so up goes this new nasa rocket, that's, how is it different than past propulsion systems from nasa? is this rocket much different? >> it's sort of a reversion to what we were doing back in the apollo era when we were launching astronauts on a capsule, up to lunar orbit, so we'd need a very similar mission architecture to that. it's certainly more -- >> it's a saturn rocket. >> and the capsule, too. if you look at the orion capsule that the humans actually stay in, it looks much more like the gemini and apollo capsules than, it doesn't look like a space shuttle. >> oh sure, because the shuttle is basically a bus. >> yes, it's a capsule and they drop it into the ocean. >> so when this goes up in 2018, there will be several different experiments. how many, 18? >> about 13. off. >> basically bus stops along the way to the moon. >> they will be dropped out? shot out? how does it work? >> they are deployed. it's called a deployer and just on a spring and we are, the front door opens and we're shot out of the side of the secondary payload deployer. it's a ring. many meters across and sort

millions spent by nasa in the state of ohio was supposed to jump start a local business, create jobs and stimulate the economy. >> romona: instead the deal has put the company on the edge and left taxpayer, holding the bag. carl monday is getting answers in this investigation. >> pressure sense isers play a big part -- pressure sensors play a big part in our everyday lives. watching space flights. >> liftoff. >> reporter: to making the vehicles we drive. and making the food we eat. >> it is a $20 billion industry. everything you see and every plastic and every rubber and every car and we have the >> reporter: he was so confident of the future of the sensors that he moved his family business from buffalo to northeast ohio where he partnered with the research center. and he partnered with the state of ohio to produce and market what he says was a breakthrough product. >> people are desperate to find a technology like this. it is like selling flat screen tv's in the 50s. nobody on the planet has anything like it. >> when we hear the term normally what we think of. it is a standard press

before the interview nasa called and canceled. company on the verge of failure because of all the investment it made in this project. >> reporter: attorneys wiggin represents spectre in the lawsuit. and instead of creating business, wiggins said spectre was squeezed by nasa and taste ohio. >> they were like a piece of toy furniture in between a couple of big refrigerators on display floor. inflexible bureaucracies that were not -- both of which were unwilling to work with spectre to try >> reporter: in this letter to spectre nasa blamed spectre to not come up with more funding t stopped paying nasa because it failed to deliver working sensors. >> most egregious case of misrepresenting what you will do and not stand behind your words and contract that i have heard of. >> reporter: in spectre's lawsuit keller claims failure to deliver cost the company $45 billion in future business. beating. according to lawsuit nasa and taxpayers stood to earn millions of dollars in royalties from the deal. >> stating $15 million. >> it ever come c

and the hero and legends of nasa. the kennedy space center features the newest astronaut, hall of fame. it is all "happening now". we begin the second hour with the administration of president-elect donald trump and his seat of cabinet and top tier washington advisors and how does he go about such a momentous task. welcome to "happening now", i am jon scott. >> i am jenna lee. many in the country are having trouble coming to terms with the election. protest breaking out late in the night. and mr. trump blamed the media but love the fact that the small groups of protestors last night have passion for our great country and we'll all come together and be proud. we'll have the latest on the transfer of power. doug. >> we are not talking about candidate trump, and talking about president-elect trump is security barriers are extended out. it is closed to all traffic on 56th. the traffic disruption is huge. and air space by the trump tower to all flights below throw thousand feet. protest is raising huge concerns in the trum

mike houts is the nuclear research manager at nasa's marshall flight center, one of two nasa outfits involved in the krusty experiment. in addition to developing nuclear reactors technology could act like a turbo-charger for spacecraft bound for mars or beyond. mike houts: the idea behind nuclear thermopropulsion is to try and get the astronauts to mars very quickly. that of course reduces their exposure to galactic cosmic radiation, exposure to microgravity, any of the other hazards associated with deep space travel. houts says the booster engine might need to run only two hours to achieve enough velocity for a quick trip to mars. the surface power systemco the device for krusty, about the size of an oatmeal box, is being built at oakridge lab. the nevada members of the team say hosting the experiment here is a perfect fit. for one, there's no cost to build a new facility,. and two, the nevada test site is where nuclear rocket engines were successfully tested 50 years ago. the site the nerva project still stands. president kennedy championed the project and visited the site a year b

mike houts is the nuclear research manager at nasa's marshall flight center, one of two nasa outfits involved in the krusty experiment. in addition to developing nuclear reactors as mobile power sources on the ground, he thinks the same technology could act like a turbo-charger for spacecraft bound for mars or beyond. mike houts: the idea behind nuclear thermopropulsion is to try and get the astronauts to mars very quickly. that of course reduces their radiation, exposure to microgravity, any of the other hazards associated with deep space travel. houts says the booster engine might need to run only two hours to achieve enough velocity for a quick trip to mars. the surface power systems could operate for years. the device for krusty, about the size of an oatmeal box, is being built at oakridge lab. the nevada members fit. for one, there's no cost to build a new facility,. and two, the nevada test site is where nuclear rocket engines were successfully tested 50 years ago. the site the nerva project still stands. president kennedy championed the project and visited the site a year befo

>> oh, nasa! which just the amateur scientists? let's call in the pros. space poop has been a problem since nasa's inception, which means it's pretty likely that when neil armstrong uttered those famous words, "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," he was waste deep in space poops, guys. so, comedians, i want you to put the "ass" in astronaut and give me a new famous space quote with this stinky new information. we'll get your answers after the break and be right back with more "@midnight." tonight is tag team tuesday. tonight's comedians are playing for three lucky followers of the "@midnight" twitter account, so they and their tag team partners will both be winners: @coffeesnob42, @thedirtyvegan, and @bravesstats. what a delightful bunch! this is the new 2017 chevy cruze. i'm only going to show you half it. what do you think? i think it looks very sleek. the lights remind me of audi lights. and it starts at $22,190. nice. but, there's another side to this car. oh, wow. i love it. this is the first-ever chevy cruze hatch. well, that

nasa pays about $70 million per seat. that american astronaut going up there, that's how much her ticket costs. know that price is likely to increase overall, about 3% of nasa's budget is eventually going to be funneled almost directly to russia in the coming years. the u.s. retired its own space shuttle program back in 2011. it planned to rely more on commercial space exploration companies, projects like the ones we've seen developing with spacex and boeing. those have been taking longer than expected to get off the ground. astronautsropean will be dependent on russia for a while longer. anchor: off it goes. $70 million for one ticket. let's talk about america's central bank. janet yellen is mulling changing the interest rate following donald trump selection. >> also a lot of money at stake for american central bank. janet yellowed -- janet yellen saying the central bank is increasingly confident about the strength of the american economy and a rate hike could be quote, appropriate relatively soon. that is her strongest

creator of an english-language monthly magazine the daughter of one of the first nasa blackmail engineer so she grew up with the abandon of hidden figures. she is a slum foundation fellow and recipient of the and virginia foundation for humanities grant and lives in charlottesville virginia. for, jr. will phone said an anonymous in history was usually a woman. i will say that again. anonymous in history was usually a woman. foot tonight these brilliant women are anonymous no more thanks to the book hit in figures. and those who contributed to the space race and finally they receive their dues. it's just a few housekeeping notes that heard talk is here but the one book signing is in the museum in the great hall afterwards across the street because c-span is filming so no flasher jogger fee. please remember to silence your phones. is with great pleasure and honor i introduce margot lee shetterly. [applause] >> thank you so much for that amazing introduction also to the hampton history museum which has been incredibly supportive of this research since the very beginning i cannot think of an

report it to nasa? man: mr. stephens, you know we don't waste time here at nasa. we're in a race to the moon with the russians, look, i can't give -- i can't give you these unless you promise not to ask me where i got them. what is this, stephens, conditions, when the prestige of our country is involved? i cannot reveal my sources. unless you agree, no deal. now, mr. stephens, what's in the envelopes? [ chuckles ] well, it looks like house dust and tea, but i -- tea, huh? we'll find out about that. run them through the lab, frank. right, ed. all right, stephens. that's it. where did you get it? i can't tell you. cut the jazz, stephens. you're in serious trouble. listen, i'm just a simple neighborhood druggist who has to stay open sunday afternoons. never mind about that. what about him? oh, such a nice man. lovely wife. an adorable daughter. funny name, though. who could know that he was a spy? is? nothing. i-i swear she knows nothing about it. all right, stephens, who is this woman? i never saw her before in my life. next. [ ding ] how about this one? her i've se

nasa can build pretty incredible things, but their latest creation is just a big fake rock. that fake boulder is actually being used to test a prototype of a robotic capture module system at nasa's space flight center. nasa and west virginia university students constructed the boulder out of foam and plywood. they used aluminum on the end. nasa says the boulder mock-up is helping engineers understand the intricate operations needed to collect a multi-ton boulder fr >>> all right. from the weather center, good morning on wednesday. 60s right now in some spots. many are, in fact, low 70s right along the water, clearwater, st. pete. otherwise, we are checking in mid and upper 60s, which is about 2 to 5 degrees above where we were this time yesterday. also increasing the moisture a tad here so that now we're looking at showers beginning to push in towards the west. continue with that east flow, bringing us a little more moisture, some clouds certainly by the afternoon, and the potential for that isolated shower. otherwise, we're looking good for the remainder of today. it'll sti

mike houts is the nuclear research manager at nasa's marshall flight center, one of two nasa outfits involved in the krusty experiment. in addition to developing nuclear reactors as mobile power sources on the ground, he thinks the same technology could act beyond. mike houts: the idea behind nuclear thermopropulsion is to try and get the astronauts to mars very quickly. that of course reduces their exposure to galactic cosmic radiation, exposure to microgravity, any of the other hazards associated with deep space travel. houts says the booster engine might need to run only two hours to achieve enough velocity for a quick trip to mars. the surface power systems could operate for years. size of an oatmeal box, is being built at oakridge lab. the nevada members of the team say hosting the experiment here is a perfect fit. for one, there's no cost to build a new facility,. and two, the nevada test site is where nuclear rocket engines were successfully tested 50 years ago. the site the nerva project still stands. president kennedy championed the project and visited the site a year before

nasa camera's picked up a mysterious blue sphere moving in front of the sun. the daily mail reports facebook user pamela jonhson, who lives in mexico, shared the images from a link to nasa's website, claiming the sun reacted to the object. the images, taken from nasa's stereo satellites which orbit the sun, show the large spectacle in clear view - before it goes divided as to whether or not is was extraterrestrial. skeptics argue it is a solar discharge, or a rouge planet while other suggest it may be a u-f-o./// ((denise valdez)) >>> it was surfs up for one dog in california as he battles a blistery day in san francisco.. check out this little guy who seems to be unphased by the high surf as he fights with a strip of seaweed. of course the strong winds make the waves extremely dangerous for beach-goes to try to take on./// news now at 11. for news anytime, just go to las (sighs) (rattles door) watson, since when do we lock this door? (keys jangling) so the bloodstains proved too stubborn for the dry cleaner. gonna have to try measures more extreme. hey. i did

and nasa trying to flush out a problem dealing with human waste. their challenge that could win you 30- thousand dollars - next. time now... you're taking a wakeup news. the late pop star prince -- one year after his death. the music legend will be honored over a four-day festival at his paisley park home. morris day and prince's band-- "the revolution" -- are expected to perform...with more artists to join the lineup. organizers say the festival will include panel discussions and presentations on prince's influence on the music industry. "celebration 20-17" will take place april 20th to the 23rd. about 500 dollars...and you aren't allowed to take any pictures or videos. prince died on april 21st this year. he was 57 years old. dictionary dot com has just released their word of the year...and it's not a very happy one this time. it's xenophobia.'' the website defines xenophobia as fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.'' dictionary dot com says the brexit vote, syria's refugee crisis, and the u.s. presidential r

plus - nasa's latest mission... not even lifting off from earth. why scientists are studying rocks and styrofoam... coming up. jessob/dgx a unique take on the term "ring bearer" why one couple opted on this i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. if the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. i prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. i want to be unpredictable. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. it should scare everyone. johnson: social security is a legal ponzi scheme. senior 1: ron johnson is attacking social security. senior 2: he wants to let wall street risk it in the stock market. johnson: free money... young people don't really necessarily understand finance. college student 1: ron johnson voted to raise the cost of student loans - college student 2: he just doesn't get it. worker: he says he's for jobs, but ron joh

office to the space station through a nasa connection.... the crew member then fills it out and returns it. the space agency says it's part of their motto to "vote while you float." open now at six. it all comes down to this. "its amazing. it is an honor, and a duty i would say in many senses." after months of campaigning -- "were responsible to make our voices heard." election day 2016 -- is here! a live look at the polls now. polls will be open until eight o'clock need a photo i-d to cast your ballot. good evening. we've got crews covering all the big races today.... from the race to the white house -- down to the local level. we begin at the polls though -- where turnout is gearing back up.. and it's expected to be very high. we'll check in with justin williams who is monitoring voter turn-out in waukesha county. but we begin with derica williams -- who is in milwaukee checking out various polling spots,.. in a major way. shortly after dawn...lines were forming here outside the zeidler building... and at all of the at the 195 voting locat

nasa food scientists are developing a new food bar. yes... that is the high tech term for it... right now they have a variety of choices for astronauts on the space station... but if they plan on going deeper into space... say... like to mars... the options they have now just won't cut it. nasa's orion capsule, the craft designed to take people to and from mars eventually, has a limited amount of room onboard. so... finding a food bar that doesn't take up a lot of space.... in space.... is crucial. they've created four bars banana nut, orange cranberry, ginger vanilla and barbeque nut - that could be astronauts. 1 out of 3 women lie about this on the first date. most men say they really don't care about the lie. what is this? the trump transition team... announcements today... who is in and who is out? we'll see in a few hours.... and the president of south korea says... she's out..... details on why she says she will step down... in three minutes... checking hot headlines right now.... and tragedy in colombia this morning... a plane with 81 people on board, including a brazilia

so coming up at 6:40, we'll talk to nasa. we'll talk to a nasa who is urging everybody to soak in the view. it will be coming right at you, right? so close you can almost touch it. >>dave: you know, my only concern is some cloud cover. >>russell: okay. >>dave: and we'll talk more about that coming up. but until then, until we get into very early on monday, this weather is just spectacular. outside during the 9:00 hour in the summertime with the big fan on and we were sweating and we were thinkin, come november. come november. this is one of those days when you just go -- now, i will say this. there are many, many parts of the viewing area where you need to grab the jacket first thing this morning but look at the stunning start at 6:15. we're a little over half hour away from the sunrise and it's 61 degrees in the tampa any influence of water, west chase 56, new tampa, when i mean water, i mean like tampa bay and the gulf. not the little ponds in the backyard. brandon 52. but wait. it gets cooler than that. i've got crystal ri

how you can potentially sidestep the banter, coming up after the helping nasa track the weather from space. >>> if you would like to contact me on social media, take a second. i would love to hear from you. you can find me at facebook.com/marcmfox10 and also follow me on twitter @marcfox10. because practice pays off. because it's better to give than to receive. because there's no place like home. midfirst bank will always be true to your money - what's most important. >>> you're watching fox 10 news at 10:00 with marc martinez. >>> president elect donald trump chooses a new national security advisor for his administration, and while the president elect continues to meet with high-profile political players, vice president elect mike pence spent his day in washington meeting with leaders in congress. the president elect continue to stay in trump tower with his transition team. today former secretary of state henry kissinger and former general jack keen visited with trump, along with governors nikki haley and rick scott who could up for cabinet positions. trump's aids are denying transi

so, that's what makes nasa so need. so we found ways to control the spacecraft and fly it in ways that we had truly never thought of were considered when the spacecraft was on earth or even in its vicinity. i give you one aspect of that, it's a much longer story because it comes back to an earlier question. we have a very small supply of conventional rocket propellant called hydrazine. we have 12 gallons on board. it was not meant for this purpose but we have thrusters on the spacecraft. if if you squirt some out of this thrusters it makes it turned like this if you squirted out of this thruster it makes it turned like that. we had not intended to fly the spacecraft that way but that is one of the ways we are doing it. we didn't have enough of this hydrazine, this chemical to fly the mission so we undertook a very ambitious campaign. this was a huge amount of work by very dedicated, creative and capable team of men and women at jpl and with our partners at orbital a tk and came up with ways to use the hydra cheat hydraz

. >> nasa's new intruder alert works to perfection. the cosmic fly byes spotted in space next. >> and at 6:00 getting a lift and grabbing a uber, certain people being taken f >>> new research suggests oil drilling may have trigger a devastating earthquake decades ago. scientists combed through records and examined several quakes in the 1930s that were potentially caused by drilling including the 1933 magnitude 6.4 jolt centered in long beach that. quake killed more than 100 people and caused more than $50 million in damage. if confirmed, it would be the first time oil operations have been linked to a deadly crake in the united states. >>> nasa says its new system to track asteroids is showing some promise. the computer program named stout is being tested at the jet propulsion lab in pasadena and it's successfully tracked an asteroid that zoomed past the earth at a distance of just over 300,000 miles. nasa officials say by spotting these kinds of threats earl el they hope some day they will have enough time to stop them and prevent cata

nasa commander shane kim described the meal in statement recorded last week. >> so of course we will have our food a little bit different. here is our turkey right here. so it is doing gob pouch we will heat this up and it will taste really good just like you are having it at home. you we have some dehydrated food as well. but it will make the thanksgiving meal that much more special. to simulate being at homeit >> also, on thanksgiving menu up in space, dehydrated corn bread dress. green beans and mushrooms and, of course, my favorite, mashed potatoes. >> before you head out for black friday shopping we want take moment to show you some of the fun thanksgiving moment from this year we asked you to share your holiday plans and plates with us using hash tag news three turkey day and you delived here are few of the ones that came in and this gives you idea pumpkin cake. right there. this is just some of the big thing they made there. corn. carrots. turkey. and you know not everybody did at home. we have this one from john masters who says thanksgiving at sunset station and casino so th

interact with nasa's greatest astronauts. ((walter but first, here's a look at last night's winning lottery numbers... tonight's mega millions jackpot is worth 65 million dollars. good luck... and sure, you could buy this. but why miss out on this? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. at progresso, we are now using 100% antibiotic and hormone-free today on the cape... you're getting one more reason to visit the kennedy space center. the complex is holding a grand opening for it's newest exhibit... "heroes and legends." it's a 20 thousand square foot interact exhibit , that also includes the astronaut hall of fame. there will also be space artifacts 4-d theater where you can ?experience space history. and more than two dozen astronauts will be on hand for today's grand opening, including buzz aldrin, and the children of neil armstrong and neil shephard. the ceremony begins at ten a-m. and... nasa is getting ready for another rocket launch today. but it won't be leaving from the space coast. an atlas five rocket is takin

it's a satellite that was made in a collaboration between nasa and noaa and better help us detect major weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes and flash floods. inousa's newest weather satellite called goesr is improving the way we forecast weather. it will join several other weather satellites taking pictures of the earth every 30 seconds. the other weather satellites to give us a bigger picture overall of how weather is interacting and long-term trends. >> patrick haley is a systems engineer for qualititic. his colleague helped create and test goes r. the satellite will monitor the western hemisphere orbiting for ten years. >> one of the instruments on there that detects not just lightning strikes and lightning storm is going to produce tornadoes. >> goes r can detect heavy rainfall and flash flooding risks as well as risks at sea. >> better tracking of large tropical storms and hurricanes. and hope three able to forecast where they will make landfall better just because we will have more information. >> the satellite will also monitor weather in space. watching the sun for giga

the images, taken from nasa's stereo satellites which orbit the sun, show the large spectacle in clear view - before it goes missing from other frames. the images left internet users skeptics argue it is a solar discharge, or a rouge planet while other suggest it may be a u-f-o./// >>> we'll be right back......../// rain is on the way for our monday... with overnight thunderstorms already firing around the valley. sherry is here to tell us all about in our weather now forecast. ((kirsten joyce)) >> plus...a man is fighting for his life after he colliding into the back of a car. ((brian loftus)) >> and... president elect donal trump back in nyc after spending the weekend meeting with possible members for his transition team. ((kirsten joyce)) 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader, starts right now./// (( news now good day.)) ((kirsten joyce)) >>> thanks for joining us on 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader. i'm kirsten joyce. ((brian loftus)) >> i'm brian loftus. a man is fighting for his life this morning after crashing his motorcycle to the back of a car. 8 news now

. >> maia belay with more from he got to where it nasa space suit into being with the real astronauts something they say will never forget. is always been fascinated with space. his curiosity was on display the journey here almost did not happen >> itit was very scary, he is o only child in the love of our life. >> at nine years old, diagnosed with a rare heart disease, though surgery could fix his i did not leave his side. i was there every day and night during those dark days he was looking forward. dreaming of the day that he could become an astronaut.. thanks to a heart transplant that day is now here. explore. >> one thing we had to do befor we get into the aircraft is the preflight . >> that drain, takes into the nasa glenn research center, and one step closer to flight. studying geology and minerals. it was a wild day. for this future astronaut. >> good job. >> such an exciting day, he is the only child to get a hands-on tour at the research center. this is his official something i'm sure that they will frame to put up on the wall.p thanks to the good folks at nasa-glennoo for

nasa was officially created october. naca ceased to exist and this facility was known as nasa lewis research center. essentially all aeronautics work stopped. we had a role in the mercury program, the first manned spaceflight program. almost like a testbed missions where we were going to prove particular space capabilities. can we bring him back, can we launch someone and have an orbit and come back, can we do a spacewalk. these are the first steps we have to take before we go on to the apollo program, which will take us to our ultimate goal, to go to the moon. the mercury program was first. their test was called the mastiff. we just called it "rig, essentially a giant gyroscope cage thing that they would sit in and send them all around on all three axes and they had to use thrusters to bring the capsule back under control. this is to simulate if there capsule was tumbling out of control, they needed to adjust everything so the heat shield was oriented correctly so it did not burn up in space. john glenn came here on ano

that includes nasa astronaut peggy whitson... who will be spending her third u-s holiday orbiting above the earth./// live at noon.. the valley's news leader. remember that 8 news now is always available at las vegas now dot com, facebook and i wanted the same plan that my mother had. senior dimensions. i've had senior dimensions for over 20 years. and i love it! if you're eligible for medicare, you need to take a look senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar monthly premium. senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar copay for primary care doctor visits. and, our members pay a zero dollar copay for specialist visits and a zero dollar copay for hospital stays as well. i wanted a plan that's been here as long as we have. senior dimensions is one of the longest-standing local medicare advantage plans in nevada, and our plan offers many tier one preferred generic drugs specialists to choose from. senior dimensions offers a broad network of local providers including southwest medical associates, one of the largest and fastest gro

nasa launched the one-billion dollar "goes-r" satellite for noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, with an unmanned miles above the u-s. it will provide the sharpest and fastest pictures yet in high resolution "3..2..1... we have liftoff!" the nation's most-advanced weather satellite lifted off from a launch pad in cape canaveral saturday afternoon. nasa launched the one-billion dollar "goes-r" satellite for noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, with an unmanned atlas rocket. the satellite will orbit just over 22- thousand miles above the u-s. it will provide the sharpest and fastest pictures yet in high resolution of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other weather elements. you can watch the launch on our website -- fox six now dot com or your fox six news mobile app.. search toss to weather weather mostly clear and cold tonight with temperatures falling through the 20s this evening. we'll drop to around 20 in the city by morning, 15 outside of the city. mostly roll in tuesday ahead of a storm system that will bring us a few rain showers tuesday night

and nasa doesn't have to take pictures of the moon from ?earth... they can just use their robot spacecraft, the "lunar reconnaissance orbiter". it's actually been orbiting the moon for the past seven years... mapping the surface, and planning out ?landing sites for future human and robotic missions to the moon's surface. the spacecraft has now mapped more than 98 percent of the moon's ((walter/jen)) a shocking saturday... leads to a shakeup sunday...in the college football polls. up next: a look at the big changes, at the top. plus: we know why ?dave is so happy this morning. "dak" does it again! next in sports: what the ?cowboys just did sunday... that has some, already sending time to talk some sports this morning. and how bout them bucs? they just got their most ?convincing win of the season. and it's one the ?home fans have been waiting all year for. thats because it's their first win at ?home... this year. the bucs defense came up huge in this one. they intercepted bears q-b jay cutler ?twice on the bears first two possessions. including one...

he is wide eyed, transfixed by the magic of nasa, the magic of apollo is by then. the first time in that foot on another body and has determined kind of like a pile that was what was possible and "star trek" was what could be possible and he drank all that tank and he believed in all of this. he sat out this unbelievable class to become a master not. his original pursuit was to get there through the typical channels through nasa and he went to m.i.t. and harvard and did all of these things just so you could one day get to space. he gets out of college and realizes nasa is winding down its man's face programs or he was not going to be the one. that was not the way he would get there. what comes next in the special recipe is a book. so she reads a certain book, which connects the story to the golden age of aviation. she reads the spirit of st. louis and he has this moment where he's reading that and he had thought that charles lindbergh flew the trans-atlantic flight as a stunt and he reads this and he's like well, he flew this to win the $25,000 prize. the arcade pr

joining us from nasa's goddard splice -- space flight center is nasa scientist. tell us about this super moon. it means that the moon's orbit is closest to >> when we are within 90% approach, that's what we call a super moon. this one this weekend will be the closest since 1948, so we are going to get to see a bigger and brighter moon in the sky. >> 14% brighter. unfortunately our forecast is do have super moons every regularly. every 14 full moon. correct? >> right. we are going to get a super moon , the next one is not until 2018, but the next one of this size will be not until 2034. >> i'm sorry we will miss this big one. but, you guys have been doing a lot of research on the moon and i was surprised to hear you have a lun orbiter orbiting the moon. you have been doing it for the last 7 years and learning interesting things about the moon. tell us about that. >> exactly. that has been giving us a detailed, spectacular view of the moon. we can see these impact craters in incredible detail in one of the things we have come to find is that there are new impact cr

check out this pick nasa released... it show active regions of the sun.doesn't it earlier in october, but nasa decided to release it now in the halloween. still ahead...the unexpected guest from a couple of late night swimmers that had the hoping out the pool as quick as possible.plus...what one texas golf course is doing for customers who want to take out their frustration on the beyond wisconsin...a couple's late night swim nearly ended in disaster when a crocodile joined them in a pool at an african resort.they were in the pool, unaware of the croc the man jumps out of the people before coming back to help her out.the woman appears to have suffered several bites but was not seriously injured. and you're taking a live look at progressive field in cleveland where the world series could end tonight.the indians hosting the chicago cubs in game six.cleveland leads the series three games to two... a win will grant them their first world series title since 19-48. an east texas driving range is offering relief to stressed out

nasa scientists have a challenge for you...and it deals with a glamorous issue. they've launched a competition to invent a "hands-free" system that handles human waste inside a space suit. the problem occurs when astronauts spend hours and hours in a suit. nasa needs a way to circulate that waste away from the astronaut's body until they can get out of the suit. right now astronauts must wear a diaper during launch and spacewalking. so this is where you come in. nasa is offering a 30-thousand dollar prize if you can come up with a solution. we have more information our website fox 6 now dot com. it's a sport that's growing in popularity in the milwaukee area. you don't have to be the biggest, fastest, or strongest to be one of the best. tim van vooren goes beyond the game. tucked into a strip mall on brown deer road, the milwaukee youngsters for a week long camp.... that's fine because all manner of athletes can succeed in fencing.... 93642 "there's no weight classes.... i'm 5-6 when i'm focusing on standing as tall as i can, but there's very few people who can a

nasa says the moon will become full with about two hours of perigee. toss to katie for weather ((katie boer)) <<

supermoon and you can still see it right now.and according to nasa -- its closest approach will occur in just a few minutes at 5:21 we caught a lot of people staying up late overnight snapping pictures.according to nasa -- since the moon's orbit around earth is elliptical -- sometimes it comes closer to the earth and sometimes it's farther away. when the moon is fu- call a supermoon. it can be 14 percent closer to earth -- making it appear larger. it also shines 30 percent more moonlight onto the earth. it won't be as big and bright again for another 18 years.in 2034, the moon will come even closer -- that, too, will be a supermoon. extra" now... if sunday was the day you picked for the packers to turn it around... wrong. green bay not good from the opening kick. the titans tried an onside kick, the packers recovered but did nothing with it. from there, the titans then got on an incredible roll. demarco murray untouched going 75 yards on tennessee's first offensive play. final hopes to pull off a miracle, gone. packers lose 47-25. you can get your packer fix coming up later this morni

.>> one nasa astronaut is "rocking the vote" from space! astronaut shane kimbrough recently filed his ballot for the presidential election on board the international space station. here's how it works. about a year before launch, astronauts select which elections they wish to participate in. then six months before the election, they receive an absentee ballot, which is submitted electronically to mission control in houston and then sent by mail to the county clerk. a 1997 texas law allows u.s. astronauts to vote from space. nasa astronauts call houston home when they're not circling the globe. the unlv struggling to stay afloat. how you can help the rebels keep their paper, but time is running out! our hometown hero kris bryant going hollywood.... visting the set of ellen... what he told ellen was the one thing that was even cooler than winning the world series! dawn to meet their favorite cubs players! here's a look at the lines outside the macy's store on state street, where some fans say they waited 17 hours to get an autograph from javi

>>> nasa technology is helping to test the next generation of athletic shoes. ahead, inside the lab where designers use new customi ii iize shoes. >> i'm mark fips phillips in an auction house in england where a rare dodo bird is posing an important question. is u.s. politics as dead as a do-do? that is coming up on "cbs this >>> "cbs this morning" continues in a moment. i'm anne-marie green with a look beyond this morning's headlines. >>> a southern california teen has big dreams to build a cooking empire and inspire others with autism to live independent danielle nottingham caught up with him in the kitchen. >> look. you got this. >> reporter: 15-year-old chase bailey is a whiz in the kitchen. >> i love to make burgers. i like to go on the grill and i like to fry, but that is only because it's fun. >> reporter: and a hit on social media. >> time for another episode of, "chase in your face." >> reporter: chase was diagnosed with autism when he was 2 years old. >> he only liked fried foods. so getting him to eat different foods was quite a struggle for many yea

so that's why nasa wants you to figure out what to do with it. >> me? >> yeah, you, larry, personally. and will pay you $30,000 for a winning idea. >> all right. >> nasa's goal is to have the invention or the plan implemented in three years. the deadline for submissions is december 20th. >> all right. >>> next time you need help at the mall, you may not get it from a human. >> have you talked to a robot before? come over and talk to me. >> hello. abc7 news was at the westfield san francisco center. this robot greeted curious shoppers. takes selfies with you. the robot's name is pepper. outfitted with a tablet computer to interact with people. >> pepper can offer to teach you to say hello in six different languages. pepper can take a selfie with you or play games. so he's helping keep kids busy during the busy holiday shopping season. >> pepper looks so cute. and soon pepper will do much more. it will offer shoppers directions to stores and restaurants. westfield is trying out the robot in san francisco and valley fair malls in hopes of rolling them out

maps from nasa and the u.s. geological survey show that much of the recession came after the spill into the gulf of mexico. researchers say that loss of land can be seen from 2010 to 2011 after much of 9 coastline was coated with oil. they say that the oil can kill and weaken vegetation along the shore, and when that happens, erosion. >>> a fox 13 investigation has turned into an action at the state capitol. this morning, u.s. senator bill nelson is demanding answers of how the state of florida is handling all the information from driver's records. nelson wrote a letter to attorney general loretta lynch asking for further information if the state is selling your personal information for marketing purposes. if the answer is yes, it would violate federal law. selling this information but rather collecting fees required under state law. >> reporter: how much did the state make last year from selling data. >> again, tina, we don't sell data. federal law provides data -- allows data to be provided under certain exemp

nasa launched an unmanned rocket with a satellite that will provide images of developing storms. and scientists and engineers in palo alto helped discover the technology. >> pretty cool. >> very cool. >>> that's me. >> we want to thank everyone at the food drive today. >> that is my buddy marcus. >> see you tomorrow. >> have a great night. >>> mr. trump? [ cheers and applause ] mr. trump, are you ready for your first meeting? >> kelly ann, what are people saying about my cabinet appointments? do theye

these are images captured from nasa. you can see the smoke and some of the flames from north carolina... south carolina... and georgia. fire crews say several of the fires were caused by humans. na-20we southeastern wildfires visible from space nasa image electric vehicle makers -- "tesla" -- and the country's biggest installer of rooftop solar energy system -- "solar city" -- may decide to merge. tesla shareholders are set to vote on the merger with solar city tomorrow. maggie lake has elon musk says its time for solar power's day in the sun! (elon musk, ceo tesla motors) i'm confident that solar will beat everything hands down, including natural gas. musk's mission to merge solar city with his electric car company tesla is another bold step from the ceo who helped inspire the film character iron man nats but no congratulations yet! this is a complex supporters say requires investor patience. (ben kallo, equity analyst, baird) solar city is the most complex business model and financial model you can get out there- and t

. >>> nasa blasted a new weather satellite into space tonight. that could mean more accurate forecasts. it's part of a program called the geostationery operational environmental satellite or goes- r for short. after the successful launch of goes-r. i saw the satellite up close at a nasa room before it was prepared for launch in late december. this satellite will send back images with four times better resolution than the current generation, like going from a tube tv to hdtv plus it will send back these pictures about five times faster. >> you think about how much has changed in your smartphone alone that we years ago we didn't. now what goes-r and the evolution of the development of the satellite and technology it's leaps and bounds ahead. >> reporter: advance lightning deck text and improved tropical cyclone forecasting will be among the key features. it's scheduled for a 20-year mission. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> a flight to save a life turns deadly. coming up, an air ambulance carrying a heart disease patient crashes in nevada.

nasa photo over southeast a view from nasa of the southeast united states reveals the extent of the smoke. more than 70 wildfires now burning in the region. the fuel for the fires: tinder-dry brush. some of which officials are now investigating as arson... (sot / gov. pat mccrory - (r) north carolina:06 - :15) "we've got california wildfires in north carolina, and from all indications this is one of the worst conditions for wildfires nc has ever seen." making it without a drop rain tomorrow ...lake purdy 19 feet below normal... i nonrth carolina caroline kruger says it's the same. sot s/ carolyn kruger - hayesville, nc resident "we've had some dry spells, but this year has been unbelievable. dangerous smoke and haze is expected to last to at least through the end of the week. so far, the major fires have burned about 16-hundred acres if you're traveling this holiday season, your wait time at the airport might be cut down. new "innovation lines" are being tried out at chicago's o'hare airport. they use 3-d technology to scan bags with automated belts and cameras. so far american and united

nasa says an asteroid was detected by a new tool called scout. asteroid. >>> this plane caught fire in chicago on friday. getting people out of the plane during an emergency requires more flight crew training but it also comes with a price. kristy siefkin explains. >> panicked passengers struggling to exit this american airlines plane. the right engine went up in flames on friday on the chicago o'hare tarmac. >> oh, my god! >> this by passengers reaching for their bags and taking video on their cell phones. andy hershman is the former director of inflight services for northwest airlines. he says that flight attendats can only do so much to force passengers to exit. >> they should have been shouting the command to leave everything. they are not going to become cops and knock bags out of people's hands. >> going by the book, all passengers should be able to 90 seconds. but in a recent article, airline experts said it really takes thr three times longer. exciting in 90 seconds only means filling one third of the seats, thereby tripling the cost of a

as she does that -- she hopes nasa hurries up a little to reach a goal -- so many americans have for space travel. with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. eileen on camera from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: we are already pretty warm out there this morning... many of us already in the 50s. we are helped out by southerly winds that are still mainly 10 to 15 mph with some higher gusts already this morning... but they will be picking up. gusts will and into the overnight. we have some high clouds tracking in and they will stick with us today, but the moisture with this system holds off until tomorrow. today, we will be partly sunny, breezy and warm with highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and winds gusting continuing coverage this morning: bail denied for a man accused of killing a toddler. year. his mother left the two-year-old with kamel harris as she moved from cedar rapids to chicago. police believe the child was lactose intolerant and cried for an entire afternoon a

nasa technology transfer program. where they take their technology, and bring it down to human use toos as well. i see the practical application. john deere. john deere has lot of stuff through gps allowed them to become much more accurate not so that's why when i see like budget being cut i get nervous because hey they are really helping out too and creating inventions we can use on earth. just, you're right. one example. just just one example. who knew. now we know. now we know. thank you. >> very smart people over there at nasa. rocket scientists literally. okay. straight ahead rivalry meant to bring tampa bay and orlando closer. usf and ucf are we invited women to a spa to test a new body wash. dish soap. you may not feel it, but some body washes can contain cleansers found in dish soap. dove body wash is different. feel good. ((russell)) this weekend is the "war on this weekend is war on i-4 suchlt sf takes on ucf this saturday for the first time both teams are bowl eligible. not just trophy up for grabs ladies.

we talked with nasa today about the new things we're learning about it. --dr. noah petro / nasa scientist "one of the great surprises coming back from the spacecraft at the moon is we're actually able to detect for the first time ever changes on the lunar surface. we've been mapping the moon at high resolution for over seven we take today to images we took previously in the mission."-- sunday's supermoon will appear 14- percent larger than the largest full moon.. and 30-percent brighter. in fact.. the moon won't look appear this big and bright again until 2034. these highs well above normal will subside and we will just fall into the above normal category for the weekend. highs will drop a few degrees on saturday compared to friday. we expect to top out at 76 to that number to 77 on sunday. a few overhead clouds are likely through the day saturday, more sun on sunday. overnight lows will drop into the mid 50s each morning which is still warmer than where they should be. to start off the week highs will approach 80 for monday with nothing but sunshine winds will