and nasa. the technological advances promised by optical and laser communications systems show great potential. nasa and d.o.d. are collaborating to field new capabilities as quickly as possible to meet the needs of both agencies. with respect to the shuttle, it was time for us to get out of the business of owning the infrastructure to reach low earth orbit. when industry was rapidly developing the capabilities to do just that. as we hand access to leo off to industry, nasa can now focus on the bigger picture horizon and do those things no one else can do right now. we're turning to development of the transportation systems and spacecraft necessary for crew to explore beyond lower earth orbit, such as orion and the space launch system. we are also pursuing the development of technologies such adds in-space propulsion, space-based assembly, deep space habitats, closed loop life support and many others that will be critical to getting humans to an asteroid and mars, as president obama has challen

we will hear from nasa administrator charles bolden and from senator and nasa astronaut john glenn. this one-hour event is courtesy of nasa. ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our distinguished panel of presenters. [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentleme >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of our national anthem by ms. denise graves. ♪ ['it's a grand ol' flag"] ♪ ♪ ['it's a grand ol' flag"] ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright sts thru the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause] >> tamarine card -- the marine guard color before you is unique wild in on commissioner officer carries

a turn craft says put nasa on the right track. it was called a plugs out test on cape canaveral 24a. 10 months prior to their scheduled launch. the astronauts climbed on to their structure. all three were experienced military pilots. >> i have three fuel lights. fuel cells disconnect. >> reporter: chris craft was on head sets in mission control. suddenly, there was a spark in the spacecraft. >> oh, oh. >> we have a spark in the spacecraft. >> i could hear gus saying we have a fire inside the spacecraft. and then i heard roger, i could hear screaming from pain. i could hear the pad people yelling and screaming. i could hear roger then say, please get us out of here. and then i heard nothing. when that fire started they were probably dead in 15, 20 seconds. >> reporter: it shocked the nation and stunned nasa. the deaths also devastated craft who was a pallbearer at grisham's funeral. >> we lost fine human beings, close friends that you work with. although i had been in the flight test business and i had seen test pilots killed, that

how do you think nasa will be defined in the future. >> the programs that nasa is involved in now and will be in the future. the international space station is our big focus right now. continuing the research and development and the testing that's going on in the spags station is going to make it possible for us to make long-duration flights to mars and other destinations that we will be going to. we're developing the capability on board the international space station right now. >> reporter: hopefully the interest in space station will still be there. just a few minutes ago, we were standing here watching the little kids who were dressed up in the blue nasa uniforms. you said you should be getting a shot of them. that's going to be the future of travel. that was an inspirational moment as well. >> that is our future. the young boys and girls who are beginning to get their interest. not just in aviation, but in science and math. they are getting motivated right now. that's so terribly important. >> reporter: hopefully the inspiration continues as well. want to thank you for being with

nasa pumps that. a healthy nasa is a flywheel that society task for innovation. i don't know of another force of nature as powerful as nasa. and in this next-generation we going because when you do stoke our economy and that's one of the two big reasons in nation has ever done anything. and i'm not so naÏve as to say let's go for science. science will piggyback it. we have done that forever. right on back to charles darwin. did the beagle go to the galapagos island for charles darwin? no, he hitched a ride. you to pay the avoid? no. and other motivation. science piggybacks the stuff pretty well, and i'm cool with that. [laughter] one last thing before the end. this book came out only like two weeks ago, all right? thank you. thank you. [applause] because what i just told you touches on politics and on economics, what has happened is the interest in this book has crossed over and out of the circle of space enthusiasts, and has gotten the interests of economists and politicians. to the point, i'm just,

you will probably get nasa -- nasa will have pictures of the vehicle from both the ground and probably from helicopter shots, as well. >> all right. let's go back and check in be lizzie. >> there it is. >> what's happening? >> all right. so we are seeing the t-38 come in which is the plane that's been accompanying the shuttle. and off in the distance there's something that everybody is starting to point at. over my right shoulder. you have the nasa shot that's better. it will begin a slow bank around. right now, the plane is flying south and going to land from the south and will come around and then land on this runway essentially come from the south and land north. you can see it starting to come in. >> so this is the chase plane we're seeing. >> everybody is trained watching this thing. >> we were just seeing a picture of the chase plane landing. >> oh yes. yes. >> so that's that. so is everyone holding their breath now? >> that's a t-38. everyone is holding their breath waiting for the double contraption which is kind of passing just behind me. and it's essentially going to bank aro

it will be a ceremony that includes lots of people from nasa. when we go to space now, it's on board other countries' spacecrafts, so this is something that for us is going to be not something that we, that we will possibly something that we would not see again in the very near future. given that the program has ended. >> nasa saying the reason why they want to put here at udvar-hazy, it's not just so people can see the actual shuttle itself. but to really understand the journey of the space mission, to get an education of the program itself. to mark the history and the achievements of the entire space shuttle program. it will be showcased along with discovery. the space pioneers are going it make special appearances this week to discuss their appearances. there will be a huge festival, not only focusing on the history, but the retirement of nata's space shuttle program. but there is a future for space exploration. nasa said this listen, we have plans to put a man on the moon by 2030s. a plan to build a new deep space capsule. so nasa wants to s

. >> not exactly something you would expect from nasa. would expect from nasa. how the future of clean,, when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> milestone up rates for services goes aging water system. today mayor ed lee announced critical seismic upgrades of the regional water system. $4.6 billion project, also includes improvements to be lower crystal springs dam, the tunnels, and the pipeline. the regional water system provides drinking water to more than 2 1/2 million people here in the bay area. >> the next big project for nasa is not in space but rather in waste water ponds here in the bay area. here is how scientists are trying to make algie our newest oil resources. >> it looks like green sea. but it is more like texas t. oil that is. california style. leave it to nasa to make fuel from algae. >> w

it might sound like a movie plot, but tyler tells us that nasa takes neos very seriously. in fact, all should. >> so, do you worry that something from outer space may crash into the earth? >> i think the chances are pretty slim. >> sometimes, like when i'm daydreaming in the middle of history class. >> no. i don't worry about something from outer space crashing into the earth. >> i don't worry about it a lot because i feel like we would have had a lot of warning fr a lot of people and on the news, so i don't think that it's much to worry about. >> the universe isn't quite as empty as it seems. icy comets and rocky asteroids have been hurtling through space since time began. they're formed and propelled by explosions, collisions, and gravity. and they can be gigantic. this asteroid is 36 miles across. that's almost as wide as the state of rhode island. fortunately, most of these celestial wanderers are a lot smaller. >> pebble-sized objects hit the atmosphere on a daily basis. that's what you see when you see a shooting star. basketball-sized objects hit the earth's atmosph

it's a matter of nasa having the resources to do it. i don't know to answer your question i'm not sure where we will be in 20 years, i hope we'll send the first person to walk on the planet mars by then. >> looking at where we've come, where we've come from and where we're going, and seeing the enthusiasm of the people we had a broader shot a second alg showing how many people are on the tarmac there to welcome the enterprise to town, everybody taking pictures and talking about this, but for people of the younger generation, they are just coming up, mark, that aren't going to be gathered around their tv sets, taking time at school, anymore, to gather around with students and classmates to watch the launch or the safe return of one of our shuttles in this country, how do you think that your goal of hoping the country gathers that support again and the resours that we need to continue thriving in terms of an american space program will happen if we don't have those type of moments, those events where we gather together around the tv set a

nasa will help to determine how right this team was. contact nasa if your footage shows something. >>> a contentious dewait in san bruno will stay open until december. the san bruno parks school district held a public meeting tonight. many of the kids as pressmore are victims of the disaster in 2010. after a strong show of communities, the governing board chose not to close the school. but will revisit the idea in necessary. >> closing a school won't bring you the money. enough money, like, you need. so, why go through the trouble to close our schools? >> a committee report says the move would save the district about $200,000. parents want the school district to seek money of the recent settlement of $70 million. >>> gunpoint of a masked man. police are looking for the suspect in this surveillance video. he robbed a 7-eleven in walnut creek. you see his dark bandanna that covers his face. he walked into the store, flashed his handgun and took cash from the clark. he's about 22-year-olds old, a thin build between 5'7", and 5'10". >>> pol

is a customer and nasa has turned to space x. and orbital sciences and said you know what build your own rockets we want design them will be a customer and you send cargo and we're hoping that space x. is launching in a few weeks by twenty sixteen they may be launching crew space x. but. space x. is going to start in a few weeks launching cargo and it's a whole new era. that point nasa as a customer as a customer for stuff that i'm doing on the station with utilization and. research and it's not designing it's not competing against the private sector so this is really a wonderful time so we see it starting immediately and i don't think anyone believes the station is going to come down by two thousand and sixteen i think it's up there for decades and decades because it really is an incredible feat of engineering what about commercial flights for people i mean we've been hearing about this park quite some time now when when does this get off the ground when i'm sure they let me check here are you right we're waiting on virgin galac

nasa says such eruptions are often associated with solar flares. it did not happen on the side of the sun that faces the earth, so it won't cause any radiation storms that could interfere with satellite, radio signals, ipads and all. in case you're wondering, nasa has two spacecrafts that can see the surface of the sun that's turned away from the earth and the entire globe has been visible for more than a year. >> and i was wondering that at 6:00, and nasa answered

now, the hubble is a product of nasa. so you must have high regard for nasa? is that deminished in any way? >> all of us scientists are enormously grateful for the government of the united states and to nasa in particular. but we are very worried that this new focus on putting people back on the moon is robbing the current scientific enterprise of very much-needed resources. in the hopes we'll be able to do something in 10-20 years we have already done. namely put people on the moon. we really have major projects that we would like to do now that are being postponed in many cases indefiniteliy because of this new focus on the moon. >> what do you have in mind? >> one of the major projects is to lis for gravity waves either from colliding enormous black holes at the centers of galaxies or even from the big bang itself. that's a space project that we love to see go forward rapidly. there are a number of other projects that along with that one our group is beyond einstein. they are trying to take us beyond what we already know and see if there are any flaws in re

funded by an economic mission and nasa, they are plowing ahead. the san francisco public utilities commission thinks it is a safe bet >> nasa are the ones that are pulling this off and we will see if there is any by ability. >> one last look at this morning's top stories >> that includes a memorial service at oikos university. ,, ,,,,,, >> welcome back. here is a look at this morning's top stories >> class's will resume tomorrow, three weeks after that mass shooting left seven people dead. >> george zimmerman may be free on bail in a matter of days. the lawyer for the man accused of killing trayvon martin says his family is trying to come up with the $150,000 in bail. >> one person was found dead and four lost at sea after yachting accident last weekend >> on face the nation, the secret service scandal, next >> the news will continue on to c.w. network, a safe place to let out your rage. also, what nasa calls a spaceship on earth. we're jumping over to cable 12 starting at 8:30 a.m.. around here, another lovely day although cooler >> we saw many t

joining us, former nasa astronaut, tom jones. thank you for coming today. >> thank you for inviting me. >> you were part of the ceremonies for the last look at discovery. what were your thoughts arizona you -- as you witnessed history being made? >> it was be a amazing event. my hero, john glenn was there, and upclose we at the ceremony and several thousand people who came out thursday were able to go up close and see a spaceship standing outside the museum. it reminded me of the last time i walked outside around a space shuttle and that was the last time i came home on atlantis. people will have the same experience in new york and l.a. of getting upclose to an american spaceship with a 30-year record of amazing success and work, particularly in building the space station i helped build. >> it's an incredible sight. it was interesting some people were wondering why the shuttle wasn't scrubbed down and polished to look like new. but nasa made the decision to leave it as is because it shows its had quite a journey and shows its sca

yang enterprises it was raining gigabytes of data bases from nasa and then they were handing it over to him renie it was henry reed hindery me was a little skinny chinese guy who worked there and. he was illegal he was an illegal alien tuesday mrs yang i understand says that henry need never work to yang enterprises inc one of the reasons you can prove that he was working on a project was the fact that they actually build for him they're sending time she's to you saying here's who worst crimes and how many hours they work and so for correct one of them was clint curtis one of them was quite current one of them was henry me one of them was handling me. if you got every environmental group every group you have just say we're not going to do anything else we're going to make the boat system we're going to fix it and you can fix it in two months but you've got to be in it everything else from those months and not save the whales and not do anything else picks that problem because if you don't fix that problem nothing else you want to do will matter. with. thank you i am pleased to follow

it is the most flown spacecraft in history, 39 trips into space in 28 years nasa used it. it's going to be off the runway where it had the final touchdown. chris clack en, nbc news. >>> what's not to like about this. menlo park signs off on perks of allowing facebook to bring in thousands of employees. we'll show you all of the details. >>> i'm bob redell. we'll take you to a wastewater treatment plant for the possible future of bio fuel production. that story coming up. >>> apple shares have faln five straight days, are they making it a sixth? we'll show you the numbers coming up. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. honey, i can't f

my own brother dan was a nasa employee for 30 years. and he worked on the "discovery" and the shuttle program from its inception. as president of georgia tech was touched when astronauts who were georgia tech alums brought back flags from space for our archives. nine of them flew on "discovery". two were commanders who are right here, alan and doc. [ applause ] "discovery" and all the space shuttles excelled and bridging culture, the american shuttle astronauts represent ad full spectrum of our diverse society and work alongside counterparts from russia, europe and canada. the powerful message to young people every where, no matter where you are from, with hard work and dedication, by learning math, science and engineering you too might travel to the stars. as "discovery" embarks on its new mission it will continue to teach that lesson. although millions of people will have the chance to see "discovery" here in person, we can reach many more worldwide as we're doing at this moment through nasa and smithsonian websites. all this week peo

we are joined by scott horowitz, a former nasa astronaut. i want to start, scott, with a picture of you next to enterprise. this goes back to what, 1978? >> yeah, morning, jon, yes that picture was taken back in 1978. jon: we'll get it on our screen here in a second, i hope. but you provided this picture. tell us the history behind this particular photo. >> i was going to be a senior in college out at cal state university northridge in southern california, and the approach and landing test which enterprise flew were done at edwards air force base where nasa drieden is. i talked to my best friend and said we need to drive out there and take a look at this space shuttle because i'd like to fly it some day. we drove out to the middle of the desert and drove up to the gate and said we'd like to go see the space shuttle. jon: the figure in bell bottoms

let's go to spectacular images nasa captured of a solar flair. wow. that solar eruption sot off the east side of the sun monday afternoon. scientists say the red glowing material is plasma. an eruption occurs when it becomes unstable and bursts outward, releasing the plasma. talking about amazing pictures, top. >> that's something. i don't think it will affect the communication, not quite as big as we had a couple months ago. >> looks like it's something on top of a stove. >> are you going to take that? >> that's if i ever get to the stove. >> all right, what a gorgeous day. >> pretty nice. >> cloudy earlier. >> we knocked down 12 degrees. it's okay do that. let's have a live look outside. brought to you by michael and son. you're looking east, northeast from broadcast house. and temperatures are quite comfortable and above average. 74 still above average. winds north, northwest. they will continue 10 to 15, 10 to 20 until midnight. pressure 30.18 inches of mercury and dew point in the 30s. humidity is low, too. here's the deal. here's a look at the r

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it is designed to be a cost- effective trip to space, just what one analyst says cash- strapped nasa needs. >> what i would like to see happen is the competition between the 1st spurs some technical breakthroughs that result in a lower cost for getting to space. it just costs too much. you would not want to drink water in space if you knew what it cost to put it there. >> builders are now putting the final touches. it is here that nasa has a decision to a trust much of its work to private business would truly be tested. on the launch pad. >> it is not just those supply missions which are now in the hands of private companies. after getting people into space, it is also currently in the hands of entrepreneurs. i am joined by the former director of the space policy institute at george washington. said there -- the clash between the soviet union and united states of america was so titanic in scale that this seems kind of small fry. >> it is. it is only a competition of who will be first to do something that both will do. they both have contracts. they are both needed to carry cargo to t

and i didn't close we're going to nasa contract from exxon mobil trying to track them but you working forty hour weeks essentially and all of that i was being built the yang even though you were not doing all your own work for them they even billed for a couple of days after i had left them and was working it after so i told him a district alice and she said well we need to go to the attorney general's office you and avis through jealous see the other yes she went out with me and told the story and i told my part of it means director general was whom right lenny what complaints were made with raymond let me m. proper angle icing on the part of the young enterprise and proper political influence because coming down from tom feeney i see. through my immediate supervisor nelson hail on behalf of yang enterprises and the use by young enterprises of an authorized alien labor i tell him everything that went on a year in tone but the vote rigging software yes you sure yes in their report it looks like you complained about the things that had to do with after it was so that's the things that

the sign on the door may say nasa, but inside is orbital sciences, a private company with a nasa contract. >> everything inside is on a massive scale. we have the rockets for the upcoming launch test, which features engines that produce -- were produced by the soviet union 40 years ago. over here, we have the launch vehicle, which will carry both rockets to launch pad. >> liftoff. >> they are not the only ones heading into orbit. this company has already tested their rocket and could make their maiden flight within weeks. the vice president and a former astronaut says it does feel a little bit like a race. >> they started the development of their system about a year- and-a-half before us. nasa needs both companies to succeed on every single mission. >> this animation shows how portals capsule will dock at the space station. at the moment, the capsule stance in this room and waited to be united with its rocket. it is designed to be a cost- effective mission to space. >> what i would like to see happen is the competition between the two firms spur some technical breakthroughs that result in

something that nasa didn't want. sometimes the weather got in the way and the mission was growing too long and therefore you had to put down in california. you would see a sight like this. it is rare, although we have seen it before but this is the mode of travel now for enterprise as she makes her way toward the big apple. martha: law are ingle standing by at jfk as she waits for this. laura, it has been an extraordinary history for this international space station and the shuttle that created it by creating this cargo back and forth on these three vehicles and this fourth one that was the prototype. >> it certainly has of the as we've been mentioning there is lot of excitement here and a lot of wind that hopefully will subside in the next few hours. after it comes here, you guys have been describing how it will be barged over to the intrepid. once it gets over to the intrepid which is again a beautiful sight along manhattan's westside highway, it will take a water crane to get that thing up onto the topflight deck.

coming up, we will hear from nasa administrator charles bolden, and former senator and nasa astronaut, john glenn. this one-hour event is courtesy of nasa. ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to our distinguished panel of presenters. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of our national anthem by ms. denise graves. g"] ♪and ol' fla ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause] >> tamarine card -- the marine guard color before you is unique wild in on commissioner officer carries the official better core of the marine corps. the vans is played with the battle corps com

i submit, a healthy nasa is a healthy america and is nasa's feature goes so too does that of america. if nasa is healthy, then you don't need a program to convince people that science and engineering is good to do because they will see it writ large on the paper. to help us go i swishing on europa where there is an ocean of water that has been liquid for billions of years. we will dig through the soil of mars and look for life. that will give me the best biologist. it has biology, geology and planetary geology, aerospace engineers. electrical engineers, all the stem fields. signs technology engineering and math represented in the nasa portfolio. the healthy nasa is a flywheel that society had for innovation. i don't know another force of nature as powerful as nasa and the next generation we go in because we need to stoke our economy and that is one of the two big reasons and the nation has ever done anything. i'm not so naÏve as to say do it for science. science will piggyback it. we have done that forever. he hitched a ride. did he pay for that voyage? no. the boys had other motivat

. >> eric: federal budget action is falling on nasa but ames is being spared. >> nasa's budget has been cut by $59 million but the leaders are accentuate go the positive. >> this year will man curiosity the rover ever on mars and continue to develop critical tests on the james ware space telescope. >> but it's the telescope that is creating a tidal wave of budget cuts. the the successor to the hubble space telescope, it's going to cost $6.2 billion. some projects will be postponed such as a man landing on mars 20 years from now. >> there was mission to pursue electric propulsion, precursor missions to astroids and mars and back to the moon. those are going to be put on hold. >> the research center will see the budget increase slightly to $711 million compared to this year's $690 million. part of the reason is the cost to maintais old building. nasa estimates 80% of the buildings have gone past their expected life span. >> it's going to take time. that is a big worry, with the agency. >> they are also working on top priority projects such as development of an automated system. cuts will

nasa said one of the best spots here along the potomac river bordering d.c. and also from the main monuments including the lincoln memorial. space shuttle discovery has one last mission to complete. >> i think it's incredible. how many people get to see this? it's probably a chance of a lifetime for some people. >> reporter: after spending 365 days in space orbiting the earth some 5,800 times and traveling more than 148 million miles discovery is ready to retire. >> it will fly no higher than 1,500 feet above the ground and at some times lower than that. it will be hard to miss. >> reporter: over the weekend the schultz was rolled off from nasa's -- the shuttle was rolled off from nasa's building in kennedy space center being prepared to be mounted on top of a modified boeing 747 ahead of its highly anticipated flight to dulles international airport in washington tuesday morning. nasa said some of the best spots to view the space shuttle discovery on what's called a ferry flight include here, bradley point by reagan national airport, the national mall, the so

. >> that is what nasa is calling the final flight of space shuttle discovery now in the air atop a 747 on its way right here to the dc region of course we are just about an hour away from seeing discoveries fly over in the skies of washington team coverage of this super cool event, fox 5s sarah lee is at gravelly point ready to catch ugliness but we begin with barb live at the smithsonian udvar hazy center. >> this is will be the final home for the shuttle. first the folks lining up here already they opened the gates 8:00 a.m. this morning, people were waiting an equal number of people inside, getting loaded up with mcdonalds using the restroom and coming out here as far as the eye can see this is just on the grass the parking lot is loaded as well as you look further out the runway where discovery will land 11:00 a.m. this morning is over the horizon there, we are expecting to perhaps see a fly by around 10:00 a.m. and then it will make its way around the district and come back here for an 11:00 a.m. landing let's show video of the take off this morning this was just a couple minutes

. >> nasa had a big week this week. days after flying the space shuttle discovery to the new home at the smithsonian, nasa is honoring earth day with a display on the national mall. tents feature everything from a look at hurricane isa bell from space to ways going green can help the universe. nasa will have special presenting as throughout the weekend marking the 42nd anniversary of earth day. >>> if a maryland about business man had his way, you would never step in gum again. he's making it his mission to clean up stick sidewalks. fox 5 photojournalist nelson jones talked to the gum busters. >> my livelihood. that is what i do every day, remove gum from sidewalks. >> and there is always gum to spit out. >> we hit each spot, five to seven seconds and the gum is gone like that. shaswam. i'll get a group of school children in d.c. the location and they'll walk by. i will ask who are you going to call? i will ask him, you have seen the movie? what movie? >> ghost busters. >> they're armed. >> oh, yeah. who are you going t

veteran of nasa's 30 year program. it launched in 1984. it is the first of three retired space shuttles to be put on display by a museum. the crowd couldn't get enough. >> phenomenal. i have never seen a shuttle up close before. to see one in flight. 747 air carrier the first. pretty cool. >> reporter: after leaving florida this morning, "discovery" arrived about 30 minutes ahead of schedule. as it made its final salute, many came into the air and space museum to watch interest land at dulles airport. applauding as it touched down. to be on public display at the udvar-hazy museum. >> it is sort of amazing to actually see this live and experience it live. >> it is -- emotional in the sense that the shuttle program has ended but it is also amazing that "discovery" is coming here and will be able to be seen by millions of people that come through the air and space museum. >> reporter: once the shuttle makes its new home in northern virginia, it will be open to the public on friday. in northwest, jane watrel, news4. >>> coming up a smart drive

this video was captured monday by a nasa spacecraft. the super heated plasma just explodes off the surface, and it's not even the strongest sun storm of the year. nasa officials say the solar flare poses no danger to the ertd. >>> final good-byes to the space shuttle "discovery." the shuttle is mounted on the back of a modified jumbo jet which will leave the kennedy space center today and fly to washington, d.c. then it will be taken to the smithsonian museum. "discovery" was first launched in 1984 and flew 39 times in space, more than any other shuttle. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," how low will apple stock go, and hostess workers fight for their just dessert. randall pinkston is here in new york with more on that. >> good morning, michelle. tokyo's nikkei ended lower by a frac texas. hong kong's hang seng ended in lace l is than half a surprise. >>> government released a better than expected sales report. the dow rose why the nasdaq fell 22. a big reason why the nasdaq has been slumping is the falling price of apple stock. apple repres

. >>> new at 11:00, with no more space shuttles, what is new for nasa. >>> are you aware of what was reported on wusa last night. >> congress using our report for their investigation. >>> first a baby snatched after a woman pulls up in a lexus and guns down the mother. >> a baby kidnapped, his mother shot and killed. >> reporter matt jablow standing by right now. and, matt, question now, is the baby safe. >> reporter: yes, the baby has been found alive and well just a few hours after his mother was shot and killed right in front of him. it happened in spring, texas just outside houston. that's where 28-year-old kala golden was shot and killed and her three day old baby kidnapped outside of a pediatrician's office. a woman got out of a car and shot golden and a man who was in the car with the shooter grabbed the baby and they all took off. >> the lady that was shot it's like she didn't even really get shot because she did pull the car seat away from the man that was trying to get the car seat. i did see that. she was pushed down on the ground and that's when she did not get the car se

i want to bring in here a former astronaut who now leads nasa. on the foep, retired major general charles bolton. how do i address you? mr. administrator? general? you tell me. a. >> you can call me charlie. >> done. is this sort of precedent setting, an orbiter on the back of an aircraft carrier? just curious. >> there's never been an orbiter of any kind on the back of an aircraft carrier. we're excited about this. because as john said, enterprise, what's what we did the approach and landing test to demonstrate we could land the shuttle on a runway. >> this is wild. now as we look at these pictures of enterprise, you know, circling the statue of liberty, landing there at jfk, where were you this morning? and what sort of emotions do you run through when you see sort of the end, the retiring? >> it's not the end, it's the beginning of after new era. i act actually at the kennedy space center right now. i'm down here with a group of golden eagles. they're getting a look at atlantis here 234 -- at the kennedy space center and we're on our way out t

this space shuttle program at nasa. it has been sort of their life's work and life's blood, this program and now it comes to a close, doug. >> reporter: it comes to close, and it leaves a gaping hole in what the future of the space program is. i can't help but be reminded of the hearings that are going on capitol hill today, the gsa hearings where we're seeing this example of extravagant government spending and sends a message that a lot of americans and certainly a lot of members on the hill don't want to see, this profligate government spending and extravagant government spending that sent a very bad message and certainly nasa throughout its storied career sent a very different message but in a time of budget constraints, in a time of this huge debt and huge deficits it's very, very difficult to see the kind of enthusiasm for nasa that we once saw. we certainly saw that on the campaign trail when newt gingrich proposed a mission to mars and mitt romney shot him right back down saying if it was in the private sector he

and then nasa doing what nasa always did best. pressing that final frontier as they said in "star trek" and building a rocket that will take humans out to an asteroid and ultimately on to mars. so two separate tracks. nasa going into deep space and commercial companies doing all of this low earth orbit work and ultimately making lower orbit accessible and affordable just like air travel has become. >> and one more question for you. we're watching all the different angles and cameras of where the shuttle is and the flight path here. my question to you, john zarrel zarrella, once it touches down at jfk, at what point will it make its way to its final destination of the floating museum there in new york city? >> it's going to stay at jfk for several weeks while they are moving some other aircraft around and getting the deck of the intrepid ready. i think it's going to be in early june when it will actually make its way on a barge up the hudson river and out to that intrepid site and lifted on to the deck of the carrier intrepid. that