FEELINGS ABOUT WITH THEY ARE
FEELING TODAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS
DEVELOPING STORY.> FOR NOW
THE WEATHER IS FAVORABLE FOR
NEW CHAPTER OF SPACE
EXPLORATION.
THE SPACEX FALCON 9 ROCKET IS
SCHEDULED FOR LIFTOFF THIS
AFTERNOON AND IT WILL BE THE
FIRST TIME A PRIVATE COMPANY
LAUNCHES ASTRONAUTS INTO ORBIT.
Reporter: THE FALCON 9
ROCKET STAND ON LAUNCH PAD 39
EIGHT.
THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
TO BRING ALL OF AMERICA
TOGETHER IN ONE MOMENT IN TIME
AND SAY LOOK AT HOW BRIGHT THE
FUTURE IS.
FLORENCE THIS WILL MARK THE
FIRST TIME NASA ASTRONAUTS
LAUNCHED FROM U.S. SOIL IN A
DECADE.
THEY WILL MAN THE CREW DRAGON
SPACESHIP ACCELERATING TO
17,000 MILES PER HOUR ON A
RENDEZVOUS WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
24 HOURS LATER THEY WILL BE
GREETED BY CHRIS CASSIDY ON THE
ISS.
Reporter: ELON MUSK BEARS
THE WAY TO THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
HAVE TO KIND OF MENTALLY
BLOCK IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
EMOTIONALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL
WITH.
Reporter: THIS WILL OPEN THE
DOOR TO AMERICA'S RETURN TO THE
MOON AND BEYOND. THIS IS FOR
A PURPOSE AND THAT IS TO GET TO
MARS.
Reporter: NASA HAS BEEN
TRAINING NEW TECHNOLOGY.
THEY CALLED A FLYING iPHONE
IN TERMS OF THE TECHNOLOGY
GOING UP THERE.
WE'VE SEEN THE TESLA CARS AND
IT IS KIND OF LIKE A TESLA CAR
AND MOST OF THE CONTROLS INSIDE
THE COCKPIT ARE ALL
TOUCHSCREENS.
WE DO HAVE A FEW SWITCHES FOR
VERY CRITICAL THINGS, BUT
ALMOST EVERYTHING IS CONTROLLED
BY TOUCHSCREEN.
Reporter: FOR NEARLY A
DECADE ASTRONAUTS HAVE HITCHED
RIDES ON RUSSIAN ROCKETS.
NASA SAID THEY CAN FOCUS ON THE
SCIENCE OF SPACE EXPLORATION.
DOUG HURLEY IS MARRIED TO AN
ASTRONAUT WHO GREW UP IN
MINNESOTA.
THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO WATCH
THE LAUNCH.
CBS NEWS WILL CARRY THE LAUNCH
AND NORAH O'DONNELL WILL GO ON
