Grateful to have you on the show really have loved your work for many years. Appreciate your time. Thanks to All Of You for joining us. Dont go anywhere. Were going to continue this live coverage of exactly what youre seeing. Im kasie hunt, cnn new central starts right now Breaking News and we all our following Breaking News of the historic kind, history in space happening right now. The Spacex Polaris Dawn crew open the hatch minutes ago for an historic spacewalk, going to show this is moments ago as they open the hatch, the commander, jared Isaac Men heading outside, why it is historic, he is its not i. T. Professional astronaut. The first Civilian Spacewalker in the history of the history of space, those bring in Cnns Kristin Fisher for much more on this. Kristen, this is so cool talk to us about what history this is. Thats being made yes. So we just saw the missions commander, Jared Isaac min, test Down Spacex is brandnew spacesuits in the vacuum of space for the very first time. A
Coronavirus case was reported here in the United States, the nation getting a shot in the arm today when the largest Vaccination Campaign in this nations history got underway. Front Line Health Care workers getting that first dose of the Pfizer Vaccine, the very first was a Critical Care nurse right here in new york city, sandra lindsey. I feel hopeful today, relieved. I feel like healing is coming. However, it comes also on a sad day. The u. S. Death toll surpassing 300,000 And Hundreds Of Thousands of Americans Still getting sick every day. The nations top Infectious Disease expert says we have to remain vigilant. The Vaccine Rights now is not a substitute for the normal Standard Public Health measures of wearing a mask, keeping your distance, avoiding congregant crowded sections particularly indoors. We are looking at this historic moment from all angles with our reporters, experts and guests across the country. And joining me now is the president of mt. Sinimorning side hospital an
Thank you. [applause] mr. Holbrook howdy. Jfk emphasized the importance of the space race during a time of fear in the u. S. Incredible men and women took this challenge head on. Nasa became a beacon of hope for the nation. I am honored to introduce one of those legends. The man who pioneered apollo 11 and apollo 13. If you have ever heard the phrase houston, Tranquility Base is here, the eagle has landed. With great honor, i am here to introduce houston. Mr. Gene kranz. [applause] mr. Kranz thank you. It is a real privilege. I have a couple aggies in the family. To be introduced by an aggie. They told me i had three hours to speak, so we will have to be speaking through lunch here. But jared said no, he will give me a call when i have five minutes. So he is going to stand up and give me sort of a heads up. When i finish, i have a three minute video of the actual Lunar Landing. And i think that will put this year, this decade of the 50th anniversary in context of what is happening. I u
Members may consider another Coronavirus Relief package. The senates meeting every few days and pro forma sessions during their weeklong memorial day holiday recess. Senators return for work on monday, june 1. They will resume both on judicial nominations and the Inspector General for pandemic recovery. Watch live Health Coverage on cspan, and the senate on cspan 2. Vice president mike pence spoke of the annual National Space Council Meeting at nasa headquarters in washington, d. C. He was joined by nasa administrator who gave an update on nasas work in the upcoming Spacex Dragon mission. This is half an hour. And to be joined by the nasa administrator who was in houston as we speak doing important preparations. Jim is with us. Welcome to the launch america addition of the National Space council. We are one week and one day away from when america will return american astronauts on american space. To its an extraordinarily exciting time in the life of this program. I know speak on behal
When you were a little kid. You saw a rocket go off and said i want to do that. Is it that simple or that complex . I was interested in rockets in astronomy long before people get spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try to build some rockets. I wanted to become a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. Worked at the rocket society. I wanted to become a rocket engineer but essentially they said you have to go to mit or to caltech. I cannot afford either. So i took a secondary goal. I got an rotc appointment to wisconsin. From there i went to the Naval Academy. I got to the flight training. I became a naval air aviator. In 1958, nasa was formed and they were looking for astronauts. I was one of the original 110 people who were selected. Let me go back to the Naval Academy . That is right. This was right after world war ii. I got down to preflight. My mother, when i was at the university of wisconsin, told me to apply to the Naval Academy. 7z3 vi did it,