken a stepping stone approach to human spaceflight so they went with unmanned launches first and in two thousand and three the first manned launch last year was the first unmanned docking at this space module but china is the third country after russia united states to develop human spaceflight and it really looked at the success of russia's program the experience that nasa had to to shape its own independent program they've also just learned from the errors and

and china's shenzhou nine spacecraft with three astronauts successfully docked with a voluntary module norbit what beijing sees as a major advance in the country's space program eventing clearing the country's first female astronaut was shown live on national television with the mission being trumpeted as a step towards a chinese space station within a decade crewmembers are conducting medical tests and experiments while in orbit for just under a fortnight and another mad space flight is planned for later this year. are named u.s. officials have admitted american responsibility for last month's computer virus attack on iran the state of the art cyber weapon nicknamed flame said to have been created by american israel to spy on and sabotage the islamic states nuclear interests what is going to chicken has the latest. that american officials may sound defensive when they talk about cyber attacks as being a major threat to the country's security a weapon of mass disruption you could have a cyber attack that would be as consequential in terms of the economy maybe even in terms of overall u

and china's a shenzhou spacecraft with three astronauts including the country's first space woman has successfully docked with its orbiting module crewmembers are planning to conduct medical tests and a variety of experiments the rocket was launched last saturday from the step guns to that province there in western china and the mission was trumpeted all across the country as a major step forward for its ongoing space program and beijing wants to establish its own station closer to. started by twenty twenty. one former beatle paul mccartney they are celebrating his seventieth birthday today but the music legend says he doesn't want anything to ground preferring rather to mark the event quietly with his family his fans though they have some other ideas planning acts all over the world ranging from liverpool all the way to japan despite seven decades on the planet mccartney shows little sign of slowing down recently completed a world tour and in just a few weeks will be the headliner for the opening ceremony all from london. and over to katy standing by the r.t. business desk i could se

crew of china's shenzhou nine spacecraft is back safely on the ground the team including the nation's first female astronaut spent nearly two weeks in space practicing docking missions with a module praise the progress as it works towards building its own space station china will become the third country after the u.s. and russia to stand independently maintained space into orbit. he was democrats are applauding a ruling by the supreme court calling president barack obama's health care legislation act constitutional and there are the controversial law most americans are required to purchase health insurance by twenty fourteen or pay a fine or reforms were opposed by nearly every republican lawmaker claiming it was against the law to force people to buy a private product the courts verdict is seen as major a victory for obama as he's up for reelection in november well if you have a fenian on obama's health care reform do share it with us on our web site r t v dot com now let's take a look at the site vote that we have there so far so as you can see seventeen percent believe it will ben

. >> after 13 days orbiting the earth, the space capsule shenzhou 9 floated gently over the northername to rest on its side. after an anxious hour long wait, the three astronauts finally emerged to a round of applause and a national sigh of relief. especially for 33-year-old liu yang, china's first woman in space. with legs too weak to walk, the three were carried to a brief press conference. yang said she feels proud for china. yang who was called little sister by the male astronauts was added to the mission to draw attention to a space program that's had difficulty capturing the imagination of the chinese people. chinese tv repeatedly showed her doing tai chi exercises in the small space module where the astronauts spent ten days, nicknamed the heavenly palace. yang said it was cozy and warm. overall, the mission was a glowing success and a very big deal for china according to cbs news space analyst bill harwood. >> the chinese are making very definite good progress toward their goal of building their own space station. >> china is going it alone in space in part because they were