they successfully completed the mission s main objective, delivering and installing a special particle detector for the international space station. its 600 computer processors will help scientists from 16 countries try to understand the origin of the universe by searching for wild sounding things like anti-matter, dark matter, and cosmic rays. this is shuttle endeavour s final mission of course. it will go to a museum when it lands. i spoke to the crew about what for most of them will be their last time in space. as you begin to prepare to come home and you look down i am tempted to ask knowing that this is your last shuttle mission, like a vacation to the grand canyon, are you tempted to call down and say can we extend the rental a little bit? john, these missions are really complex. there is a lot of risk and we develop a plan way ahead of time. yeah it would be nice to have an additional day in space to look down at our beautiful planet and enjoy zero gravity. but tomorrow is
to come home and if the weather holds up we got a little bit of a cross wind issue we re looking at but we ll hopefully be on the runway at about 2:00 in the morning tomorrow. mike, if i got the stats right here you ve had 26 hours on six space walks during your career. i m just wondering. i know it s work up there and your time is limited and you have a lot to get do but knowing that you won t be flying off the side of a shuttle again, did you take any extra time on this trip just to reflect, just to have a nostalgic moment? yes, i absolutely did. each time you get to do a spacewalk it s a lot of work but it s also very much a blessing. and since those six spacewalks on the russian side i had three spacewalks out of four here on our mission so it s a total of nine now. i can t believe it. i didn t even think i d ever get to do one. but it s always good especially near the end of the spacewalk when you know you have most of your tasks done to just be able to hold on tight and look
view. as we traveled all the way around the space station, we re taking wonderful photographs and so being a part of this mission and being a part of the completion of the space station and the retirement of the space shuttle, i can t think of a better thing than an aviator would like to be a part of in his career. in ten years, five years, maybe 15 years, what will some kid be learning in science class that they will trace back to the last flight of the shuttle endeavour? well, i hope that ams will have a long legacy and help unravel more secrets of the universe complementing those that hubbell is helping build as well and i think that s been important for me personally is to know that we ve contributed to science and will contribute to science and the understanding of the universe for decades, generations to come. i think that s pretty special and we look forward to those new discoveries. do you have, commander kelly, any apprehension as we go
of important developments in the middle east and north africa. most of them troubling. the brutal regime in syria declared general amnesty today but human rights groups and the obama administration are quick to label it a sham. designed they say to distract attention from a bloody crackdown. in yemen, civil strife spread after a cease fire agreement between the government and opposition forces in the capital city collapsed. the regime of moammar gadhafi in libya defiantly today again vowed to hold power, rejecting the latest effort to broker a diplomatic solution to the civil war there. the united states top human rights officer in bahrain was recalled to washington after coming under attacks in media accounts that u.s. officials believe were orchestrated by hard line government officials. bahrain, remember, is supposed to be a top u.s. ally in the region. a lot of ground to cover. let s focus first on syria. the amnesty offer was for all crimes committed against the governm
left thousands without power in to today. battle creek, michigan may have been the hardest hit with downed trees and damaged homes. singer sean kingston is now in intensive care at a miami hospital following a jet ski accident yesterday. kingston s spokesman says he s been stabilized. the singer and a woman passenger were injured as they went under a bridge on the jet ski. after 11 days parked at the international space station, endeavour is on its way home. the shuttle departed the space station late last night and is scheduled to land early wednesday morning at the florida space port. this is endeavour s 25th and final flight. just one space shuttle flight remains. my next guest may prove that the pen is mightier than the sword but probably not the pen you are thinking are. their invention, a diagnostic test in the form of a magic marker pen could help save