SpaceX Dragon Splashdown; Soyuz Rocket Moves to Launch Pad
MALVEAUX: Splashdown confirmed. SpaceX says its Dragon cargo ship hit water off of Baha, California. That happened just about 20 minutes ago just as planned. NASA says it's going to release pictures of the splashdown later today. So, these are pictures of the Dragon. This was earlier today at the International Space Station. The Dragon is carrying 2,600 pounds of Cargo from the Space Station, including, you've got biological samples for medical research that will be carried out and back on earth, as well as trash as well. NASA says it's going to take divers and engineers to bring the capsule back to land. Now, SpaceX is doing the job the space shuttle's used to do before the shuttle program retired. Soyuz rocket is on its way to the launch pad today in Kazakhstan. Take a look. These are pictures from NASA. The rocket is so big, the train -- this train here, being used to lug it to the launch pad. It is set to blast off on Friday. There's going to be three people on the crew, including NASA flight engineer Chris Cassidy who flew to the space station on space shuttle Endeavour. That happened back in 2009. They will stay on the International Space Station for five and a half months. We are just getting sound from the Supreme Court. This is from inside. These are the oral arguments around the issue of same-sex marriage. This is a piece of sound from Justice Anthony Kennedy inside of the court today. Let's take a listen.</s>JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT: I think that there's substantial -- there's substance to the point that sociological information is new. We have five years of information to weigh against 2000 years of history or more. On the other hand, there is an immediate legal injury or legal -- what could be a legal injury and that's the voice of these children. There are some 40,000 children in California, according to the brief, that live with same- sex parents. And they want their parents to have full recognition and full status. The voice of those children is important in this case, don't you think?</s>MALVEAUX: That was Justice Anthony Kennedy, of course, he is talking about the role of children involved in same-sex marriage couples as well. We'll talk more about that as well as the debate over same-sex marriage. We're going to take quick break. We'll bring in Joe Johns and legal analysts to talk about what we've heard inside the court and which way the Supreme Court might go after the break.