30-year-old shuttle program. just a short time ago i talk with former endeavour astronaut may jemison. it was very bittersweet because it was a wonderful, beautiful launch. i was on the second mission of endeavour and things are transitioning. when we spoke last year, we were talking about the fact that the shuttle era was coming to an end and now the united states was putting more of its research money into how to do interplanetary travel, how to come up with the kinds of engines that are needed to go to an aztec, humans to an asteroid. astronaut mark kelly is commanding endeavour s last flight. his wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords was at the kennedy spate cent space center for today s launch. the head of the international monetary fund will be arraigned in new york today. a hotel housekeeper accused
research money into how to do interplanetary travel, how to come up with the engines needed to take humans to an astroid. as someone like a trail blazer like yourself, i m sure you can appreciate the historics of this mission coming to an end. what did it ago accomplish? it has a lot of things to do. for example, it s delivering a really interesting scientific payload to help us understand dark matter and those kinds of things in the universe. it s also doing a supply mission. it s doing some things where it s going to help bring back other pieces of equipment for us to understand how to keep the space station going. but i think really what it does, it puts a very strong exclamation point on the fact that humans are in space to stay because the space station is there.
path through louisiana s cajun country. we re fortunate that were have what we have, we haven t an opportunity to get out. material things we can replace. our family and what we believe in daily, just can t put prices on that. did you put up the sign? yeah, i put it up, i m proud of that sign. it s just what we say, we will be back. almost a week after the mississippi crested in memphis, the river remains 11 feet above flood stage. president obama is in memphis today to get a look at the flood damage. and to comfort families who have lost their homes. zero and liftoff for the final launch of endeavour expanding our knowledge, expanding our lives in space. shuttle endeavour roared into space just two hours ago. his wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords watched liftoff at kennedy space center. she s recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. head of the national monetary fund will be arraigned inside this courtroom shortly. a hotel housekeeper accuses domini