officials were expected to send it into orbit this afternoon, but they kept pushing the launch back and called it off. have we heard what happened with this thing? the weather wouldn t cooperate. the ground winds were too high, 28 to 30 miles per hour, the clouds are too thick and there was lightning in the area, which is a very bad recipe for launching a rocket. so nasa will now try again tomorrow, 4:09 eastern time. but the weather for tomorrow is only about 30% favorable, shep, so again, nasa having a very rough weekend so far. shepard: yes. it would appear. trace, thanks very much. nasa officials adding yet another day to the space shuttle discovery s final mission. it s the second extension this week. discovery set to return from its 13 day trip to the international space station next wednesday. meantime, the first human kind of acting robot in space could get out of the box sooner than expected. the astronauts say they want to set up r 2, clever, as soon as
shepard: another big step back for nasa. they launched a rocket that had a multi-million-dollar climate satellite on the top of it. it never got into orbit and fell into the drink. the pacific ocean specifically. happened minutes after the rocket lifted off this morning from that air force base out in california. as crews monitored the rocket s ascent, they discovered a problem. here listen to this. attention, all stations. this is dan, the countdown. we have had a contingency on the glory mission. shepard: contingency on the glory mission. insert your joke. it s the second time nasa climate satellite launch lands in the drink using that exact same rocket. last time was february of 09 and we re now learning the same malfunction caused both mishaps. tracy gallagher, what happened? the first three minutes were picture perfect. then during the stage two burn, which happened about three minutes and 50 seconds in, that
protective shell of the rocket just didn t disengage. it never separated, which caused too much drag and the rocket didn t have enough juice to get into orbit. so instead of being 445 miles up, that glory satellite, which cost $424 million, is now at the bottom of the sea. glory was supposed to test aerosol particles to see their effect on earth s climate. the second satellite to go down in two years and now nasa wants answers. we felt going in that we believed we had an acceptable level of risk, clearly we missed something. so we ve now got to go off, find out what that is, fix it, and that is what we will do. that s what they re that rocket failed two times, but also been successful on a number of occasions as well. shepard: all right. today, trace, air force officials scrubbed the plan launch of a supposed to be secret, but not so secret place plane.
and 32 counts of attempted me meditated murder. this is the second time an army official has called for the death penalty in this case. hasan s attorney says he s disappointed with the recommendation and will raise objections before a commanding general makes the final decision. nasa, you might want to consider waterproofing your next rocket because today the space agency watched the satellite worth half a billion dollars do a cannon ball in the ocean. now we know what caused the problem. that s just ahead. plus nfl players and owners can t agree on money or benefits. they can t even agree on how many games to play. but today they found a bit of common ground. so is sunday football going to happen? what we know coming up. # [ male announcer ] escape convention. escape definition. escape compromise. introducing the most fuel-efficient
time to use force against the run away democrats. plus the glory climate satellite was supposed to rocket into orbit. instead it splashed into the sea. we have contingency on the glory mission. shepard: tonight inside nasa s $400 million mistake. first from fox this friday night, libya has become a battle ground of not only bullets and bombs, but rhetoric and propaganda with both sides making dramatic new claims about just how much ground they ve gained and getting to the truth about what s happening inside libya requires piecing together the pictures. for instance, this is the video that a camera crew was allowed to shoot during a government sponsored tour of the capital. pretty quiet. relatively serene. now look at video from a camera crew not on a government tour.