nasa scientists offer help along the way. showing the students how to use the sophisticated software to develop their own robots. >> i wouldn't have thought i could be one of those people making the rover to go to mars, but now i think i can. >> reporter: it could be decades until nasa sends astronauts to mars. by combining the use of low tech and high tech tools, nasa hopes to develop the people and technology that can turn its mars vision into reality. david hirsch, nhk world, new york. >>> scientists say one of the world's most popular natural attractions is this appearing fast. australia's great barrier reef has lost more than half its coral in the last three decades. a report by the australian institute of marine science says the number of reefs has dropped from 100 to 47. since 1985. the scientists identified two main causes of coral decline. the crown of thorn star fish is growing rapidly in number. the fish feed on the coral. and ocean warming is bleaching the coral. the scientists say this prevents the reef from reco

researchers work with the blocks to help develop the rovers that will follow nasa's curiosity to the martian surface. models like these help designers brain storm concepts and identify potential problems. >> the judgidea is to get this running more smoothly here. >> reporter: novel tools like plastic blocks allow engineers to make adjustments as often as needed during the design process and then couraging creative out of the box thinking. even the designers of the curiosity rover use blocks to help them with design challenges. >> that's pretty smooth. >> i think i got it. >> i think with the legos the fact that you can change it so quickly allows you to develop your designs faster. it gives you very rapid turn around. you find out very quickly this is a bad idea or this is a great idea. >> reporter: brain storming with blocks can also be done in space. japanese astronauts used them to study zero gravity. >> translator: blocks give scientists a way to familiarize themselves with a design. this way the not only thinking inside their heads but also using their hands. when i was in the s

you'll hear more about nasa's efforts later. and what i'm going to do1r is ge a little more background on challenge-driven innovation. and i'm going to do that just by plaijerrizing some people because it makes it a loteasier for me. i want to look at this quote, prize is a very old -- an old idea that is surprisingly powerful in our modern society. this is by a study that by mckenzie and company, back in 2010. prize is a very old idea, very powerful in our modern society. surprisingly powerful in our modern society. mckenzie also said this, 32,000, in 2010, there were 32,000no competitions, competitions, prizes, awards. that's a big number. it could be bigger but it's a big number, for one year, 32,000 competitions happened. to continue on in myk mckenzie also said this, while tens of thousands of prizes and awards are give out every year, we've been struck by the lack of conferences or professional associations to share best practices and facilitate collaboration. now there's some kind of relationship between what doing here

they're looking out for one another just as you would witness during any nasa flight that you've ever witnessed, and this kind of family that comes together for this common goal for the sake of science, for the sake of, you know, human exploration, and in this case, this is not just an experiment, there is purpose here, too, just as you would see with any nasa experiment, and you explained it so eloquently earlier what they're hoping to gain from this. >> can a person in space falling from a crippled aircraft, one of those things that may take space tours into the sky 10, 20 years from now, can those people survive? can there be an ejection seat of 16 miles high? can this suit, can this pressurization, can this texture of the suit so make him free fall like this in a nose down position go greater than the speed of sound and pull the chute at 5,000 feet and float to the ground. we are not showing live pictures now for a reason. we will show live pictures when felix gets on the ground and starts to walk away. that's when we're coming back to this. felix is about three and a half, four m

it's contract with nasa the worth $1.6 billion. 11 more dragons are scheduled to fly. it's now heading toward the international space station but nasa is no longer line in space. china and india are racing to catch up. nasa is now free to focus on its new mission, reaching to mars. >> what i call a historical event in space flight. it marks the official start of commercial resupply missions by american companies operating out of u.s. space ports like the one right here in florida. >> reporter: nasa officials need to spend their limited funds carefully. he said americans need to nurture the next generation to keep their leadership and development of space. >>> some children wake up and cringe at the thought of heading to the schoolyard. they know that bullies are waiting for them. we have two reports on how schools in australia and the u.s. are handling the problem. >> reporter: this high school in australia has set up program to get students to confront the issue of bullying and look at the way to tackle it. >> what kind of characteristics might the person have that le

the total cost for the 12 missions nasa has signed on with spacex is $1.6 billion is what the nasa contract to spacex is, and this the first of those dozen missions to resupply the space station. don? >> the original jay-z, john zarrella, thank you. >> reporter: sure. >>. >>> john adams called the office of vice president the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. so then why is there is much focus on joe biden this week and why are some saying the pressure is really on him? so, explain this. how can something get bigger.. and smaller? there's more of it.. insignificant office that ever well, i guess the laws of physics are more like.. general guidelines. is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc

with spacex, nasa is now free to focus on its new mission. reaching to mars. >> what i call a historical event in the space flight. it marks the initial start of flights by american companies operating out of u.s. space ports like the one here in florida. >> reporter: bolden said nasa needs to spend funds carefully. america needs to nurture the next generation to keep their leadership in development of space. nhk world, florida. >>> emergency crews who responded to a highway accident in southeastern china ended up going into a risky situation. a gas with liquefied gas overturned. then it blew up killing three firefighters. it flipped in a city in the west of hunan the province. the firefighters who died in the fire had just arrived on the scene. smoke fills the picture. then orange flames are visible just before the explosion. the blast scattered debris and shook the camera. local reports say the tanker was carrying about 18 tons of liquefied natural gas and was still burning a day after the explosion. >>> bangkok's china town is home to one

that was the sound of planet earth singing in space courtesy of nasa is calling it the clearest recording ever made of what they call chorus which is the audio version of the radio signals that are emitted by plasma waves that are part of the earth's van allen radiation belts the van allen radiation belt seen here are two layers of energetically charged particles or plasma that are around the earth and that are held in place by the planet's magnetic field the belts are thought to be made of a variety of particles some particles that come from the solar wind and others from cosmic rays according to craig quite seeing a physics professor who is part of the team at nasa the collective the sounds the mysterious sound is quote what the radiation belts would sound like to a human being if we had radio antennas for years and quote to capture the chorus sound cloud sing and a team of nasa engineers design something called the electric and magnetic field instrument suite and integrated science for the type of signal receiver that's attached to two separate nasa probes that are currently orbiting t

form he wierly wor with nasa. pretty incredible stuff we've been watching this afternoon. we want to bring you up to date on two very important stories we continue to follow. this, the felix baumgartner place in history, and we also want to report to you this very sad news, the death of one of the most prominent politicians to serve in the u.s. senate, arlen specter. the veteran pennsylvania lawmaker died today in his home in philadelphia from complications of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. he is 82 years old. a memorial service is planned for tuesday in pennsylvania. specter was the longest serving senator from the state of pennsylvania, and during his three decades in office, he was both a republican and a democrat. lisa sylvester takes a look at specter's high-profile career and the legacy he leaves behind. >> in his 30 years in the u.s. senate, arlen specter survived a loss. a benign brain tumor, bruising partisan battles. and a health care town hall. >> wait a minute! >> in 2005, we all watched senator specter's fir

we had radio antennas for ears and quote to capture the chorus of sound cloud saying and a team of nasa engineers design something called the electric and magnetic field instrument suite and integrated science with a type of signal receiver that's attached to two separate nasa probes that are currently orbiting the earth after releasing earth's chorus as a noted that ham radio operators like me have you wait until you will have been able to listen to the sounds made by earth's plasma ways for years but never with such quality and clarity as the chorus there's no doubt that it's chorus is pretty unique but besides being super cool to listen to what else is it is the recording good for well according to nasa the recording could help scientists discover the impact the plasma waves have on the periodic appearance of killer electrons by most electrons that are in the plasma waves of van allen belts are harmless some killer electrons become so highly energized that they have the potential damage satellite spacecraft and even cause health problems for astronauts in space so now when you look u

with endeavour making the final journey to california this month nasa's fleet is now museum pieces. the u.s. space agency hoping to have private development. it will join other colleagues at the space outpost including americans williams. they'll spend five months in orbit and handle cargo and prepare operations. -- repair operations. in new york, david lee miller, fox news. >>> auspice of history from the -- a piece of history is now in the hands of the smithsonian. that was worn by american pilot william ecker. he had the uniform on when he flew during the cuban missile crisis. he died in 2009 and his family decided to donate the suit in his memory. >>> well, heck of a run we've had here in late october. continues i hear. >> we may pay for it next week. >> okay. >> i'm just saying you know? we got some stuff coming next week but let's enjoy it while it's here right? this seeing nice. i -- evening nice. i mean we have some clouds out but temperatures today have been warm. no rain out there. we stay mild this eveningment all the rain is well up to the north of us. it's 77 now but le

is counting on private companies to restock the ice says when nasa space shuttle fleet was retired in two thousand and eleven russia so you spacecraft was the only way for payloads to reach the ice says that small islands back to earth brian weeden from secure world foundation says private businesses still need time to prove they can compete with state run organizations. in certain areas for example are fighting basic transportation to from street station these commercial private companies can provide its mere second . but titian but there are other areas you know long term exploration of the moon and mars and beyond where for the time being you're probably just still see a lot of state run companies there's a chance that nasa can perhaps you know contract for these basic services to and from the inner space station to private companies which would then allow nasa to focus its money and its efforts on some of the other aspects exploration such as perhaps going back to the moon space x. still has a long ways to go before it can prove that it can carry humans safely to and from the our

nasa's newest mars rover is ready for its first big geology mission. curiosity has driven more than 400 yards since landing on the red planet in august. today, nasa said the plan is to have the rover scoop up some soil some time in the next few weeks, and analyze it for signs that mars was once able to support life. we also got a rare peek today at a dying star courtesy of a nasa telescope. have a look. it's called a helix nebula, 650 lightyears from the earth. you're seeing its last gasp as it burpz out. nasa says the same thing will happen to our sun in about 5 billion years. the fight against hunger in california is getting a lift from a group of seniors. we'll have their story next. [ male announcer ] your mouth is cleanest after the dentist. but between check-ups tartar builds. keep it clean with new listerine® ultraclean™. it's the only mouthwash with a new tartar control formula for a dentist clean feeling. ahhhhhhhh. [ male announcer ] new listerine® ultraclean™. power to your mouth™. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas,

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nasa used it to prep astronauts for space. dr. kim mulvihill reports. >> reporter: some fast paced exercise. >> just feel a lot more energetic. >> reporter: jr runs, does yoga, even pilates. but five times a week she shakes it up, whole body vibration. >> i get toned, flatter stomach. >> reporter: invented by russians, it was used by nasa to help astronauts prepare for space. i took it for a test shake. that's a lot of shaking. the idea the plate vibrates, transmits waves of energy and your body, your muscles, have to react to stay on. >> 1800 constrictions of the muscles a minute. it activates 97% of the muscles of the body at the same time. >> reporter: resulting in a quick more efficient workout. in a study roughly 70 young unathletic woman used 10 minutes of vibration training or 60 minutes at the gym. at the end of 12 weeks, the results were the same. better muscle tone and strength. but those shaking it up did it in a fraction of the time. too good to be true? well, at these studios the true believers are lining up. >> i fee

the mission, a joint effort by nasa and california-based spacex, sends a dragon capsule, loaded with food, clothes, and gear, up to the station's three-member crew. nasa is contracted to pay spacex more than $1.5 billion for a dozen re-supply missions like this one. for "teen kids news," i'm rick leventhal, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> ever since the end of world war ii, the iron curtain of communism darkened the lives of millions living in eastern europe. lauren reports on how a wall covered with graffiti came to become a symbol of freedom for those "back in the u.s.s.r." >> the heart of the czech republic is the beautiful city of prague. today, it's the capital of a democratic state, but for more than 40 years...prague was under the thumb of moscow. because of the communist influence, one would expect that there would be a monument here to lenin. there is. but not to thlenin, one of the founders of communism, but to lennon, one of the founders of the beatles. the people of prague call it "the lennon wall." it's covered with graffiti honoring the singer. >> i think it's n

so he called nasa again and they said they had found something that would like to present nasa and the boy scout troops and their parents of came together for a presentation. the hand of the boy scouts in little plastic container. the open the container and inside was their flag in perfect condition. [applause] " and then the scoutmaster said and that is it on the flagpole next to mr romney. i reached over and i grabbed the flag and i held it out and it was as if the electricity was running through my arms. as i thought about the heroes, the patriots, americans, who lived for something bigger than themselves. who lived for pioneering and discovering. for new knowledge, not for themselves, but for the world and for america. that is the nature of who we are. every day i see people who live for something bigger than themselves. pioneers, heroes. i think of single mothers wondering how they will put food on the table at the end of the week, scrimping and saving to do so. i think of dads and moms taking two jobs so they can afford to give their kids the same kind of clothes that other kids

nasa even used it to prep astronauts for space. dr. kim gives it a shake. >> i just feel a lot more energetic. >> reporter: five times a week, she likes to shake it up. it's called whole body vibration. >> i feel toned. like my stomach gets flatter. >> reporter: invented by the russians to boost bone density and muscle strength, the technology was used by nasa to help astronauts prepare for space. i took it for a test shake. >> that's a lot of shaking. >> reporter: the plate vibrates, transmits planes of energy and your muscles have to react to stay on. >> it activates 97% of the muscles over the body at the same time. >> reporter: resulting in a quick, more efficient workout. in a study, roughly 70 young unathletic women used either ten minutes of vibration training or 60 minutes at the gym. at the end of several weeks, the results were the same. but those shaking up did it in a fraction of the time. the true believers are lining up. >> we were like, yes, we will. >> i feel it in my core. i'm standing up straight. >> i'm able to pull

and so they contacted nasa. and so it went on the space shuttle. he said you can imagine how proud the boys were. looking from their home rooms at school watching the tv set as they watched the shuttle launch with great pride. and then they saw it explode on the tv screen before their eyes. and the scout master said he called nasa a couple of weeks later and said have you found any reminant of the flag. >> reporter: the answer was no. but months later that changed. >> nasa came together with the boy scout troop and their parents and they were presented with a plastic container. and the boys opened it up and there inside was their flag in perfect condition. [ cheers and applause ] >> and he said and that's on the flag pole. and i reached over and i grabbed the flag and pulled it out and it was if electricity was running through my arm. as i thought about the sacrifice of our men and women in the space program. >> reporter: the lesson. >> the nature of america to live for something bigger than ourselves. >> reporter: romney supporters will see that s

so he called nasa and said have you found our flag? and they said, as a matter of fact, we have a presentation to make to your scout troop. so nasa came, they presented the flag, and a container, they opened it up, there was the flag in perfect condition. and then he said, that is it on the flag pole on the table, next to mr. romney. and i reached over, grabbed ahold of the flag, and it was as if electricity was running through my arm. because i thought of the sacrifice of those men and women who have served in that mission. and in other nasa missions, who have put their lives in danger for us. for learning. for knowledge, for innovation, for pioneering, what americans tend to do. is live for something big. i think of the men and women who put themselves in harm's way, in danger's path, who serve in our military. i appreciate their sacrifice. there is a -- there is a wonderful verse in one of our national hymns, america the beautiful, that i love to mention to people. oh beautiful, for heros proved in liberating strife, who more than c

and now nasa is having another change of heart. they are taking a closer look at the golf ball-sized space rock found in the yard of a novato home and they believe it is a piece from this weekend's meteor shower. a meteorite expert came to the conclusion after a matching meteorite was found 2.5 miles away. so now it's a space rock. >>> 5:21. the california highway patrol moving into two troubled northern california towns. how they hope to help curb crime. >> it's supposed to be good luck. the messy surprise for one sacramento anchor while reporting on the giants. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> all right. around the bay area, we are starting to see temperatures in the 40s and 50s. big warmup coming our way. we'll talk -- [ signal breakup ] >>> and checking some bridges across the bay area, so far everything is "friday light." yeah, we are cruising across the golden gate bridge. over at the bay bridge toll plaza no metering lights no delay. and through milpitas, 880 and 237, traffic so far moving at the limit. we do have a critical mass bike

nasa says a river really did run through it. more evidence there may have been life on mars. >>> good evening, everyone. you are in the "cnn newsroom." the presidential candidates are headed west. president obama is in nevada tonight holding a rally at desert pines high school. let's take a moment and listen in. >> i will use the money we are no longer spending on war to do nation building here at home, rebuilding roads and bridges and putting americans back to work and that's part of what makes america strong. that's what we're going to do. so this is the choice we face in the election, and this is what the election comes down to, and i know you must be tired of hearing ads, but you will hear moreover the next six weeks, and over and over again, you will hear my opponents talking about how bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations and that's the way to go, and since government can't do anything, it should do almost nothing. if you can't afford health care, then hope you don't get sick is their theory. if you can't afford college, b

if they contacted nasa and ask them to dig the flag of the space shuttle. i am sure they told them that space is a premium. not a lot of room for souvenirs on the space shuttle, but they took the flag. he said, you cannot imagine how proud our boys were from their school rooms to watch the shuttle go up into the sky on tv, and then they saw it explode in front of their rise. the scoutmaster called nasa a couple weeks later. the said did you find a remnant of our flag? they said, no. he said he called every week, several months, called and called, nothing. then in september, he said he was reading a newspaper some of the debris found from the challenger disaster, and they mentioned something about a flag. he called and said, did you find our flag? they said, as a matter of fact -- they got together. nasa came together with the boy scout troop and presented the boys with this plastic box. they opened it, and there was their flag in perfect condition. and then he said this. he said, have that on the flagpole next to mr. romney on the table. i got the flag and

the website is nasa .gaov. nasa .gov. punch in the state and the city. the drama is building for pumpkin fanatics. tomorrow is the world championship pumpkin weigh off. it is the art and pumpkin festival. there is some big competition, and we do mean big. last year's winning gourd set a new record at 1,704. that, my friends, is a lot of pie. >> leigh is checking our weather. a lot of people might want to see the spacestation over the next couple days. >> a little cloudy and a little tough. >> we had a terrific weekend. the cutoff low off the coast is spinning about itself. it kept the low clouds and the fog well off the coast. but things are going to change. we will see more cloud cover. the high definition east bay cam is showing you almost a clear sky across the bay. but live doppler 7hd is showing you some clouds advancing. some very dense fog is developing in the north bay. we had reduced visibility in the area this morning. more than likely we will see it again tomorrow morning. so if you do have to do that early-morning commute, i know a lot of peo

station than otherwise it's just one of those things that they captures the public's attention part of nasa is mission is to increase. courage to the maximum extent possible the commercial use of space and in fact showing that there is a market showing that there are people willing to do this and showing that you don't have to be a career military fighter pilot the right stuff kind of person that plays a huge role and i think that's exactly the sort of thing that ends up helping the space agencies of the world as well ok we'll get to the to the other economic areas the best of mining in little while but the moment we have just seen the dragon spacecraft go up to take supplies to the i assess that was a significant moment. however it was it was a small parts of what is otherwise a vost state and surprise and without state capital it seems that at the moment no private and device could could exist you can point to companies like space x. space x. has a contract for services to deliver cargo to the space station but the capital that it was started with has come from its founder. and so this is

arturo santiago is live at nasa ames at moffett field. just how big was this one? some are saying the size of a small compact car? >> reporter: that's exactly right. around that size is what they're saying. one astronomer here was monitoring this meteor very closely. he's hoping to have video from the sunnyvale cameras. in the meantime we have video from the lick observatory in san jose. here it is. the meteor streaking across the sky is at the top of your screen there. it actually entered the earth's atmosphere over the bay area just before 8:00 last night. now, this is not part of the orionid's meteor shower we'll see the next couple of days. it became visible when it was about 70 miles above the earth. again, one astronomer believes it was about the size of a car when it hit the atmosphere at around 25,000 miles an hour and then started breaking up. people reported hearing a loud boom and then saw the bright orange and red fireball. >> the color of the meteor you see can tell you a little bit about what the meteor is made of. if you see yellow, it's sodium and i

they recruited many people from nasa. red bull contracted out with an aerospace firm from california. and these are all experts. the top people in the field of aerospace exploration, including many from nasa missions. so this was no fly by night group by any stretch of the imagination. they devoted a lot of time, money and effort toward developing the science for, this and you could tell every aspect of this, don, was planned almost to the t. the timing was planned to a t. and this was a really impressive feat. >> brian todd, good stuff. thank you very much. >>> president barack obama and mitt romney out of sight today, getting ready for tuesday's second of three presidential debates. mr. mark preston is at hofster's university, the site of tuesday's debate, hosted by candy crowley. no surprise, tuesday's debate was the number one topic on the sunday morning shows, mark. >> reporter: no doubt, don. in fact, as you said, president obama down in williamsburg, virginia today trying to do some debate prep to get himself runni

the website is nasa .gaov. nasa .gov. punch in the state and the city. the drama is building for pumpkin fanatics. tomorrow is the world championship pumpkin weigh off. it is the art and pumpkin festival. there is some big competition, and we do mean big. last year's winning gourd set a new record at 1,704. that, my friends, is a lot of pie. >> leigh is checking our weather. a lot of people might want to see the spacestation over the next couple days. >> a little cloudy and a little tough. >> we had a terrific weekend. the cutoff low off the coast is spinning about itself. it kept the low clouds and the fog well off the coast. but things are going to change. we will see more cloud cover. the high definition east bay cam is showing you almost a clear sky across the bay. but live doppler 7hd is showing you some clouds advancing. some very dense fveloping in ths developing in the north bay. we had reduced visibility in the area this morning. more than likely we will see it again tomorrow morning. so if you do have to do that early-morning commute, i know a