spacex has launched the falcon 9 rocket. it's first private space vessel headed to the international space station. >> launch of the space station falcon 9 rocket to resupply the international space station. >> reporter: spacex is attempting to become the first private space vessel to reach the international space station. this was the second launch attempt for spacex. >> lift-off. we had a cut-off. lift-off did not occur. >> reporter: lift-off was halted when a faulty check valve caused high pressure in one of the engines. it sensed the pressure buildup and shut down the engine. spacex is one of five private companies attempting to win a nasa contract for manned space flights. the space agency is hoping a private company would provide a more cost-effective replacement for the shuttle program which ended last summer. spacex will use its unmanned dragon capsule to carry more than a thousand pounds of food and supplies to the iss. once there, it will perform a series of practice maneuvers before nasa allows it to birth at the

how does spacex keep its cost down? one factor is the low-tech approach in the falcon 9 booster rocket. the first stage is made up of a cluster of nine rocket engines. the basic technology for those engines was developed over 40 years ago for apollo 11, the spacecraft that put the first man on the moon back in 1969. moreover, the rocket will return to earth using parachutes just like the apollo modules, instead of landing on a runway like the space shuttle. >> what we try to do here is not just use the best technology or the newest technology. we try to use the right technology. >> reporter: spacex is not the only venture that is making inroads into the space business using old technology. one company is recycling passenger jumbo jets that have recently been decommissioned. >> maybe some of the actual windows themselves. it would be nice. they are a pretty valuable item and well engineered. >> reporter: stratolaunch systems is developing a plane with a wing span of over 110 meters. the plan is for the plane to carry a r

when the hatch close says wednesday the spacex capsule -- closes wednesday the spacex capsule will beto return to earth. jamie colby, fox news. >>> shawn yancy has your fox 5 top five. >> we begin with the secret to getting your kids to eat their veggies. no. 5, serve water with meals and your kids may eat more vegetables. behavioral researchers found people correlate a glass of water with healthy food and sugary drinks with items that come from convenience stores and fast food restaurants and kids ate more veggies with water than soda. no. 4, work out or pay up, it's the incentive behind a new exercise app called jim pack. users commit to work -- gym pack. users commit to working out a specific time a week and agree to pay at least five bucks every time you miss a workout. no. 3, move over android and apple. facebook wants to create its own smartphone. according to the new york times, part of the top secret plan is to recruit experts who worked on the iphone and ipad, no word yet when an actual phone will come out. no. 2, more bad news for research in motion, the maker of blackberry

what spacex is attempting to do is to do pretty much just that. to send a spacecraft to the international space station and rendezvous, not dock in this case, but berth. the station's robotic arm will reach out, grab spacex's dragon capsule and pull it into the station. i talked with the ceo and founder of spacex about three weeks ago, and this is not just a test flight, his dragon capsule is actually carrying supplies. >> so we're going to be carrying about half a ton of supplies, it's going to be mostly, it will in fact almost entirely be supplies that are valuable once they're received at the space station. but it's okay if they get lost on the way there. so if the mission doesn't succeed, it's a small loss. >> so you know, they're taking dry goods, they've got a computer on board. and elon told me, he thinks they're taking some underwear, you know, those packages. i'm not kidding, it's the truth. you need them up there. just like you need a beer. >> i suppose so. so what happens next? are they thinking about taking humans up into space? >> tha

a rocket built by spacex blasting off at 3:44 this morning. unmanned dragon capsule to resupply the iss. in aed by to replace the retired space shuttle fleet. >>> there's a plane in the front yard, more than 1600 people without power overnight after a small plane took out power poles and crash-landed in front of this house in glendale, california last night. according to the "l.a. times," the pilot, the only person on board, was able to get out of the wreckage and he is expected to be okay. the faa tells us the pilot reported engine trouble, was trying to make it to nearby nan nuys airport. >>> police say everett allen robinson attacked a sheriff's deputy and drove off in the deputies patrol car. they're warning local residents that robinson is armed and dangerous. >>> a dumb guy try to rob casino. a man scheduled to appear in court after police say he tried to pepper-spray a blackjack dealer and grab $115,000 in chips. the eye in the sky of course always watching in sin city, police say casino staff wrestled him down. his wig and sunglasses f

there is another company hot on spacex's heels, orbital sciences based in dulles. as kristin fisher reports, it's poised to put virginia on the map as a leader in commercial spaceflight. >> launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket. >> reporter: spacex has taken the title of the first private company to launch a spacecraft to the space station. but orbital sciences based in dulles is just six months behind. their mission from nasa is the same, resupply the space station. orbital has had less time and less money to get the job done. >> we've closed the gap with the spacex team. >> reporter: carl walsh has spent nearly 200 days on board the space station as a nasa astronaut. now he's helping develop orbital's antares rocket and the signal spacecraft that will sit on top. >> it's very exciting because we're developing something that has not been developed by the big government nasa before. >> reporter: this is orbital's mission control complex and this is where the cignes capsule will be controlled once it launches from a tear rest' -- a antares' rocket later in the year.

spacex team. you guys are awesome. >> the man behind it all, spacex founder, elon musk. >> it's a fantastic day and a great day for the country and for the world. >> with a space shuttle fleet retired, nasa has been relying on russian space craft to ferry astronauts and cargo to and from the station while waiting for private business to take over. surprisingly, this company, just ten years old, beat out some big competitors to win a $1.6 billion nasa contract. >> they completely built and tested and flew this space craft in a manner that has really been remarkable. >> the average age at spacex is just 30, but it combined years of nasa know-how with different thinking to pull this off. >> this mission is only the beginning of a widening of space access, including not just cargo to orbit but people to orbit. >> the first spacex manned mission could be just a few years away. tomorrow, the space station crew will unload the cargo. but tonight, with "dragon" in the station's arm, it's champagne at spac

spacex is building rockets for nasa like boeing would build a ailane forn airline. the space agency is not directly involved in the process. it is an arms-length fixed price contract. why make this change? >> there isn't that much new or unknown about launching to low earth orbit anymore. we've been doing it for 50 years, and nasa wants to do those cutting edge things that are all about pushing the envelope further. so its only natural that those things we've done for 50 years should be taken over by the private sector. >> reporter: lori garver is nasa's deputy administrator, and its most vocal advocate for changing the way the agency does business in low earth orbit now that the space shuttles are prized museum pieces. a lot of people view it as a retreat. what do you say to them? >> the opposite is true. this is not a retreat. in fact, this is acknowledging... this is something that we've been doing forever, and we need to push that boundary farther. a retreat would be doing the same thing over and over. >> reporter: spacex is one of a handful of companies with co

glr. >> and launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket. >> reporter: the rocket blasted off this morning from cape canaveral launching a new era in space travel. >> as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> reporter: for the first time ever, a private spacecraft is on a supply mission to the international space station. >> what a spectacular start. it was just picture perfect. >> reporter: flight controllers celebrated the historic launch. >> degree men douse elation. it's -- tremendous elation. for us it's like winning the super bowl. >> reporter: with the shuttle fleet permanently grounded, spacex is one of several private companies competing for nasa contracts to carry cargo and eventually astronauts into space. the space capsule is carrying about a thousand pounds of mostly food and clothing. if all goes well, it will reach the space station in a few days. after some practice maneuvers, a 58-foot robotic arm will latch on to the capsule and guide it into the space station on friday. >> things are moving in the right direction but there's still lot

today, the ironman costume stands on the floor at spacex headquarters in los angeles. so you're ironman? >> well, i am ironman in certain respects. >> a billionaire entrepreneur and inventor who founded paypal and the electric car company tesla motors, musk has built spacex from the ground up, and he's now competing against some very big commercial names to become the first private company to win nasa contracts to carry cargo and eventually humans into space. >> spacex is determined to win, but in human space flight, there's a very thin margin for error. it's a lesson nasa had to learn the hard way. over the past 45 years, 17 nasa astronauts have died in three separate tragedies. >> one big concern is where there are private company taking the place of nasa might one day choose to put profits ahead of safety. >> but musk insists safety is good business. >> there's not a single decision we have made where we said let's make it cheaper and less reliable. never once. >> his ultimate goal, a manned mission to mars, but tonight, he's focused on the first unmanned commercial

this is the second launch attempt for spacex. >> lift-off. we've had a cutoff. not occur. >> reporter: the first ended suddenly this past saturday when a faulty check valve caused high chamber pressure in one of the engines. computers sensed the pressure builtup and shut down the engine. spacex is one of five private companies attempting to win a nasa contract for manned space flight. the space agency is hoping a private company would provide a more cost effective replacement for the shuttle program which ended last summer. it will use its unman dragon capsule to carry more than a thousand pounds of food and supplies to the iss. it will perform a series of practice ma enoughs before nasa -- maneuvers

if it's successful, spacex will make history, but there's another company hot on its heels. orbital scientists based in dulles and as kristin fisher reports, it's poised to put virginia on the map as a leader in commercial spaceflight. >> launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket. >> reporter: spacex is taking title of the first private company to launch a spacecraft to the space station, but orbital science based in dulles is just six months behind. their mission from nasa is the same, resupply the space station, but orbital has had lets time and less money to get the -- less time and less money to get the job done. >> we've closed the gap with the spacex team. >> reporter: carl walsh has spent nearly 200 days aboard the space station as a nasa astronaut. now he's helping developing orbital's rocket in the spacecraft that will sit on top. >> it's very exciting because we're developing something that has not been developed by the big government nasa before. >> reporter: so this is orbital's mission control complex. this is where the cignes capsule will be controlled once it launc

first, spacex, the dragon capsule, has splashed down.ord it has landed just off the coast of baja, california. we can officially say now mission accomplished. the first commercial flight to and from the international space station thanks to the private company spacex. we'll talk more space in just a second. but the other breaking news story that we have been following all morning were the two americans kidnapped in egypt. we have found -- well, we had reported rather that the situation had ended, that they were in custody and safe. i'm told now brandon cuts, one of those kidnapped americans in egypt, has called in to us on the phone with us now. brandon, where exactly are you calling us from? >> hi. somewhere near nuaba in egypt. >> can you tell us -- can we back up so i can bring all our viewers up to date. we had reported on this story very early this morning. can you tell me just take us from the very beginning, where were you, what happened, give us the details? >> okay. yeah. we were leaving dahab, going up to taba yesterday evening

the unmanned cargo ship is called the dragon built in california by a firm called spacex. this morning it hooked up with the space station to deliver supplies after years of work and anticipation spacex having reason to celebrate. >> i don't have words enough to express the level of excitement and elation that we feel here at spacex. there's so much that could have gone wrong and it went right. >> for now spacex is only in the supply delivery business, but one day they may carry passengers up there. engineers are working on plans to allow the spacecraft to carry seven people into orbit. >>> the memorial day weekend is off to a great start at least when it comes to weather. will it last for our monday barbecues? our fate is in topper shutt's hands, his full forecast coming up. >> but first what better place to honor our veterans on memorial day than right here in washington d.c.? we'll preview some of the top events going on this holiday weekend. >> as we head to another break, another check of gas prices for our holiday travelers. if you're heading north towards philly or

how does spacex keep its costs down? one factor is the low-tech approach in its falcon 9 booster rocket. the first stage is made up of a cluster of nine rocket engines. the basic technology for those engines was developed over 40 years ago for apollo 11, the spacecraft that put the first man on the moon back in 1969. moreover, the rocket will return to earth using parachutes, just like the apollo modules, instead of landing on a runway like the space shuttle. >> what we try to do here is not to just use the best technology or the newest technology. we try to use the right technology. >> reporter: spacex is not the only venture that's making inroads into the space business using old technology. one company is recycling passenger jumbo jets that have recently been decommissioned. >> maybe some of the actual windows themselves, it would be nice, they are a pretty valuable item and are well engineered. it would be a shame to have that go to waste. >> reporter: strata launch systems is developing a huge airplane with the wing

. >>> coming up spacex becomes the first private spacecraft to dock to the international space stationlso ahead memorial day weekend is also the opening weekend for area swimming pools. we'll take you to today's kickoff in the district. >> and soccer star and sex symbol's david beckham's underwear is on its way to the white house. we'll explain. >> but first mitt romney and president obama shift their campaign strategies heading into the memorial day weekend after the break. >>> president obama and mitt romney are expected to take a break from the campaign trail this memorial day weekend, but both of their senior campaign advisors will be on sunday morning's edition of cbs news' face the nation. joining us now live is the host chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. good to see you, bob of the this race is getting tighter by the day. polls show the president and governor romney in a virtual tie this month. i want to ask you according to this new washington post abc news poll out today it appears government romney is doing better with blue collar workers, white workers who are str

so we're ready to support when spacex is ready to go. >> all right. take some questions now, please be sure to give your name and affiliation when you get the microphone. and we'll start here in the front with marsha. >> marsha dennis, associated press. i think you said in the opening remark when did the clock start -- stop, when was the abort actually called? >> t-minus .5 seconds. >> up until that, all nine engines were firing as they were supposed to? >>> engine five was increasingly -- engine five was trending high. but it hit the abort limit at t-minus .5. all other engines were right on. we compared this data to the static fire data as well and that is one of the reasons why we aborted. >> was there anything seen on five during the test fire? >> no, rock solid. >> you have been listening to a little bit of press conference being held by nasa at cape canaver canaveral. we can tell you it looks like they will attempt again on the 22nd, possibly the 23rd, looking at both days just in case. sounds like with landfall a second left to go it was aborte

. >>> itself first private spacecraft the spacex dragon successfully docked with the international spacenasa no longer flying shuttle missions to the space station. the success is considered an important milestone. >> reporter: despite some critical delays and maneuvers made at 17,000 miles an hour down to the millimeter, spacex pulls off space history. more than 200 miles up above the earth, the dragon capsule slowly guided into the hatch where it will be locked in on the space station and officially berthed. this was supposed to be a three- hour process but it took significantly longer following what truly was high drama in lower earth orbit. one critical delay was a problem with the light arm which measures speed and distance. after that was fixed the capsule slowly moved in to ten meters out. then the robotic arm guided by nasa grappled the dragon. keep in mind one false move could have bumped the capsule out of control threatening a billion dollar public-private investment off into space. >> capture is confirmed. >> reporter: elation and relief in houston and in hawthorne, californi

seeing the spacex rocket launch. here is the administrator charlie boldin talking about it this morning. >> hopefully the stories you tell today, tomorrow and the weeks ahead will be stories of victory and triumph. today it is a time for the united states and spacex and the nasa team to celebrate. >> so, they're celebrating and he's, obviously, hoping we have boot prints on mars in our lifetime. thinking ahead is space tourism and talk to me about virgin galactic. how many people do you hope space tourists do you hope to get into space? >> well, in the very first year at virgin galactic's operations, we should take more people into space than russia and america combined have taken in the history of space travel. there may be 500 or 600 people in our first years. so, the great thing about the commercial sector doing this is we can do it for a fraction of the price that government-run companies have done it in the past. and that's, obviously, good for the american taxpayer. but also, i think, we've got wonderful innova

>> launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket. >> it was spacex's dragon capsule breathing life into space exploration caring 1,000,000 of nonessential clothing primarily food and clothing will be within reach of the 50-foot robotic arm from the space station hoping to become the first commercial operated capsule to do so. a small step for space travel and a giant leap for privately owned commercial enterprise. it's the brain child of paypal's founder. >> it's parallel to the internet in the mid 90s when it was created as a government endeavor but the introduction of commercial companies really accelerated the growth of the internet and made it assessable to mainstream. >> the launch is a vital test. completing the mission will allow spacex to collect on a contract to develop a cargo ship and enter into $1.6 billion contract from nasa for a dozen future cargo flights. when scott visited the spacex factory in march for 60 mississip the scope was much greater. >> there's windows in case there's an astronaut that want to look out. >> people don't put windows in cargo ships. >> exactly. >> thi

that's what spacex is starting to demonstrate. >> spacex's contract with nasa for 13 flights, spent about40% of that money coming from taxpayers in this country. do you think it's a good payoff for nasa and taxpayers in america? >> so this industry is being started now. and so the ability of spacex to really be able to take that seed funding, to take that money and create an industry where we know we'll have that access to space from a private side is important. i think it's a good use of money because then we have the capability to go ahead and do other things. we know we have other kinds of ways to get there. besides the government doing sort of the short-term work. the repeatable work, the things we already know how to do. what the government should really do is that expansive work where it pushes the envelope when it talks about new types of propulsion, that's where the government really needs to play. >> some are questioned whether private commercial rockets are safe. ultimately the plan is to put some of our own astronauts on this thing. if you were still soaring into space, would y

plus, space flight, a commercial launch of spacex. they tried a few times.hey finally got it going. they're on their way to the international space station. we'll look at that in just a couple of minutes. >> exciting stuff. >> remember, in circles. life lived in black and white is not a life lived. today, i choose color. to see it. to feel it. to be in it. to be upon it. and to live a life surrounded by it. today, i put on a fresh coat.

nasa's contract with spacex is for a new dragon each flight but spacex does have special plans for this. >> it will be on display for its history making aspects of this mission. >> reporter: a mission toward the future of american space flight. >>> here is a look at what we're working on in sports next. skins got one of their rookie quarterbacks into the fold. celtics put up a fight. >>> doug kammerer live here at the herndon festival the 32 annual on a beautiful night. a lot of people coming out. it's all the way through the weekend through friday, saturday, and sunday. i found a buddy. this guy right here used to be a childhood friend. this is nathan evans. he said he always wanted to say hi to jim and doreen. so i got to give my friend a good chance. here you go. >> mr. vance, ms. gentzler nice to see you. jim, you'll like this. have i got some stories for you. >> no, no. >> we need to talk, dude. we need to talk. >> anyway, so i want to talk a little bit about the weather coming up over the next couple days. you're never coming on tv with me again. right now we have temperatures tha

. >> and the launch of the spacex rocket. >> and a blast off for a new way of doing business in space. the first commercial flight of its kind ushers in an era of private enterprise. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it only is taking a quick look in the history books to see what egypt is buzzing with excitement tonight. for the first time in more than 5000 years, the country has the chance to choose its leader in a direct election. it is not clear what the new powers the new president will have, because the constitution is still up in the air, but one thing is certain. he will have to address the many problems that have worsened since the fall of hosni mubarak. we have a report from cairo. >> this is the square that made history in egypt and around the world, and type your square. -- tahir square. there are the historic presidential elections. >> if he makes any wrong, anything wrong. >> the victims, the innocent victims. >> known -- so tahrir square will come back. >> yes. >> everywhere you go, you see the billboards. we have come to this working- class

just finished a news conference at kennedy space center where the president of spacex talked about how this, that they will have people at the launch pad later today, but that this is not a failure. >> this is not a failure. we aborted with purpose, it would be a failure if were to have lifted off with an engine trending in this direction. >> reporter: gwynne saying had you lifted off bad things could happen, they would not have been able to probably reach orbit and certainly not the international space station, which is the mission. spacex attempting to be the first commercial company, randi, to actually get a spacecraft, their dragon spacecraft to the international space station, to rendesvous and berth. >> it's a demonstration flight, has cargo on it, should something go wrong it won't be terribly missed is the way it was put to me but understand this -- this need to be successful because nasa decided that it could no longer continue to fly space shuttles, and build a rocket that could take humans to an asteroid and mars, just not enough money, they are turning over low earth orbit,

we're look live at spacex mission control in hawthorne, california. what they're doing right now is tracking the spacex dragon capsule as it leaves the earth's orbit heading for a dramatic splashdown very shortly in the pacific parachute down in the style of nasa's apollo spacecraft. the dragon hauling back 1400 pounds of space station equipment and scientific examples. phil keating has been looking at this live from miami. phil, as jon said, things seem to be going okay now? >> reporter: absolutely. inside hawthorne, california, mission control for spacex the engineers are cool, calm, collected. no emotion or cheer two minutes ago, the deorbit burn and entry into the atmosphere ended with the capsule firmly intact. it is about to jettison the trunk. that is where the solar panels are can'ted with the dragon capsule. obviously those are not needed now that it has one job left to plummet and parachute safely into the pacific ocean. this should happen in a zone roughly 500 miles southwest of los angeles and west of mexico's baja peninsula. just like it

spacex makes the capsule, spacex owns it., 58 hours later as dragon craft touched down in the pacific, a barge is on its way to retrieve the spacecraft. you can kind of see it there. reusable if it's undamaged. spacex hopes to create a land based landing system for dragon. founder elon musk sat quietly tweeting and drinking coffee waiting on word of dragon's condition. notice the casual attire and lack of paper there? compare that to nasa mission control. people in ties, all very old school. musk wants to take spacex public only after he has a consistent launch schedule maybe by the end of 2013. analysts say this is good news for publicly traded customers like aridium. there is, of course, guys more confidence that that will happen. simon. >> yes, and i hear the capsule had a new car feel about it according to one of the former astronauts. >> apparently, you know, the astronauts said when they got inside it smelled like a new car. >> good to see you, jane. jane wells, thank you. >>> thank you very much, folks. it's time now f

it'll be like spacex. some of you know that spacex slid because they made some late software modifications to their rendezvous software which, incredible flexibility. nasa's not quite ready to do that yet as flexibly as industry is. and so it took us a while, you know, people need to understand this is a team. so, you know, spacex's name was in the spotlight, but every once in a while some of the delays were delays that we had to impart because we were trying to catch up in some cases. it's an incredible team when you watch 'em. i mean, just sitting on the net this morning listening to the decisions being made realtime, how do we deal with these thicks that we're -- things that we're seeing, how do you deal with life when it occurs? we had a great plan, but things happened that were not anticipated. but in going through what are the failure modes that can occur in your planning, the team said, okay, we think we understand this. here's what we need to do. and the first backout, the first reverse al qaim fro

. >>> astronauts on the international space station are still unloading cargo from the spacex dragonle. >> it arrived on friday way half-ton of food, clothing and scientific supplies. fox's jamie coby takes a look at the problems. >> reporter: official hatch opening time 4:53:00 a.m. central time. >> this new era of space travel handled by the private sector. the progress not without a few hiccups along the way. >> launch of the spacex rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> reporter: last week's launch happening on the second attempt. once in space, the vessel docking last friday to cheers from earth. that docking didn't go as planned either. according to space x's founder. >> dragon has these things called lasers. one of the lasers wasn't working well. we had to recalibrate the laser and tighten the beam and then it did work and we were table to dock. >> reporter: it takes some 25 hours to unload more than a thousand pounds of supplies include food, clothing and technology. it is not all work and no play up there. some new pictures

why is this so significant for spacex?it was a huge moment both for the united states, as well as for the industry and i definitely. i was holding my breath, like a lot of people at spacex. >> it was quite exciting. >> breath holding moment. i want to play video of several spacex employees this morning at the launch. take a look. once that rocket launch was successful. here's my question. i was down covering "atlantis" launch last summer and i talked to a lot of tearful nasa employees because a lot of folks along the coast were frustrated, they were losing jobs and i was just curious how many are absorbed by private enterprise like spacex? >> i think increasingly a number of private companies are picking up the former nasa employees. a few things have been lost in the wake of the space shuttle. first of all the impression that nasa was getting out of the space transportation is incorrect and secondly that it was the private sector wasn't heavily involved as it was in the space shuttle. it is a transition. i think it's an e

she says spacex will move forward with plans to send the falcon 9 and its drag on capsule into space. >> this is not a failure. we aborted with purpose. it would be a failure if we were to have lifted off with an engine trending in this direction. >> the addition see scwens had started but there was a cutoff. >> big disappointment but you want to get it right. -- the addition sequence has started but there was a cut off. >>> we all knew steven strasbourg could hit but would knew he was a slugger. will show you how he hit one into the stands. >> sports coming up next. hey, i'm joey aragon. see that film? people call me about this every day. my dishwasher must be broken. you know, it's not always the machine. it may be the detergent. add finish power up to boost your detergent and you'll see a huge difference. watch what it can do. look at that sparkle! now that's clean! cloudiness! spots! tough stains! even dishwasher build-up! gone! just like that! so don't give up. add finish power up. wow! see the difference! it's a must have! >>> sports now. the nats and orioles wrapped up the batt

. >>> the spacex rocket is edging closer and closer to the international space station now.s morning the commercial spacecraft is scheduled to fire its engines so it can position itself to dock at the iss. it's the first time a private aircraft has gone on a mission to the space station. >>> there's another company hot on spacex' heels. orbital science based in dulles. as kristin fisher reports, it's poised as a leader in commercial space flight. >> launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket. >> reporter: spacex has taken the title of the first private company to launch a spacecraft to the space station. but orbital science is based in dulles is just six months behind. their mission from nasa is the same. resupply the space station. but orbital has had less time and less money to get the job done. >> we've closed the gap with the spacex team. >> reporter: carl walts has spent 200 days aboard the space as an astronaut. now he's helping develop orbitals. >> it's very exciting because, you know, we're developing something that has not been definitelied by the big government nasa befo

soil. >> the unmanned spacex flight has so far been a success. says its dragons could be ferrying astronauts to the space station in three years. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >> dogs are called man's best friend for a reason, but this small stray may be one of the best. he was thrown a scrap of food by a team of cyclist racing across china to tibet and he started to run, 20 days and over 1,000 miles later, the newly named xiaosa crossed the finish line with his new friend and yes, they plan to keep him. >> just ahead, commencement lessons for the class of 2012. >> just ahead, commencement lessons for the class of 2012. that story is next. whiteand tw. ♪ listerine® whitening... power to your mouth. listerine® whitening... sleep in my contacts. relax... air optix® night & day aqua contact lenses are approved for up to 30 days and nights of continuous wear, so it's okay to sleep in them. visit airoptix.com for a free 1-month trial. oh. let's go. from the crack, off the backboard. [ laughs ] dad! [ laughs ] whoo! oh! you're up! oh! oh! so clos