that's because most of the private companies have learned lessons from nasa. most have gotten technology advice as we see today. nasa engineers are part of the commercial efforts and a number of these companies. i think safety is at the top of mind for most of these com companies. i think of this as a graduation, we've got astronauts that go into lower earth orbit, you have the tourism effort that's happening now. we've got deep space flight. you've got to have this whole continuum where there's going to be this continuum of human beings at different aspects and levels of space exploration. that's going to really require the faa, perhaps nasa, perhaps the un that's involved, that has committees that deal with space, to develop better regulation around this whole effort. think about this. our kids growing up now whether never know a world where there will be no one in space. from this day forward, there will always be humans in space at some level, in lower earth orbit, on the moon and mars. to me that's very exciting. >> absolutely, absolutely. stretching the

audrey powers was with nasa, 2,000 hours at mission control. being driven now to the launch site by jeff bezos. we should know blue origin, the company, tweeted, we are a go for number ns-18 astronaut load, noting this will be the 18th launch. the crew headed to the launch tower for final preparations and also their entry into that capsule. let's bring back chris hadfield, former commander. also joining us, dr. bernard harris, the first african-american to walk in space. particularly good to have folks who have been in that position before. perhaps i should begin with you, dr. harris. describe what it feels like to be moments away from launching into space. in this case it's three times the speed of sound, more than 2,000 miles an hour. what do you feel in those moments before you go? >> well, you know, it depends on whether it's your first mission or your second mission. as i think about what's happening now, i have to reflect back on my first mission. there was a sense of nervousness. sometimes i will joke and say i'm an american astronaut, i

space agency, nasa, has just started a different kind of mission. it has launched a spacecraft named lucy towards jupiter's orbit. its mission is to help learn how the solar system formed billions of years ago. and as cnn's kristin fisher explains, lucy's name is a tribute to an ancient human ancestor and a famous beatle song. >> three, two, one -- liftoff. atlas 5 takes flight. >> reporter: lucy is finally in the sky. the nasa spacecraft is on a 12-year mission covering 6.4 billion kilometers to fly past eight ancient asteroids. lucy is the first mission to investigate the trojan asteroid swarms which are asteroid clusters along jupiter's orbital path. armed with cameras, thermometer, spectrometer, lucy will collect the first high-resolution images of these asteroids. the spacecraft gets her name from the lucy fossil, an ancient human ancestor whose remains transformed the study of hominid evolution. nasa hopes its lucy transforms the understanding of the evolution of the solar system. boat the fossil and the spacecraft's name are nods to the beatl

nasa plans to send more. china and russia are teaming up on asteroid mission in 2024 and the uae in 2028. kristin fisher, cnn. >> before i let you go, i'm sure you saw this one coming. >>> adele has another hit song. spotify says her hit single "easy on me" is its most streamed song in a single day. ♪ there ain't no gold in this river ♪ ♪ that i've been washing my hands in forever ♪ >> it's so nice. "easy on me" is adele's first single from her new album entitled "thirty." that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." thankfully, i won't be singing you out. i'm paula newton for our viewers in the u.s. and canada, cnn's "new day" is next. for everyone else, it's "tech for good." ♪ go easy on me ♪ kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional ner

so what does nasa want to do? >> yeah. so, if you look in movies about this sort of thing, what they want to do is blow the sucker out of the sky. we're very good at blowing stuff up because we have no end of weaponry to do this. but that's not the wisest path. all engineering calculations tell us. because if you blow something up, while we're good at blowing it up, we're not as good as knowing where the pieces will end up. so it's safer and it's more controlled to deflect an asteroid from harm's way. and what we found is a double asteroid, so the d.a. in the d.a.r.t. stands for double asteroid redirect test. and we know the orbit of the moon. that's about the size of a football stadium. and it's in orbit around its host asteroid. and we know that orbit with good enough precision that if we slam our spacecraft into the moon, it will alter that orbit, and it should alter it in a measurable way. and if we succeed at that, it's like, oh, yes, now we have methods and tools to deflect asteroids that we may one day discover have

companies to build a commercial replacement for nasa's aging international space station. think of it like a business park in space. cnn's kristen fisher joins us live now. just what we all need is another business park. >> it is a standard real estate practice on earth. this is a natural evolution. business parks in space. this is being built as the very first one. it is called orbital reef. and the idea is to have companies from all over the world come together to conduct microgravity research, manufacturing, and, yes, of course, some space tourism in there as well. there are other commercial space station proposals out there. but what sets this one apart is it is a partnership of four big american space companies. it is led by blue origin and sierra space, red wire space is also a teammate. and boeing, the aerospace giant which had a hand in almost every nasa project, including the international space station. and that's why this is really so important right now. the international space station is old. it has been up there for about 20 years now. and it is going to be d

. >> nasa's lucy is on a 4 billion mile journey. her mission, next. state of thy makes it brilliant. the lexus nx. experience the crossover in its most visionary form. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. i've always focused on my career. but when we found out our son had autism, his future became my focus. lavender baths always calmed him. so we turned bath time into a business. and building it with my son has been my dream job. at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com you could wait... all night... for an email response from steve, who will sign back in at 9 am tomorrow morning. orrrr... you could find the answer right now in slack. and give steve a break. slack. where the future works. >>> a new asteroid hunter named lucy is now in space and on her mission. >> liftoff. atlas five takes flight. sending lucy to -- >> this morning, nasa launched its newest asteroid probe. lucy blasted off from the kennedy space center in florida and is now embarking on

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nasa astronaut mike massamino. good to see you, brother. >> chris, great to see you, thanks for having me on. >> what is it like to see shatner, is it like being a pro guy who is seeing somebody at his first time? >> hearing his expression of what he saw, what he felt, i felt very similar. i think most astronauts do. as professional astronauts, though, we're there to do a job, repair things, fix stuff, explore and so on. but we also get that emotional part of it, the experience of being there. i kept mine in check, i think, my emotions. even when i got on the ground, and it hit me, chris, when i got back to crew quarters, after we got medically checked out and had a short press conference, i got back to my room in crew quarters, i was thinking about this today, it was the same room i had left that morning, two weeks earlier that i had left the planet, and everything looked the same but i had changed so much. and i thought about the beauty i had seen during my mission. and i broke down and started crying. all that e

. >> joining me to discuss, retired nasa astronaut leroy chow. great to have you with us this morning. a couple interesting things i want to pick up on that that we just heard. chris boshuizen wanted to be an astronaut from the time he was 4, he said, a dream come true for him to get that close and have four minutes of weightlessness up there, but he said we calculated the risk here. william shatner talked about safety, and i'd also asked them if they were concerned after this letter came out from 21 current and former employees at blue origin who cited safety as a concern. when you look at all these things happening, where does your mind go in terms of safety? >> in terms of safety, the commercial space industry and commercial space things are very cognizant if it were to suffer an accident, especially early on in these attempts, that would basically shut them down. in a big-picture sense, i don't believe any of these companies will be launching individuals to touch space or into orbit later without being confident in their safety process and th

he's going to be joined on this mission by a -- with a blue origin employee, a former nasa engineer. and the vice chairman of a life sciences company. so it's a four-person crew. this is going to be the second time that blue origin has sent people into space. of course you remember back in july, with their first crew launch sending founder jeff bezos into space. and so this is a really exciting time for the company. they've been working towards this moment for more than two decades. but it's also a time of intense scrutiny. just last week a group of 21 current and former employees signed on to an essay detailing what they describe as a hostile work environment. these are claims and charges that blue origin strongly denies. they clearly would like to keep the focus on this big launch next tuesday. they are going to be beaming scotty up. but you know what i found out today? not once in the star trek franchise does he ever say, beam me up, scotty. he says scotty, beam me up. we've gotten it wrong this whole time. >> who knew? that is crazy. >> so does he have to go through any training

. >>> next month, nasa will send a spacecraft into orbit that will intentionally crash into an asteroid moon. it's not usually a sentence that you want to hear with a crash in space. it's in the same of planetary defense. it is calls the d.a.r.t. submission. which stands for the double asteroid revolution test. with the notion of a near asteroid in space. the hope it can redirect comets near the planet that can cause major damage. >>> good morning, and welcome to your "new day." i'm boris sanchez. >> and i'm laura jarrett in for christi this saturday. >> boris, great to see you. >> great to see you as always, laura. a congress showdown, steve bannon saying he's

the first nasa space shuttle named enterprise in a new york museum where some tourists want to see captain kirk actually go to space. >> it's almost like a dream come true for some of the fans. >> reporter: but will the billionaire space race and shatner's mission inspire regular folks to get a seat on board. >> it could inspire a lot more people who have the means to do that. >> reporter: would you do it if asked? >> that's a really tough question. >> reporter: despite all the questions, there is admiration and love here for shatner. >> boldly go. enjoy yourself. god bless. >> reporter: and a few well wishes. >> live long and prosper. >> reporter: including one from a fellow "star trek" captain. . >> you're going nowhere that no won, with the exception of jeff bezos, has gone before. come back. uh-oh me dinner. >> reporter: all right, john. we talked to fans -- sort of a poll about who they would want to go next up there. it was sort of a tossup between george ta kay and patrick stewart who played jean luc piccard. >> send them both. >> reporter: send them all. >> there has been a lot of

the first nasa effort to fly into asteroids is headed into the heavens. the mission named lucy is exploring a 12-year mission to explore jupiter. yes, 12 years. lucy will provide the high level images of what they look like. the mission will help to peer back in time to learn howl the solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago. it can also help scientists learn how our planets ended up in their current positions. >>> meantime, three chinese astronauts are settling in on their nation's space station. they blasted off earlier today on a six-month mission to help build the uncompleted orbiter. agency cnn's david culver tells us china is pursuing an aggressive space race with the united states. >> reporter: 90-year-old "star trek" actor william shatner blasted into space, becoming the oldest man to reach such heights amid great fanfare in the u.s. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: thousands of miles away here in the goby desert, china's space hey not set records but it shows the fast growing and growing space mission. cnn got access, shenzhou 13 carrying three chinese

this has taken time with nasa ending the monopoly and allowing spacex to fly people and cargo to the international space station on a private type of contraption and it's exciting to see. some people look and say gosh, it's a bunch of gold plated bungee jumps by rich people. i see what happens next. >> that is the criticism. why do i care about a foamous actor going to space? he will not be the first actor to reach. that title was claimed this week by a crew of russians that traveled to the international space station where they are filming the first feature film ever shot in space. is this another sign to you how seriously the russians are taking the future of space travel? >> it's a different space race, isn't it? it's fun. my money is the fact the tom cruise movie won't be better. you never know. maebl maybe the russians will come through with a sleeper hit. what this does is popularizes the face in a way that hasn't been. it seems kind of frivolous but these investments and money and attention is what leads us to better communication, gps, google, maps, better forecast and maybe

the story is essentially a nasa crew apollo 18 but with a military component and a very interesting soviet space station at the time. a lot of reality in the book, to the moon and back with a tremendous am of intrigue. i'm just delighted it's already a bestseller in several chris. i think it's a fun story. >> what do you miss most about being in space? >> it's still with me every day, pamela. i don't -- i guess i wish i could be weightless. that is the coolest most fun thing. it's like having a super power. if i could make you weightless for a minute, you would never want to come back to gravity. >> that's enough for me to really want to go up. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, pamela. >> bracing for a bomb cyclone. the severe weather threat on the west coast as soon as tonight. we'll be right back. at vanguard, you're more than just an investor, you're an owner with access to financial advice, tools and a personalized plan that helps you build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner. i order my groceries online now. shingles doesn't care. i keep my social distanc

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. >>> next month, nasa will send a spacecraft into orbit that will intentionally crash into an asteroid moon. it's not usually a sentence that you want to hear with a crash in space. it's in the same of planetary defense. it is calls the d.a.r.t. submission. which stands for the double asteroid revolution test. with the notion of a near asteroid in space. the hope it can redirect comets near the planet that can cause major damage. >>> good morning, and welcome to your "new day." i'm boris sanchez. >> and i'm laura jarrett in for christi this saturday. >> boris, great to see you. >> great to see you as always, laura. a congress showdown, steve bannon saying he's going to defy the subpoena from the january 6th committee in congress. however do lawmakers have to go to get the truth? >>> covid hospitalizations are down but experts warn this battle is not over yet. >>> plus, a former navy s.e.a.l. going to sky high heights to help gold star families. and he's taking on mt. everest to help the children of fallen service members. you'll hear from him, live. >> we appreciate you sharing part of

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space has always been the domain of governments, and, you know, when i was a kid, i wanted to be a nasa astronaut until i found out i was partly color blind and was denied admission to the air force academy in australia, so i had to find a plan b. pretty remarkable 60 years into the space age, there is a plan b and a way for regular people to go to space. i'm excited to be part of this journey. i think in another 60 years we'll look back on this week, this year, and say this is when the human race finally began to move into space. it's a really exciting time. >> glen, you're using this as an opportunity to raise awareness about what's happening on planet earth. with your donation to water.org. what else do you hope comes out of this flight for you? >> so, i've soon it in life sciences and health care, which is what i work in. when you have an industry that has this innovation being fueled by people who are passionate about the future of humanity, exciting things emerge. and i don't know exactly how space technology and people going to space is going to change society, but i know that it

retired nasa astronaut leroy chow. pleasure spending this sunday with you. this launch coming three months after a passenger launch with jeff bezos in it. how exciting is this mission on tuesday? what do you make of how consistent it appears that these trips are becoming? >> i think it's great that we're seeing more regular people getting -- kind of more normal people getting into space and certainly it helps to take celebrities. wally funk on the last fight who was one of the mercury 13 potential astronauts way back when and now getting william shatner in the space is great. i grew up on the original "star trek" and he was definitely one of my heroes when i was very young. he interviewed me a few months ago on his show and really impressed with at the age of 90 with how sharp he is, what great physical shape he appears to be in. certainly wishing him all the best. >> what advice do you have for captain kirk? >> my advice for him and anyone traveling into space is enjoy the experience. don't worry about your phone, don't worry about the cameras. there will b

first, william shatner went to space and this morning, the first nasa mission to fly by ancient asteroids launched on its ambitious journey. >> three, two, one. liftoff. >> the lucy mission will embark on a 12-year journey to explore asteroids that are remnants from the early days of our solar system. this will help researchers learn more about how the solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago. >>> in a new episode of this is life with lisa ling, she takes a look at conspiracy theories and social media. how algorithms that are designed to make money control the information you receive. tomorrow night at 10:00 only on cnn. and thank you so much for joining me today. the cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. >>> you are live in the cnn newsroom. a moment of solemn reflection today as president biden honored our nation's fallen law enforcement officers. the setting for the national peace officer's memorial service, the u.s. capitol, the sight of an insurrection. >> particularly appropriate today, here nine months ago. brothers and sisters thwarted an un-american attack on our nat

this f they win that's the equivalent of putting the member of the flat earth society in charge of nasa. trump's lies have taken over the republican party, disfiguring our democracy and a test to downplay the danger are no likely to age better than mulvaney's op-ed promising if he loses, trump will concede gracefully, as the trump virus continues to spread, we need to inoculate our democracy from its intended effect which is the overturning of an election. while senator joe manchin considering his quixotic effort to convince ten republicans to vote for his reform bill there's a more targeted effort which could gain republican support an urgently needed clarification of an 1887 law known as the electoral count act the same murky and messy law john eastman attempted to exploit in his six-point memo for how to conduct a coup. among the law's many deficiencies it allows state legislators to appoint a slate of electors regardless of how citizens voted if the state failed to make a choice on election day, a circumstance the law does not currently define. in addition, it allows an objection to

. >>> this morning the first nasa mission that will fly by eight ancient asteroids successfully launched on its ambitious journey. >> liftoff, atlas five takes flight, sending lucy to uncover the fossils of our solar system. >> embarking on a 12 year mission to explore jupiter's asteroid, which are remnants from the early days in the solar system. the only sightings of the trojans have been artist renderings or animations. >>> now there's a new effort to try to help them deal with the unpredictability and stress of the job. >> we're talking about emotional support dogs. they're the newest members of the force. look at them here, and they're bringing comfort in some unexpected ways. here's cnn's lauren fox. >> come on, milo. >> reporter: the newest member of the u.s. capitol police force is already pretty pupular. meet leeila, a 3-year-old black lab labrador who serves as a wellness dog for the capitol police. her handler, wellness coordinator dmitry lewis said lila's temperament made her a perfect fit for her new job. >> we try to hit different divisions and shifts to just allow anyone t

nasa released video of the exact moments a large flare exploded on the sun. it ejected charged particles which collided with gases in the earth's atmosphere, creating those spectacular curtains of colored lights. >>> joining me is meteorologist derek van dam. amazing shot we just saw. so those northern lights, we're not going to see them here in atlanta, right? but it's going to be a show for a lot of the world, sounds like. >> believe it or not, i went outside my house to check. no deal, doesn't look like it's going to happen in atlanta. but yes, many people across north america are experiencing this. let me start off by saying that accurately predicting the weather is hard. but predicting space weather is even harder. and we might have a bit of a bust forecast on our hands. according to some of the social media feeds that i've been following, it's particularly within the united states they haven't been as vibrant as what was originally advertised. normal places like iceland, greenland, portions of canada, even russia, reports of beautiful sightings of the a

. >> that's like saying we need to vote against nasa funding because my constituents think that the moon landing was faked. >> yeah, well, except for the difference is that the term election integrity has a lot of power. not just with the republican base, but even if you look at cnn's own polling, with the electorate that's broader than the base. >> what else can we expect to see tonight? >> i think that it really does show that all of the discussion that you have on the show and elsewhere about the big lie, it isn't just a hangover from 2020. this is very much being used in an active way to change the laws in critical swing states that could change the elections in these swing states. both in the midterms, a year from now, and ultimately in 2024. both in how voters have access to the ballot but also how the votes are counted and who is in charge. >> voters are supposed to pick politicians. politicians are not -- >> nothing short of democracy in peril. >> dana bash, thank you. congratulations on the new special. watch "stop the vote: the big lie's assault on democracy" at 9:00 p.m. easte

nasa has it, though, that this commercial space tourism is mutually beneficial. how do you see it? >> i agree. i think -- i mean, shatner said it himself that everyone should experience this. i think what is so great about space travel is that we can go into space and do some incredible science and research and develop our presence out there while simultaneously solving problems here on earth. we don't have to sit back and just spend all of our money and energy and resources on all the problems we've had here for mil mi millennias, because if we forge across the continents, dive into microtechnology and develop computers and cell phones, if we didn't have those people to push the boundaries of what we knew and understand more of what science can tell us, we wouldn't have those amazing technologies that have helped better all of humanity and improved the lives of all of us. going into space has the potential to do that for us now. it's such an incredible opportunity that we really should all have the opportunity to go out and experience and benefit from it. >> right now it's just th

actor tom cruise has been nasa to shoot his own movie in space, but he wasn't fast enough to get there first. we'll keep on top of that story. but the russian crew aren't the only ones getting a trip to space. take a look. >> who is in command? who is in the enterprise? >> that's right, william shatner best known for his role as star trek's captain kirk is getting a call from jeff bezos. he will be on blue rocket later this month for a trip. and at 90 years old, he'll become the oldest person to reach space. >>> well, hollywood film and tv crews are ready to strike. members of the international alliance of theatrical stage employees voted to have a nationwide strike which would be in the first of the 130-year history. the talks stalled last week. the producers say they value their crew members and both sides must be willing to compromise. >>> nascar driver bubba wallace is thanking fans and his supporter for sticking through rainy weather to share in the history making victory in his home state. cnn's patrick snell has your minute in sports. >> isa, well, thank you. history in the maki

we were doing this 60 years ago with nasa. but the issue is it may be more accessible to people, regular people. what is the significance of that? >> we're entering an era of democratization of outer space. not just air force astronauts and test pilots going up and out of space, but one day mom and dad will also go into outer space. now, think of the history of transportation. we went from airplanes that mainly haul cargo and troops during war time, then we went to a place and time when rich people had airliners catered to their whims. now we're in stage three, where we're beginning to see the fact that one day mom and dad could go into outer space, just like the airlines also evolved from hauling cargo, hauling rich people, hauling average people. >> unless mom and dad are wicked rich, it is not mom and dad today, though. >> that's for the future. it costs almost half a million dollars for a seat to get on this -- the flight. remember, costs are going down. it did cost $10,000 to put a pound of anything, anything into orbit a

a former nasa engineer and co-founder of planet labs, and the co-founder of a life sciences company. so four people on board this flight. and this is an exciting time for blue origin after nearly 20 years of existence. they're now on the cusp of their second crude flight. but it's also a time of renewed scrutiny on the company because just last week a group of 21 current and former employees co-signed an essay detailing what they describe as a toxic workplace environment. they say it's a place where professional dissent is actively stifled. they also talked about certain male leaders routinely engaging in sexist behavior. these are all claims that blue origin adamantly denies. they say that they have no tolerance for discrimination or harassment of any kind, but they also say that they are investigating any new claims of misconduct. you also have the faa reviewing these allegations. not an investigation, just a review. but jim and erica, 17 successful consecutive test flights for this new shepherd spacecraft. william shatner, odds are good for him. >> all right. and coming up quick,