27K views · 227 reactions | "It is a really big deal. It's important that we get to see our US astronauts taking off from Florida," says former NASA astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's pending launch to the International Space Station. The launch would be the first from US soil since NASA's Space Shuttle Program retired in 2011. https://cnn.it/2zERItl | CNN Replay | Facebook

168K views · 245 reactions | "It looks as if the scientists and engineers just stepped away from their desks," CNN's Rachel Crane speaks with NASA's Chief Flight Director Holly Ridings about the significance of the Apollo Mission control room from where it all happened https://cnn.it/2XUxTcx | CNN Replay | Facebook