controllers ordered tim copra and timothy peake to return to the space station when copra found a minute amount of waiter inside his suit. >>> nasa's safety consultants are warning of unexpected threats using commercial space taxis to put astronauts into orbits. the design for capsules for spacex and boeing fail to meet the nation's minimum safety standards. could cause delays to test flights scheduled for next year. the association found fault with launch plan mission to mars. we're joining by derrick pits, director of the fels planetarium in philadelphia. it seems to me there's a lot to be considered in this report, saying all relevant parties aren't talking to each other, pretty much implying that nasa is cutting corners on safety, is that fair to say? >> well, when you look at the report the report does indicate that there are a number of ways in which nasa isn't really chasing down to the nth degree all of the potential risks that might be involved in the design building and testing of components that would then be assembled later, antonio, into a launching system. and this is found

u-s army colonel timothy kopra and british astronaut timothy peake are replacing a shorted out solar voltage regulator. it's been out of service since last year. the british astronaut is the first from his country to do a spacewalk./// brian loftus > elementary school students designing and developing robots, for competition, in today's "what's cool at school!" ((brian loftus)) fourth-and- fifth graders at twitchell elementary are beyond busy - in full preparation mode for a robotics competition. they need to make sure their robots, or bots, are ready to perform on the big day stacy carpenter co-chair of robotics club "they started with miniscule pieces and parts, and now they have this robot, and it does things, and they've coded they've really felt like they accomplished a lot together already." ((brian loftus)) the competition is weeks away, and the goal for the bot is to be able to complete various tasks - like rolling up and down ramps, and using it's claw to pick up a ball, and make a shot collin moxley 5th grade "you have to have the right sensitivity, so you can still make pr

the two astronauts are nasa's timothy copra and britton's timothy peak.e first space walker to wear the union jack on the shoulder of his suit. you can see that right there. this is animation from nasa. nasa is often good at animation. i wouldn't give this an f, but it is not an a-plus. nasa sent the two to fix a broken electrical unit the size of a 30-gallon aquarium. it failed and they needed to replace it to restore full power. nasa says that -- nasa's reps say the space walkers successfully replaced with a spare that had been inside the space station since 1999. they replaced in it ten minutes before the deadline. the astronauts were working 200 feet from the airlock. what is interesting, we tease they could have drowned. andiómó$w i just don't if that'e an oversell. like the size of a marble. >> last time it was a liter and a half. >> right. >> in 2013. >> okay. in 2013, they could have drowned. but what about on this one? >> on this one it was 15 cubic centimeters. immediater -- centimeters. >> a tablespoon of water. >> that's what they collected. t

tim peak and timothy copra were to replace an electric box. peak made history by being the first british astronaut to complete a space walk. while the breakdown didn't cause much damage nasa wanted the power fixed quickly. the men must work in complete darkness to prevent being shocked. making this mission so much more amazing. nasa's solar dynamics it's what they're called a solar eruption. it happened in december when a dark solar filament, one of the dark lines or curves you see above the sun's surface, became unstable. the eruption caused a cascade of magnetic solar arches. you can see the movement in the upper right of the video. the images were taken in extreme ultra-violet wavelengths. the light is usually invisible to our eyes but here it's colored in bronze. >> reed: a teenage boy died and two others hospitalize and err they had to be pulled from an icy colorado pond. a person saw the boys and called for help. the first officer was able to pull one of the boys out using a broken branch. fire crews were able to pull the second teen out

doug: american astronaut timothy kopra and his british partner tim peake on an extra-vehicular repair mission, when kopra noticed a cooling loop in his spacesuit was leaking. >> try to drink it and note the taste. doug: that small amount of water-prompting mission-control to end the pair' s five hour spacewalk early. >> open up your checklist to page 7, we are in a terminate case. doug: fearing a repeat of this 2013 mission, which almost saw italian iss engineer luca parmitano drown when two quarts of water flooded his helmet during a spacewalk. >> luca went out twice and the first time he went out he had water in his helmet then and i don' t think we quite handled it the right way. doug: according to nasa, kopra director brought the duo back in as a precaution. today, the veteran astronaut safe on board the station, and surely waiting to collect on this promise from houston. >> that' s perfect. we' ll buy you a drink, a soda when you get home. doug: wcvb newscenter 5. pam: glad it turned out well. reid: we are dealing with our own precipitation issues. mike: some people it was just t

astronauts tim peake and timothy kopra were in the final stages of the walk to replace a broken electronic box when kopra reported a small water bubble inside his helmet, followed by a film of water. the two men were able to get inside, but by then, they had already finished the repair that restored full power to the station. angela: walmart plans on closing 269 stores by the end of the month. 154 of those are in the u.s. and most will be smaller format debuted in 2011. walmart instead plans to focus on super centers, neighborhood markets and e-commerce. 10,000 walmart employees in the u.s. will be affected, but the company hopes many of them can be placed at other stores. a travel alert for pregnant women. the cdc is sending out a warning about a mosquito borne disease, called the zika virus. they' re urging women not to travel to places where its ' s spreading, including brazil and the caribbean. the virus attacks unborn babies, . officials say they' ve already had more than 3,000 cases of babies born in brazil with abnormally small heads and brains. medical experts are working to create

. >> reporter: american astronaut timothy kopra and his british partner tim peake on an extra vehicular repair mission when kopra noticed a cooling loop in his space suit was leaking. > if there's any way to get a temperature of the water, i don't know try to drink it and note the taste. >> water's cold. >> reporter: that small amount of water prompting mission control to end the pair's five-hour space walk early. >> start opening your cuff checklist to page 7. we are going to terminate case. >> fearing a repeat of this 2013 mission which almost saw italian iss engineer luca par m.i.t. ano drown when half a gallon of water flooded his helmet during a space walk. > it is wet. >> luca went out twice. the first time he went out, he had water in his helmet then. and i don't think we quite hammed it the right way. >> reporter: according to nasa, he was never in that degree of danger saying the flight director brought the duo back in as a precaution. the veteran astronaut safe on board the station and surely waiting to collect on this promise from houston. >> that was perfect. we'll buy you a

. >> reporter: timothy copra and time peak when copra noticed a cooling loop was leaking. >> any way to get a temperature of the water, drink it and note the taste. >> water is cold. >> reporter: that small amount of water prompting mission control to end the pair's five hour space walk early. >> open your cuff checklist to page 7. >> reporter: fearing a repeat almost say an italian iss engineer drown when half a gallon of water flooded his helmet during a space walk. >> he went out twice. the first time he went out he had water in the helmet then. i don't think we quite handled it the right way. >> reporter: according to nasa, he was never in that degree of danger saying the duo were brought in as a precaution. this morning the veteran restaurants safe on board the station and surely waiting to >> that was perfect. we will buy you a drink, a soda when you get home. reporting. >> yeah, really. >>> coming up next, there may be an increase in traffic and congestion in new york city. anyone who drives here knows that. a new report is out saying that ride hailing programs like uber are n

. >> reporter: american astronaut timothy kopra and his british partner tim peake on an extra mission when he noticed a cooling loop in his space suit was leaking. >> any way to get a temperature of the water. try to drink it and note the taste. >> water is cold.mount of water prompting mission control to end the pair's five-hour space walk early. list to page 7. we are in a >> fearing a repeat of this 2013 mission which almost saw italian iss engineer luca parmitano gallon of water flooded his helmet during a space walk. >> my suit is really wet. >> luca went out twice and the first time he went out he had water in his helmet thent think we quite handled it the right way. >> reporter: according to nasa kopra was never in that degree of danger saying the flight director brought the a precaution. this morning the veteran astronaut safe on board the station and surely waiting to collect on this promise from was perfect. we'll buy you a drink, a soda when you get home. >> i think i've been jaded by the movies becausegs happen i'm like, oh, it's fine but you see this man could have drowne

astronaut tim peake of the european space agency became the first official british spacewalker. he joined nasa's timothy kopra on a spacewalk-- to repair a power outage to the international space station. the pair had just 31- minutes to repair the station's electrical system ... in complete darkness. it was cut short when a water bubble appeared inside an astronaut's helmet. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we have a slight chance of a few drops around noon than that we have a nice weekend with cloudy skies and highs at 55 saturday, 60 sunday. we'll continue with the cloudy skies and a high of 63 on monday. the next chance of showers will be on tuesday evening, overnight and for the first half of wednesday. other than south breezes on tuesday, there's no significant wind ahead. highs tuesday will be around 58, then 60 on wednesday. we have a slight chance of a few drops around noon on saturday. other nice weekend with cloudy skies and highs at 55 saturday, 60 sunday. we'll continue with the cloudy skies and chance of showers will be on tuesday evening, overnight and for the fir