this is a live look inside the nasa command center... any minute now... u-s astronaut scott kelly will land in kazakhstan. records to his name... . >> he returns with a few records to his name. for one, spending more any american and. >> we are less than a minute from touchdown, so this could happen any second. if we're able to get vooshgs we'll take you to it, and his mission is not about setting records. and this year in space was a stepping-stone for a much larger and longer mission. >> this is the scene tuesday as u.s. astronaut scott kelly and russian cosmonaut say good-bye to colleagues aboard the international space station. the pair then sealed into a russian soyuz spacecraft spending 340 days aboard the space station. >> even after i've been here nearly a year, you don't feel perfectly normal, you know, there's always, you know, a lingering something you feel, or, you know, it's just not normal. >> the 52-year-old says he hopes the extended time in mars and give nasa data on the prolonged weightlessness space has on a body. >> it's a what are. en

it doesn't help that nasa scientists are still uncertain about the orbital path of the asteroid. they say it could come anywhere between 19 thousand miles... and 11 3 ((walter/jen)) 3 3 3 3 3 3 all good things must come to an end. the lightning's faceoff with flyers, up next. 3 plus: the battles this... for the usf bulls. a championship on the line... against the *best team in the country. we'll show you 3 time to talk some sports this morning. and with begin... with that big battle for the u-s-f bulls. the women's basketball team gave it their all last team in the country. 3 but in the end... connecticut just had too much talent. usf and uconn playing in the a-a-c championship game last night in connecticut. and this started off as a pretty good game. usf led by one point, after the first quarter. but the huskies eventually caught fire, and the bulls couldn't hold on to the ball. they had 18 turnovers. uconn shot almost 60-percent and pulled away in the second half. they win the game... 77 to 51. uconn has now won 69 games in a row. the bulls aren't done yet... they're still exp

and why his mission with nasa is far from over. 3 3 ((walter)) good morning.. and welcome to good day tampa bay... at 4:00. i'm walter allen. ((jen)) and i'm jennifer epstein. those stories in a minute, but now, a first look at your forecast... with dave. 3 3 3 3 developing this morning in st. pete... police are investigating a shooting. it happened just after eight along james avenue south. police say two men got into an argument..... one of them to shot at the other... the victim was taken to bayfront health where he is expected to ok. st. pete police do not who he is ... and it's not clear if anyone was arrested. officers are still investigating. 3 today in st. petersburg: the trial between a former wrestler... and a website... begins. jury selection gets underway in just a few hours. 3 hulk hogan brought the lawsuit against "gawker media"... after they leaked clips of a sex tape, featuring him. hogan says they didn't have permission and the tape was made *without his permission. the case has been going through the courts for about three *years now... with s

p>>russell: nasa working on a pquieter supersonic jet. pit will have all the speed pwithout the boom. p>>dave: northeast winds at six pmiles an hour. pwe're expecting a wind shift ptoday to more of a southwesterly pdirection. pi think that will help us out. p61 in st. petersburg. pa couple of spots in the 40s to pthe north. pwe're looking at a day similar pto yesterday in temperatures as pwe get back up to the mid 70s pwith that mixture of clouds and psunsetup for today. pa weak front comes through ptomorrow. pwe'll discuss what impact, if pany, it will have on the area in pa few minutes. p>>vanessa: good morning. pwe want to touch on an earlier pcrash that is still working with plane blockage. pthis is some earlier video, pbasically showing the same lane pblockage now from 75 and pgibsonton drive in the river pview area. pa crash that we were seeing pinvolved a motorcyclist, psouthbound lane blockages as you pcan see traffic being diverted poff in that area. pwe do have minor delays heading pthat way. pdrivers should give themselves pext

it online, also on ptelevision with nasa television. p>>dave: and you know, it's not ponly a great thing to check out, pbut you guys can learn something pabout the eclipse. ptell me about that. pslew absolutely. pthis is a chance for us to block pout the bright disc of the sun pwhy study what goes on above the psurface. pastronomers use this opportunity pto study the corona, the gasiest patmosphere of the sun. pthese are real movies from pnasa's solar dynamics pobservatory, a satellite that pobserves the sun and remember pthat you can fit a million pearths inside the sun so all of pthese solar storms, the sun is pthrowing out material, this phappens in that corona area pright above the surface and you pcan see that beautifully during pthe eclipse. p>>dave: i don't think people prealize how large our sun pactually is. pnow, i'll be honest with you. pi've been researching and i pcat out of the bag here about pnext year's total solar eclipse pthrough the u.s. because i want pto be at the perfect place to psee the 100% coverage. pand people

pit's nasa's achievement and it's pour country's achievement. p>>laura: nasa is planning to psend a manned mission to mars by p2025. pscientists plan to study the pdifferences between kelly and phis twin brother mark who they pmonitored here on earth. pthe twin experiment should give pbody changes in space over time pafter living aboard the enter pnature space station for nearly pa year. phe has grown two inches taller pthan mark. pwithout gravity, the discs in pthe spine decompress. pkelly didn't look any taller pbecause the change, they say, is ponly temporary. p>>russell: that's fascinating. pkelly tweeted hundreds of ictures from space and he phasn't stopped since touching pground. pthis is a picture of his first psunset on earth. phe took this while flying over pnorway. phere's a picture of his first pmeal. pit was a salad. phe got to taste the first piece pof lettuce ever grown in space pand finally, here he is on the hone talking to president pobama. pthe president thanked kelly for pinspiring a new generation of pyoung people to pursue c

but nasa did *stream the sight live... online. the u-s will have to wait more than a *year for *our next total solar eclipse. it should happen in august of 20-17. it will be the first total solar eclipse in the u-s since 19-79. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ((dave)) 3 3 ahead this morning at five: a local police officer puts her *bravery to the test... with a personal battle. in our next hour: more on her mission, and how it make her this week's extraordinary ordinary. 3 still ahead: a big birthday... for barbie. we're celebrating the doll... with a look at her most *valuable outfit. and heres's a hint: it's *six 3 plus: a dream come true, for one bruce springsteen fan. the *sign he showed the boss... that let with havertys furniture, even when life isn't the spring home event is happening now. from classic to contemporary, havertys. everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. keep it simple. make every piece count. let other people know what you're made of. always be real. don't be fake, don't be artificial, but always be

p>>russell: nasa working on a pquieter supersonic jet. pit will have all the speed pwithout the boom. p>>dave: northeast winds at six pmiles an hour. pwe're expecting a wind shift ptoday to more of a southwesterly pdirection. pi think that will help us out.

. >> the adequate funding of nasa is important, and it's not just space scholar ration, we have exploration. we have created a lot of products that are helping people right here on earth. >> and should it be higher or lower -- >> i would support increasing funding. >> but you have voted for decreasing funding in the past. >> it depends on the context, if we are raising the revenue we need to ensure that the children in america don't go hungry and we are rebuilding our infrastructure which is what i intend to do then i would support increase can funding for nasa. >> and should the government be in the business of subsidizing should we subsidize hurricane insurance. >> well, depends on where we are building, if people are building in flood zones, no, we have to take a look at that. >> and we will find out inif sanders overtakes clinton. clinton will be watching from miami, and sanders has not yet said where he will be. >> and the firestone grand prix is this weekend, and mayor kriseman was out this morning, and flags were no higher than half staff in recognition of the passing of first lady n

this information should help nasa some day troofl travel to mars. kelley was studied in space while his brother was undergoing testing on earth. >> my eye and brake brachial and carotid artery. >> he even had to give 30 tubes of blood for testing. nasa scientists are tracking the twins to see what living in space for does to the human body. >> and my skin because it has long, any significant contact it's very, very sensitive, and there is almost like a burning feeling where i sit or lie or walk. >> kelley says he actually learned more about earth as well. >> you notice how the atmosphere looks and how fragile it looks, it makes you more of an environmentalist spending so much time looking down on our planet. >> and he says he could have stayed even longer if necessary. at the johnson space center, for fox 13 news. >> well, after several scrubs and a boat that got too close, the falcon 9 rocket from spacex finally launched today. >> four, three, two, one, liftoff. after 6:30 carrying a communications satellite into orbit, the release of the satellite

kelly was the subject of dozens international space station, they will help nasa plan for longer space flights. >> one of the things i thought a lot about during the year, there is no greater privilege than serving the country whenever and however you might do it. this is the latest achievement in the space program. but it's not the last. >> and specifically what they the way to mars. a mission that would take two years just to get there. >> he is taking part in studies with his brother who is an astronaut. that allows nasa to see if change has occurred during the flight for him, my 13-year-old is fascinated by this, they are engaging a younger generation in the program which is important. >> they a record number of applicants the last time. >> that's right. >>> next, curing common aches fixes that you m in 1934, steak 'n shake decided the world didn't need another hamburger. it needed a steakburger. so they used 100 percent beef. quick seared to seal in the flavor ... ... you'll only get from a steakburger. steak 'n shake, home of the original steakburger. 3 3 when we feel bad -- a lo

marco rubio and bernie sanders and we'll drill into flood and hurricane insurance and the future of nasa and our space program and that is just the stort. >> start. >> there's a lot of moving parts. >> we'll also take you behind the kurt ton curtain to show you how an election comes together and what it takes and how they pull it off, and the hot hand this year has predictions for florida. we'll break it down and show you which way they are moving and why. >> dude, that is a trip. >> and charley leduff is in the house, he spent a lot of time driving across the i-4 florida and he will show us the side of florida that the national candidates and pundits don't always see and don't get, and we'll cap it off with this. charley belchers belcher has the pulse of the people, and it all kicks off right here at 11:30. >> she was abused and left for dead, but now a 2-year-old gold p retrieve is getting a new lease on life. >> fox's danny danielle miller shares her story. >> meeting her new family members for the first time today, better times are ahead for chi-chi, a two-year-old golden retriever,

pjoining me from nasa, scientist phow are you? p>> good morning. pnice to talk to you. p>> yes. pi'm stoked about next year's peclipse. pbut, but, but. ptell me about this year's when's pit going to happen who can see pit that kind of stuff. p>> well the eclipse that's phappening today in southeast pasia, so we're going to see this pamazing phenomenon when the moon pmoves in front of sun completely pblocks it out this area where we pget to see what we call ptotality, is starting in sumatra pmoving across islands of pindonesia out into pacific. pand through the past islands pmicro neighbor. pthis is going to be happening paround 8:30 eastern time. pin a ncaa is a will have a live pbroadcast with the explore tore pum starting 8:00 p.m. eastern ptime. p>> that is going to be so cool pto watch that online. pand i know that you have pscientists on the ground. pgoing to be studying with this ptotal solar eclipse? p>> well scientists are going to pbe using telescopes and special pcorona. psun. pand from the ground you can only peclipse. pthere's all of this amazing pstructure coming ou

p>>russell: and the explosion pthat has nasa scientists very pexcited. pit is cool but it's warmer than pyesterday. pwe're at 57 degrees outside at ptampa international. p48 in brandon as well as plakeland. pbartow is at 50. pa lot of spots were in the 30s pyesterday so it is an pimprovement and over the next pfew days, upper 70s to lower p80s. pthe thing is as we approach our peaster weekend, the weather pstarts to get unsettled. pi'll describe what we mean by pthat in a minute. p>>vanessa: we're checking out 75 pjust south of fowler avenue. plooks clear heading in south ptowards i-4. pi do want to let you know pmoments ago we had a crash a bit pnorth of here, usually the pcameras -- excuse me, closer to pbruce b downs are working well. pwe're going on what we hear from pf.h.p. psouthbound lanes are blocked. premember the move over law. phere's a look at your travel ptimes. pfowler avenue to the selmon pexpressway just an eight minute pride. psorry. p>>russell: latest on the terror pthe world is mourning as the pdeath toll continues to rise. p>>laura: a

pit was supposed to launch this pmonth but nasa is forced to ostpone the mission. pthose repairs won't be finished puntil next year. pnew launch window is not slated puntil may of 2018. p>>russell: here is one. pmysterious mile long landing pstrip has appeared in the nevada pdesert. pit is about 12 miles northeast pthe national nuclear security padministration calls it area psix. pit is used by both the pdepartments of defense and phomeland security. psecurity experts say it could be pa test site for a top secret. p>>laura: alaska airlines flight pwas redirected earlier this pweek. pcameras were rolling. pone man's reaction to the peclipse is going viral. pwatch. p>> you see it with your naked plook at that. phere comes the shadow. pit's lifting up, it's going out, pit's going out. p>>laura: the airline shared that pvideo yesterday. pyou're hearing mike, who is pobviously blown away by that. pnext total solar eclipse will phappen in august of 2017. pleft to die in a cardboard box, pthey will finally be available pfor their forever homes today. p>>laura: as the huma

p>>russell: nasa's newest ship rototype has a very familiar plook. phave you seen this? pif you're a star trek fan, pthat's a prototype for the pi.s.s. enterprise. pthe propulsion team has been pfor a few years now and it looks plike if it worked, it could send phumans to distant solar systems pwithin weeks opposed to the pcurrent time line that's pcenturies or millenniums. pthat's neat. p>>laura: yeah. phe's turning into a kid right pnow. p>>russell: i was thinking back pin the 1960s when they designed pthat for that tv series and now pit's real nasa engineers saying pthat's what it will look like. p>>laura: everything from your pchildhood imagination just came ptrue. p>>russell: yes, it did. pcharley belcher, you're getting pin touch with nature this pmorning, right? p>>charley: indeed. pthere's a joke in there psomewhere, russell. pmissed on that one. p>>russell: sorry, man. p>>charley: i digress. pyes, laura. pwe're getting to know nature a plittle bit out here. plook at the turtles. pyou can actually feed them. phere's a snapper right there. pwe're at george c. mc g

pon to this, nasa has just pannounced launching series of pexperiments in space. pand the first one surprised all pof us. pdave o. the science pro is here pto explain what is a fire pexperiment is and what they hope pto achieve with it. pi do too. pthis really is. pnext week nasa, from the cape i pthink it is the 22nd, they are pgoing to launch a box up, first pto international space station. pthat box is going to bring psupplies with it. ponce it's done its job up there pit's going to start to slide pback toward earth. pwhen if it is far enough from pinternational space station, pthey are going to light it on pfire. pthe inside of it that is. pbecause up until now, they have pnot been able to test fire in pspace. pi know what you're thinking you pneed oxygen for fire. pit's going to be inside the pcapsule itself in a little box popinion they are going to ignite pa fire, and the reason is, they pwant to see what flames will do pin space. pon earth it's very predictable pwhat the flames are going to do. pthe heat rises, and the cooler pdenser air drops to the botto

he will likely never fly with nasa again. that doesn't mean he won't ever return to space. it's widely reported that during his time in space he got about 2-inches taller. today, a nasa doctor explained why. >> it's routinely seen in most astronauts, because if you think about it, i have this big head on my shoulders, muscle mass, it's pushing down the entire day. when i go to sleep tonight, i will increase in height by half an inch or so. let's look at that over the course of a year with no gravity whatsoever. bit. they get taller. >> anchor: between they got back to earth it doesn't take long for them to return to their normal height either. the doctor says. he says nearly every astronaut who has been in space has disk problems in their pack because of spending so much time in zero gravity. >> anchor: imagine, he's probably sorer than he's willing to admit. they're true athletes for sure. all right. still ahead tensions rising in the south china sea. the u.s. navy moves in heavy equipment, the chinese are not afte >> anchor: well, two years after the malaysian airline fli

@nasa are comparing the two for @long-term space travel on cuban @long-term space travel on @cubans. @>>> aerospace company space x @has finally launched its falcon @9 market. @>> 3-2-1, 0. @liftoff. @>> lift off shortly after 6:30 @last night carrying a @communication satellite. @the attempted landing of the @rocket did not. @space x ceo elan musk tweeted @that the rocket landed rough @after a hot re-entry. @three previous attempts to land @the rocket on a barge in the @atlantic have also failed. @>>> authorities in orange @beware of phone scammers who @are impersonating orlando @police department @representatives. @>> lloyd: the scammers are @urging victims to contact local @officials right way a. @fox's valley boyd has more @[phone ringing] @>> reporter: next @>> reporter: next time your @phone rings, be an alert if you @police department. @>> we have a report that @unknown individuals are spoof @unknown individuals are @spoofing a orlando police @department number and calling @citizens and claiming to be @representatives of an orlando @you police department. @>> reporter: someone

@it is critical information as @nasa prepares to some day @travel to mars. @as part of this out of the @world operation, he was study @world operation, he was studied @in space and his twin brother @mark kelly was undergoing @testing on earth. @>> my eye, carotid, brachial @artery, heart. @part of my arterial system in @>> reporter: he even had to @give 30 tubes of blood for @testing. @nasa scientists are tracking @the twins seeing what effect @living in space for a year has @on the human body in addition @to sore muscles after a year in @space. @>> i also have an issues with @-- you know, my skin, because @it hadn't touch the anything @for so long, any significant @contact is very, very sensitive @to -- it is almost like a @burning feeling wherever i, @like, sit or lie or walk. @>> reporter: on this mission to @learn more about travelling to @mars, kelly says he actually @learned more about earth as @well. @>> you also notice how the @atmosphere looks and how @fragile till looks. @it makes you more of an @environmentalist after spending @so much time lookin

but rather nasa's and our country's achievement. his mission generated tremendous interest around the world... fueled in part by kelly's social media prowess. he has one and "instagram" and posted one thousand pictures from space. 3 3 today in tampa: a woman accused of a deadly hit and run crash... involving a tow truck driver... is expected in court on a petit theft charge. and "allison huffman" will be facing more than just a judge. 3 dozens of tow truck operators are planning to attend today's arraignment.... hoping to speak. they will also be protesting outside the tampa courthouse. investigators say huffman hit and killed "roger perez borrotto" on the howard frankland bridge last month. huffman was already out on a bond... when the accident took place. she was awaiting trial for an unrelated *theft arrest. the judge revoked that bond. and the judge could decide today... whether she can bond out *again. 3 in highlands county: a teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student, faces a new charge this morning. it in

p>>russell: nasa astronaut scott pkelly is back on u.s. soil after pspending nearly a year in space. phe landed near houston around p2:00 this morning to a big pcrowd, including his twin pbrother mark, nasa officials and psecondly, joe biden. phe thanked everybody he worked pwith and said his year in space pwas a big achievement for peverybody involved. pover that year, kelly was the psubject of dozens of pexperiments. pthose experiments are geared to phelp the u.s. space agency and pits partners develop plans for phuman missions to mars. p>> one of the things i thought a plot about during this year is pthat there's no greater rivilege than serving your pyou might do it. pthis mission is the latest pachievement in the country's pspace program but it's not the plast. pthere will be more. pit's in our d.n.a. of our pcountry to explore and we must pnever stop doing this. p>>russell: the white house says pthat president obama spoke with pkelly yesterday, thanked him for phis service. pthat's one of the pictures that phe tweeted out. retty cool

. @>>> nasa astronaut scott kelly @said he is adjusting to being @back on earth this morning. @he says his muscles and joints @are sore, and it is not easy to @sleep, because touching things @is irritating his skin. @but he said he is enjoying @having running water again. @he and his twin brother are @undergoing tests. @nasa is comparing the two to @determine the effects of @human. @>>> after launch attempts were @scrubbed due @scrubbed due weather and @technical issues. @space x has launched its @falcoln one rocket. @liftoff. @>> lloyd: the rocket took off @shortly after 6:30 last night @carrying a communication @satellite into orbit. @space x said the launch and @separation of the satellite @went smoothly; however, the @attempted landing the rocket @did not. @space xceo elan musk tweeted @that the rocket landed hard on @a drone ship after a very hot @re-entry. @three previous attempts to land @the rocket on a barge in the @atlantic has failed. @>> the atlantic owner of a king @cobra that escaped his cage @last september got a big @victory in court. @a judge has to suppress t

p>>russell: and the explosion pthat has nasa scientists very pexcited.

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. >> nasa astronaut scott kelly says he is adjusting to being back on earth this morning. his muscles and joins are sore, touching things in gravity is irritating his skin. he is enjoying having the experience on earth once again. he and his twin brother are getting to exchange things once again. >> rupert murdoch is wednesday again. fourth marriage for 84-year-old plur 84-year-old mir are-year-old measure you -year-old murdoch. >> when you're 92 years old and you try omake someone (singing) i just can't wait to meet you, sweet child you're on the way, i'm filled with expectation, and you're growing everyday... 3 starting a new career... >> a citizen ver businessman is starting a new career. >> and at the -- a denver businessman is starting a new career. >> and at the age of 92. >> that's jack barton, founder and owner of casey fine furniture. >> i looked at my competition, if they can do it, they're not very smart. i'm going to go into the furniture business. >> that barton did, casey fine furniture was a colorado icon. from 2008 to 2015, barton made himself busy by doing

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now nasa will start studying kelly, to see how the long time in space changed him. and they have an awesome tool to help them with that... they can compare scott to his identical twin brother mark... who's also an astronaut. already, scott has noticed: he's two inches *taller than he was when the trip started. but that's probably not permanent... now that he's back on earth, gravity will compress his spinal disks again, returning him to his normal height. mission is far from over... 3 (jen so, what else could a well, one possible problem is: brittle bones. all that floating around in space... can break down the bones... in the legs, hips and spine. muscles get weak, too. doctors will look for a puffy face and legs... in space, blood is flowing more in the upper part of the body, and less in the lower extremities.. so there could be some residual swelling. balance could be an issue... the inner ear is sensitive to gravity, and stops working properly in space. that can make astroanauts disoriented and motion sick up there... when they come back to earth, they could ha

nasa will use it for a future mission to mars. >> a breath of fresh air for scott kelly. a moment he has been waiting a year for. >> there is nothing like new cold air coming in. >> he and two others landed around 10:30 today. and after a mission aboard the iss. during the 340-day stay, he clocked 144 million miles through space circling earth >> and a year is a long time. i i felt like i had been up there my whole life, you know after the first six months, he is the first american astronaut to spend a year in space. he conducted 400 tests in orbit, many were to see how the human body responds to zero gravity. >> i looked forward to coming home and there are things i miss, i felt like if for the right reason i could have stayed however long it took. >> here on earth, scientists were conducting studies on kelly's twin, mark kelly. that data will be a compare comparison to plan a future manned mission to mars. >> going to mars one day, things will be better here on earth, i'm happy to be a part of that. >> one thing he may miss is the view. earth's population. and returning

nasa hoping kelly will help them learn about the affects of 0 gravity on the body. >> i look forward to coming home and there's things that i miss. i felt like if it was for the right reason i clearly could have stayed however long it took. >> kelly's identical twin pitching in on earth. the two undergoing tests looking for differences in the genetically matched subjects. >> by going to mars one day it'll make things better on earth. happy to be a part of that. >> kelly is stoet return to hue stan ston later today to reunite with his family. >> another delay for space x's falcon nine rocket. the fourth launch was scrubbed yesterday because of upper level winds. friday is the next opportunity to launch the rocket. they think it's going to be too win d i today and tomorrow. a time hasn't been set yet. >>>royal caribbean anthem of the seas cut a trip short. the ship is back two days early because of severe weatherful there was also worries after a virus out break on board. this is second storm related incident for the anthem of the sea ship. it was damaged last month after encountering

. >> this has been a huge experiment for nasa. they are studying weightslessness on the body. they will compare his fizz physical condition of his twin mark kelly and the mission is a stepping stone for a journey to par mars. >> that's cool. >> kelly completeed 5 400 laps around the planet. he logged 144 million miles, listen to this, drank 200 gails of recycled urine and sweat collected from him and everyone, that may misqualify me. >> i don't know. >> the biggest change are his tweets and pictures. they are amazing. he posted his today titled my last sunrise from space. that's beautiful, he mosted this last fall of joaquin. he tweeted one a year ago as it flew over japan. and one of several he sent over the earth, you know who they remind me of, the people all the time. they're that good, you know. >> he was a must follow on twitter. he had a couple flying over the state which are great. pictures of florida and i think back to the urine. ready for dinner, be okay. >> and mars there is no telling where they will be. whatever it takes. and spring today and we had a spring like

p>> look at this, yesterday we ptalked with nasa about the total psolar eclipse in southeast asia. pthis is what it looked like. plisten to this story. pand astronomer from new york pamerican museum of natural phistory called alaska airlines plast fall and said that one of ptheir flights would be in a erfect position to catch the pdarkest shadow of the moon assing over the sun. pbut, that flight was a half hour ptoo early. pso guesswhat? pthe airline switched their pflight delaying it by 25 pminutes. pafter it did that, this pastronomer along with dozen pother astronomers booked the pflight just to get a front row pseat to the big show. pand you can see by this map that lane would intersect eclipse in pmiddle pacific, 700 miles north pof honolulu. pthis was taken by the flight pattendants. pyou can see the dot of the moon pover the sun. pthat is amazing. pand then this one is from morgan pfrom komo news. phe tweeted this out from flight ptoo. pthat's neat. pthat's neat. pnow we look forward to 2017. pi got to be honest kind of pgeeked out this morning. pi spent time on the internet

russell: kelly conducted palmost 400 experiments. palso took part in research that pcould help with nasa's journey pto mars. phis identical twin brother, mark pkelly, participated in a series pof tests on earth that will help pscientists compare the effects pof space on the human body at pthe cellular level. pkelly has now spent a total of p520 days in space, more than any pother american astronaut. phe also broke the american precord for continuous space pflights. p>>laura: and today kelly will pfly to houston and go through a plot of physical and scientific ptesting and afterwards, he says phe just wants to jump into a ool. p>>russell: more trouble for pspace x falcon 9. pit continues to sit on the plaunch pad at the cape after the pcompany scrubbed the fourth plaunch in a week. pthis time space x blames upper plevel winds. pthe company says friday is the pnext chance to launch the procket. pthey think it's going to be too pwindy today and tomorrow. pand an exact time has yet to be pannounced. p>>laura: pasco county sheriff's phe's accused of planting drug pevidence on a suspect. pthe sh

@nasa announced kelly's @retirement. @the 52-year-old holds the @american record for the longest @period of time up in space. @his retirement will be on april @1. @well deserved. @his time in space allowed him @to reflect what his next step @on earth would be. @no word on what future plans @will be. @not only figurative next step @will be but his actual next @step would be. @>> anjuli: i bet he is so @happy to be home. @can you imagine that long. @>> anchor: that long in space @and for him to look forward to @things we take for granted. @gravity, for instance. @a beer, for instance. @>> anjuli: water. @>> anchor: water that is not @recycled. @>>> nasty weather is making its @way to the gulf state. @>> anjuli: lindsay will tell @plus the bucs pick up players @in free-agent and the valspar @>> lindsay: @. @>> lindsay: several events @including that one in @innisbrook. @the grand pre. @muggy with 68 degrees with @light east wind. @90% of us are dry, but a couple @of little showers from lake @placid to arcadia this morning.

@nasa announced his retirement. @the holds the american record @for longest period of time set @in space. @1. @kelly said his time in space @allowed him to reflect on what @his next step on earth would be @his next step on earth would @be. @no word on future plans. @but to think, not only figure a @five next step, but your actual @-- figurative next step, but @your actual next step. @>> anjuli: good today him. @deserves time at home. @>> walter: with his family. @>> anjuli: a neat story. @>>> nasty gulf weather. @what the effect will be. @>> anjuli: the big headline in @the tennis world. @maria sharapova tests positive @for a banned suspect @for a banned suspect -- @substance. @we are talking with our doctor @on call. @>>> time to head out to the @strawberry festival if you @haven't been out there yet. @plenty of warmth. @64 and really climbs this @afternoon. @a beautiful morning with high @clouds, but we will thicken a @bit today. @slim chance of a shower at the @strawberry festival but it @should generally be dry.

pkelly said his year in space is pnot his achievement but nasas pand our countries. p>> one of the things i thought a plot about during this year is pthat there's no greater phowever and wherever you might pdo this mission a latest pachievement country space rogram but not the last. pthere will be more. pit's in our dna of our country. pto explore and we must never pstop doing this. p>> well, his mission generated ptremendous interest around the pworld. pfueled in part by kelly's social pmedia prowess. phe has won million followers on ptwitter. pand instagram and posted one,000 ictures from space. p>> now he'll undergo a lot of pdifferent tests to see what a pyear in space does disto a human pbeinged. pthey will loobing for evidence pbrittle bones from being away pfrom gravity. palso look for puffy face and plegs that would indicate some roblems with blood flow basic pwithcally circulation and pfinally balance could be an pissue inner ear sensitive to pgravity and may take time to preadjust to earth. pwe already know, right? pthat his biological clerk pcircadian rhyt

pmuch quieter jet we will see pwhen nasa and lockheed martin pfor right now they are working pon. palways regret i never got to ptake concord i always wish p>> how much was that again p>> like 20 grand? p>> was it 10 or 15, something plike that it was lot. pit doesn't matter. pit was a lot. pbut you still talk to people who ptook it, and people who did fly pit, and ayou could see you could psee on the wall when you got to pmach one. phow cool might that be? p>> and you know what if you're pshoving out $10,000, what's panother $5,000. p15 or $20,000, those type of eople don't care. pthat's what it was anne marie p>> 4300 pounds. pokay. pso like ten grand. pback then. pokay. pwhat would it be now? p>> all right. pare we done. pnot terrible first class is pexpensive. pif you're pulling gs on regular pvacation you're doing good. pthank you, lauren bye. phave great one. psee you tomorrow. pdon't miss lauren simonetti on pour sister network station. plog on to a foxbusiness.com and plook for channel finder. and, before we leave you again, like we did pbefore we leave you time to ptwist

pthe mission will help nasa pbetter understand the effects of rolonged space flight and how pit can have an effect on the pbody before we send anybody to pmars. pformer astronaut mark kelly is ptaking part in a twin study. p>>laura: the criminal sex passault case against bill cosby pis temporarily on hold this pmorning. ennsylvania court granted the ostponement tuesday while the pcourt decides whether to hear phis pretrial appeal. pcosby lawyers are insisting that pcosby never should have been pcharged in the case because of pan agreement with a previous pdistrict attorney. p78-year-old is accused of pdrugging and molesting a temple puniversity employee at a psuburban philadelphia home in p2004. pif convicted he could face 10 pyears in prison. p>>russell: grammy nominated pcountry duo joy and roy has osted a heartbreaking update pabout his wife who is currently pbattling cancer. prory writes that she's been pasleep for days now and her body pis quickly shutting down. phe's been writing about his pshe stopped treatment last year. pbefore she drifted to sleep, she psaid she has no regrets.

p>>> nasa getting ready for a plaunch today of an atlas 5 procket. pcarrying supplies to pinternational space station and pone of those supplies a new 3 d rinter. pastronauts can actually now rint out tools and gadgets they pmight need. pisn't that cool? pthe rocket will also be part of pa fiery science experiment. presearchers will start a fire pinside the capsule to study how pa spreads in micro gravity. pof course this will happen after pfrom the station. pthe launch by the way is set for ptonight at 11:05. p>>> and spring is in the air, pokay, not quite yet for people pup north. phit the northeast from new york pall the way up to maine. pmany spots in new york pconnecticut, rhode island, pmassachusetts reported 4 to 7 pinches of snow according to a pnational weather service. pand this is what it looked like pup in brunswick, maine just when pfolks finally pack up the road psalt and snow shovels. p>> oh, i'm so glad we don't deal pwith that down here, jim. p>> yeah. pi mean this nice little jump pback in temperatures, i'm penjoying. p>> because we

ptake look at this, nasa catches pan amazing sight on camera. pin less than 20 minutes it phappened 1.2 billion light years paway. pbut they did manage to capture a pstar exploding. pthis first time an exploding pstar is shock wave has been pcaptured. pthanks to the kepler space ptelescope. p>>> isn't that wild? pthat will start messing with pyour head how long ago that pactually happened. pthat doesn't seem real. pi know. pi know i wasn't wait over next pcouple of years, they are going pto get bigger badder telescopes pout in space too i can't imagine pwhat they will find up there not pbetter and better. pevery single day. pit's beautiful out here isn't pit? pit's nice. preal nice. pits not cold. pno, i mean. pit's cool. pths cool. pit's cool out. pthat's changing quickly. penjoy it because it's going paway. pthis is it. penjoy it we will number 80s pbefore you know it. pand you know the things we're up pin citrus county earlier this pmorning. pit was in the mid 30s. pyeah it's cold. pthey are already back to 50 pdegrees. pyou looking clearwate

pthe spacecraft missions pcapabilities and facilities that pthe new era of nasa. pwe're shifting into high gear on psmall low cost space missions pthat can done relatively quickly pto test new scientific theorys. pand it's been done a price ptaxpayers, universities and pentrepreneurial companies can pafford and prices keep dropping. erhaps a couple of few million pdollars in this case as compared pto tens or hundreds of millions pof dollars. pin one case, swarms of dozens or peven hundreds of low earth orbit pmicro satellites can monitor pclimate change agriculture and pspace itself. pin other cases, they can pfacilitate better, cheaper pcommunications. pnavigation, as well a scientific pand medical research, all of it pby themselves. p>> each one will have an popportunity to be in control of pother one but they negotiate pthat. pcooperative intelligent mike psatellites can build things in pspace, using themselves as arts. pstation. pso iassembly of structures, and pother types of larger entities pin space. pand then eventually, creating plarger nodes and larger m