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Five Arrested In Connection With Boris Nemtsov's Murder; Iraqi Forces Move On Tikrit; U.S., Russian Astronauts To Spend Year On International Space Station; Boko Haram Pledges Allegiance to ISIS; Solar Impulse 2 Sets Off From Abu Dhabi

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MANISHA TANK, HOST: Hi, I'm Manisha Tank in Hong Kong. A warm welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

The search for Boris Nemtsov's killer: Russian police arrest five people, a sixth is said to have committed suicide. We're live in Moscow

with the latest.

Plus, Iraqi forces advance on Tikrit as America's top general arrives in the troubled region.

And what can a coffee mug teach us about digital privacy: plenty. Here from the co-creator of a project that's stirring up a (inaudible).

We're going to take you to Iraq and the fight against the ISIS insurgency.

The top U.S. military general Martin Dempsey is now in Baghdad to assess the situation there.

Meanwhile, north of the Iraqi capital, just a few hours ago joint forces moved en masse toward the ISIS-held town on Tikrit. Troops launched

rockets into the town and then began advancing.

More on that in just a moment.

But let's first look at the areas that are under ISIS control right now.

This map of Syria and Iraq highlights them in red, areas where ISIS enjoys significant freedom of movement are shown in yellow.

Key areas under ISIS control include Raqqa in Syria and portions of northern Iraq, including Mosul. The terror group lost control of the city

of Kobani and is now defending territory around the Iraqi city of Tikrit.

Now, we can get more on that battle that has been raging over some time now. Ben Wedeman has this.

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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We're about one mile to the east of Tikrit. Now as we came along this road, we saw cars that had

just the day before been hit by Iraqi, we believe, aircraft and there were even dead bodies by some of those cars as we passed by.

Now just about an hour or so ago here, there were a lot of troops. They were firing rockets in the direction of Tikrit, but what we saw was

the entire force has moved forward. The goal today is to retake the town of al-Alam (ph), that just on the outskirts of Tikrit. And with the taking

of al-Alam (ph) they believe that they will now have Tikrit completely surrounded. And it's just a matter of days, the commanders here tell us,

before they can retake the city.

Now while we were here, we had the opportunity to talk to Hed al-Amari (ph), he's the head of the Badr Organization (ph) and the leader of the so-

called Hash Tashabi (ph), that's that paramilitary organization formed after the near collapse last year of the Iraqi army.

And he said yes, we -- there's no -- we're hiding nothing that we have help from Iran in the form of advisers and some leadership on the ground

providing guidance, but he insisted, he stressed that this is purely an Iraqi operation, that they're receiving assistance from the Iranians, but

it's being fought and led by the Iraqis. And he also had some harsh words for the United States saying that their assistance has not amounted to what

people were hoping for and he said at this point, the Iraqis with a little help from their friends, can retake not just Tikrit, Mosul, but the rest of

Iraq.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: Ben Wedeman there.

Now to Russia where two me have been charged with the murder of the Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. The pair appeared in court in Moscow on

Sunday. An official says three more suspects are being held in custody and that four of those five men are ethnic Chechens.

Well, Russian TV reports a sixth suspect blew himself up after a standoff with police in the Chechen capital Grozny.

Since Nemtsov was shot in the back on a Moscow street last month, police have concentrated their search for the perpetrators on Chechnya, a

region with a long history of conflict with Russia.

For the latest, let's go live to Matthew Chance. He's in Moscow. He's been following this story from the beginning. Matthew, what are the -

- I mean, clearly these are significant developments, but what are we now learning about this investigation.

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, according to the investigating authorities they're making significant progress in

getting to the bottom of who killed Boris Nemtsov, that prominent Russian opposition figure, of course.

These five people are now in custody, they appeared in court over the weekend. One of them -- four of them protesting their innocence, but one

of them has actually confessed to the killing. He's been named as -- he's been named as Zaoa Dediev (ph), a Chechen from the Chechen capital Grozny.

It's interesting, because the -- even if these individuals are responsible for the killing, and we're a long way, of course, of

establishing whether that's the case or not, it doesn't necessarily shed any light on who may have ordered the killing of Boris Nemtsov and the

motive for that killing, because Chechnya is a very lawless place. There are guns for hire. And there's every possibility that these individuals

may have just have been hired by somebody who wanted Boris Nemtsov dead.

And so that's one of the concerns of the opposition figures and the critics that are looking at this investigation and saying, look, we don't

really think that this is necessarily the end of the story.

TANK: Yeah, still some way to go on clear motives and who ordered this killing.

OK, Matthew, thank you very much. Matthew Chance there in Moscow.

Let's return now to the fight against ISIS, the head of Nigeria's militant Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Sunni extremists in a

radio message.

Let's get a bit more on what this alliance could mean for both groups. Senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir joins us from our London

bureau.

Nima, what's interesting about this is it either shows the beginning of some globally connected Jihad, or it shows the beginning of desperation

within these groups.

NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, it is a little bit of both, because for ISIS this is about breaking out of the containment

policy that the U.S. and its coalition partners have been trying to enforce upon it, limiting it to the territory it already holds in Iraq and Syria.

And that's been kind of eroding for a little while now, because you've seen extremist groups in Algeria and in Libya and now all the way across to that

other coast of Africa, this arc of allegiance through these extremist groups of people pledging to obey the Khalifa (ph) of ISIS Abu Bakar al-

Baghdadi. So that has been eroded for awhile, but not with something as big a name as Boko Haram.

So, Boko Haram is really -- it's gaining as much as it's giving to ISIS.

For Boko Haram, this does, you are absolutely right, come at a time when it is under a lot of pressure from that African Union-backed multi

regional force. They are eroding its territory. They've blocking its supply lines. And this really -- it's a representation, it's an

illustration of that.

But in reality, Boko Haram are also fighting back. There are some horrific attacks over the weekend that they managed to perpetrate. It is

clearly a sign that while they are under pressure, they are looking more towards this asymmetric warfare. And in this allegiance with ISIS, they're

looking for a much bigger platform in propaganda terms.

TANK: So how worried should we be?

ELBAGIR: Well, in terms of propaganda, what propaganda translates into generally for these kind of groups is into the lifelines of foreign

recruitment and foreign donations. So it is reinvigorating in that sense, though that is a huge concern.

And it also gives Boko Haram connections across that border region, because now you're working through pre-established networks of the other

extremist groups in nearby Algeria or in nearby Mali. They are now much more accessible for Boko Haram.

For ISIS, this is much more a propaganda win, but for Boko Haram this allows them much greater penetration in the region.

TANK: Nima, apart from fighting back, what can governments do, because one wonders how these networks have become so entrenched. And one

wonders how governments can get in and severe those networks between these groups. How can that happen? Is it even possible?

ELBAGIR: Well, it is about deradicalization, because these networks are dependent on people buying into their ideology, whether it's through

sending money in terms of donations, which are a pretty significant factor in ISIS's economic successes, or going themselves.

So it is about pulling that platform out from under them, but deradicalization is very, very difficult. And we've seen that here in the

UK with the schoolgirls that successfully managed to get into Syria to join ISIS and in the U.S. This is a really big battle, but it's one that

doesn't show immediate results, so it's difficult to get the kind of time and financial investment that security agencies need to be successful at

it.

But it is really the only way to fight back in the longer term.

TANK: Yeah, very, very slow task.

OK, Nima, thank you very much for that. Nima Elbagir in London for us.

Stuck in a marriage of misery and torture. Still ahead, this woman says she's being raped by her husband, but because of a law he can't be

punished.

Plus, a groundbreaking journey gets underway in the UAE. How this unique aircraft could take aviation to new heights.

And speaking of soaring achievements, two space travelers are gearing up for a trip that NASA describes as a stepping stone to human exploration.

One of them will tell us about it later this hour.

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TANK: You're watching News Stream. And you're looking at a visual version of all the stories that we've got in the show today.

We've already told you about arrests made in the investigation of the murder of the Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. And later, we'll explain how

these coffee cups -- or how particular coffee cups are highlighting the issue of digital privacy.

But now I want to update you on the killing of a rape suspect by a mob in India. At least 43 people were arrested in connection to the attack.

The crowd stormed a high security prison in Nagaland just last week and beat the suspect to death.

There's a history of ethnic tension in the region. And the victim's family says he was falsely accused in an effort to remove Muslims from the

state.

That attack follows an outpouring of anger in India over violence against women. And as Mallika Kapur explains, some rapists are their

husbands.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MALLIKA KAPUR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Bustling with the hum of daily life, the chaos in these narrow allies and crowded rooms masks a

silent battle.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): He would force me to have sex. He'd bite me. He'd press a pillow on my face. He'd pull my hair.

KAPUR: This woman tells us she was tortured for almost a year, even while pregnant. The assailant, her husband.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Of course it's rape, because it was against my will, but society says he's my husband and a

husband can do anything.

KAPUR: There are hardly any figures available for marital rape in India, but Narine Darawala (ph) who has counseled women for 13 years says

it's very common.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The reason for this brutality is the social sanction that men have in our country.

You know, they just (inaudible) with being very masculine, and having the social sanction that he is all powerful.

KAPUR: She says it's hard to convince women to walk out of an abusive marriage.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She says it is OK if my husband beats me, fine, but at least I have a house. I have a roof to live in.

KAPUR: A victim of marital rape gets little support in India. Society shuns her, the law ignores her.

Though India toughened anti-rape laws after it was widely debated, and despite pressure from activists, it failed to make marital rape a criminal

offense.

Critics say it's an alarming reflection of the way Indian society views marriage, an arrangement in which a woman's consent is taken for

granted.

In this victim's case, the abuse so severe she had to undergo surgery.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): I told the doctors please mention the reason for my surgery for the papers. I wanted them to write

sexual torture. I now have proof of what he did to me.

KAPUR: She's now trying to use that evidence to get a divorce from her husband. That's as far as her fight can take her. She has no recourse

to justice.

Mallika Kapur, CNN, Mumbai.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: Pollution is a hot topic in China, but talking about it can have political consequences. Authorities in Beijing have blocked a

controversial documentary on the subject. Under the Dome was produced by a former Chinese television anchor. It criticizes the government for not

doing enough to combat China's severe pollution. The documentary was pulled from Chinese video sharing sites on Friday after clocking more than

200 million views in the week that it was online.

China's minister of environmental protection had initially praised the program.

2014 saw the fewest plane accidents in the history of commercial aviation, that's according to a new report from IATA, or the International

Air Transport Association. It says there were 12 fatal air accidents last year.

Compare that to the year before, 16 the year before, and a five year average of 19 deadly crashes.

However, the number of people who died in plane accidents last year was higher than the yearly average over the past five years.

Some 641 people were killed in a dozen accidents in 2014, including the presumed loss of Malaysia Airlines flight 370.

Well, earlier the head of IATA spoke to CNN's Andrew Stevens about why it's important to find MH370 and what airlines are doing to ensure safety.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

TONY TYLER, IATA CEO: A lot of airlines are already doing much more on their own initiative to track their aircraft and make sure that they

know in real-time where every airplane is at all times.

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Do you think there needs to be a little bit more urgency in this given the fact that we still

don't know what happened to 370 and the fact that there are airlines that I guess are still operating with no changes.

TYLER: The industry is getting on with this as quick as it needs to. Bear in mind, this was a very rare event and it's not (inaudible) every

flight by any means that goes outside normal radar coverage. I mean, this is a very, very unusual one.

STEVENS: Is there a next generation, I believe space-based for example. Is there a next step which will -- a quantum leap, if you like,

in how to track and keep an eye on aircraft around the region?

TYLER: Yes. There's a number of new technologies being developed, which will greatly assist the tracking issue. And one that the industry is

very excited about is the development of what's called space-based IDSB, pardon the jargon.

This will be a technology which will involve a lot of low orbiting satellites, which will be able to pick up the transponder signals from all

commercial aircraft and will be able to track.

STEVENS: So, what's the timeline on this? Are we looking at the next five years this could be introduced?

TYLER: We're told that within the next three years, the system will have global coverage.

STEVENS: How important is it to the airlines that 370 is found?

TYLER: It's very important. Clearly, the industry depends on the confidence of the traveling public. And it is a very safe industry, but a

mystery like this does -- it needs to be solved in order for people to feel confidence ultimately that they can safely travel by air.

STEVENS: Does it worry you, then, in that case when you hear the Australian prime minister -- and let me quote from what he said -- is that

"I can't promise that this search will go on at this intensity forever."

Are the airlines concerned, is IATA concerned, that the search actually may end without 370 being found?

TYLER: I think it's reasonable for those conducting the search to manage their resources in a way that is sustainable.

The important thing is that the search does go on and that the aircraft is found. And I'm confident that that is what will happen.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: IATA CEO speaking to our very own Andrew Stevens.

Now to a death connected to the prestigious Cruft's dog show. Investigators are looking into the poisoning death of this Irish Setter

named Jagger. He placed second in his class at the competition in Birmingham. A day later, he fell ill at home in Belgium, then died before

a veterinarian could treat him. An autopsy found cubes of beef in his stomach and they were laced with poison.

Still ahead here on News Stream. It's been months since Apple revealed plans for the Apple Watch. Now, it's coming out with key details

about its first wearable gadget. We'll have more on Apple's live event just after the break.

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TANK: Now after six months of teasers and speculation, Apple is expected to release details on its new watch just a few hours from now.

The spring forward event is expected to clear up key questions for Apple fans, including how much will it cost, what are the specifications.

The Apple Watch is the company's first all new product since the iPad. And it's a major step into the wearable gadgets market.

And a first for the aviation industry, the Solar Impulse -- the Solar Impulse II in fact took off on an around the world flight today. The solar

powered plane will be making pit stops in Oman, India, Myanmar and China before crossing over to the United States and beyond and ending its trip

back in Abu Dhab.

Amir Daftari has more on this historic journey.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

AMIR DAFTARI, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The final touches to a world first, a solar plane getting ready to fly into history.

We're in the early hours of the morning here and this aircraft, the Solar Impulse II, is being pushed out onto the tarmac, ready to embark on

its ambitious around the world journey, powered purely by nature.

But once out on the runway, delays. Technical problems and poor visibility mean the plane where more than 17,000 solar cells built into its

wings has to sit idle. Then after an hour, the all-clear: 12 years of hard work come to to this single moment. Then, takeoff, without using a single

drop of fuel.

But this is no flight of fancy. The pilots believed this is the future of aviation. And ahead of the big day, their anticipation was

soaring.

BERTRAND PICCARD, CO-PILOT: Nobody has done it before. And we don't know exactly if it's possible or not, honestly. We have to try it. Like

every new thing in history, you have to try.

DAFTARI: And history should be made in just a few months when they are set to land back in the UAE capital.

But how does it all work?

PICCARD: This wing is the largest that you can find. I mean, it's bigger than the wing of a 747.

So, if we are propelled by electric motors. So we have four gondolas. In each, we have a motor and we have a set of batteries, which will help us

to fly through the night. And of course on top of this wing we have solar cells, and that's the source of energy.

DAFTARI: For Swiss co-pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg (ph), the journey will undoubtedly be a recordbreaking show of technology

and invention. They'll share grueling shifts in a tiny cockpit with few comforts, making the attempt a mental challenge too.

PICCARD: The entertainment in that cockpit is the beauty of the world when you fly with no fuel, no pollution, no noise and you just feel

the privilege you have to fly the most extraordinary airplane in the world.

DAFTARI: The 35,000 kilometer trip will take place over 12 stages, bunny hopping from cities like Nanjing in China to Phoenix, Arizona. And

until its return back here, the Solar Impulse team will be hoping that the sun just keeps on shining.

Amir Daftari, CNN, Abu Dhabi.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: Now just ahead on News Stream, we're going to find out why these children's faces are on these coffee cups and what it has to do with

digital privacy. It's very interesting. Do come right back.

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TANK: I'm Manisha Tank in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.

Russian media reports five arrests have been made in connection with the murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Two suspects have been

formally charged, three remain in custody, a sixth reportedly killed himself during a standoff with Chechen police.

Combined force in Iraq are advancing on the ISIS-controlled town of Tikrit. Just a few hours ago, troops fired rockets and then began moving

en masse towards the town. ISIS militants inside the city are setting oil fires to try to obscure the view of Iraqi aircraft.

Troops from Chad and Niger have opened a cross-border offensive on Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria. Hundreds of vehicles were seen

heading toward the militant group's stronghold. The offensive follows an audio message posted by Boko Haram's leader. In it, he pledges allegiance

to ISIS.

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has made a surprise visit to the U.S. ambassador who was attacked in Seoul last week. Mark Lippert is

recovering in hospital after being slashed with a knife on the face and arm. His attacker was heard shouting that joint U.S.-South Korean military

drills should be stopped.

Now, this week on News Stream, we're shining a spotlight in social media. Many of us spend a lot of time on sites like Facebook or Twitter.

They help keep us connected to friends and family, or perhaps introduce us to people who share out interests.

But social media has also created new problems in our lives. And one of those is digital privacy.

A company in The Netherlands is selling these coffee cups to highlight exactly that point. Now you might recognize the children's faces on these

mugs. They might even be your children. That's because these images have been taken from the photo sharing site Flikr. Kristie Lu Stout spoke to

co-creator Dimitri Tokmetzis who says it's completely legal.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DIMITRI TOKMETZIS, CO-CREATOR KOPPIE KOPPIE: Well, I did this project with designer Yuri Furnon (ph) and we wanted to show that even if you share

your personal information online, you still have a right to privacy. And that sounds a little bit strange coming from us, and our web shop is

outrageous. It really is.

But basically we are doing something that many social companies like Facebook and Google are doing as well. They use your information to learn

about your habits and your personality, and they sell these insights to advertisers, because these companies are at their core advertising

companies. And not only social platforms are in any way your friend.

So, the only thing we have done is to make this visible in a very shocking way, I think. And we are not doing anything illegal.

Nevertheless it feels wrong for most people and they are upset about it.

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: And where did you find the photos online?

TOKMETZIS: We found them on Flickr. People put them on the photo website Flickr and they can choose between different kinds of licenses like

they can keep the copyright themselves or they can use a commercial creative commons license and these people have used the creative commons

license, which gives us permission to use it. And they've used a license that allows for commercial reuse, so we can use photos commercially.

LU STOUT: What you're doing is completely legal, but it just feels a little bit eyebrow raising. So what kind of reaction have you been getting

to your project?

TOKMETZIS: Well, we were really surprised about it. We think that people would be very angry, especially the parents -- and some parents ask

us to remove the photos, which we actually did right away. But most of them were pretty sympathetic, because they understood that they put the

photos there themselves, they didn't pay attention to the license they used and they sympathize with the message we want to give that is that you have

to be careful about what you post online.

LU STOUT: Do you feel that too many parents are sharing just too much information and data about their babies and children online?

TOKMETZIS: Definitely. Definitely. I've got two small children myself and it's really hard to keep control of those kinds of pictures and

photos. And the problem is you also have family that are posting a lot of photos about children or one of the problems is that children haven't

consented to that, so it's nice to post all kinds of photos now, but do they actually like it when they are 80 years old or when they are adults

and the photos are still there.

So, basically the children don't have a choice in this matter.

LU STOUT: You know, we now live in a world where someone can have a digital footprint the moment he or she is born without his or her consent.

I mean, what kind of challenge does that pose?

TOKMETZIS: A big challenge, because you don't know what happens to your information. Like I said Facebook does basically the same. If you

post something on Facebook, you agree to the terms and services of Facebook and they can reuse your data, your photos or everything you write, they can

reuse that in any way they want. And they can sell the data. And the problem is you don't see what they are doing.

If you browse through a normal website often about 20 or 30 advertising companies are watching you doing that.

We don't know what happens to that data. And there is no easy way to visualize that or to make people understand what happens, because the

technology is really complicated. It's really difficult to see what happens under the hood of that technology.

LU STOUT: So for parents out there who have been listening in on our conversation, what should we do? Should we just stop social sharing photos

and information about our kids? Or do we just need to be smarter about it?

TOKMETZIS: Don' stop, no. I like the internet, everybody likes the internet, but be careful with what you post and if you post something of

your children, remember that other people can use it as well. Plus, if you post something of other people's children ask their permission first.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: Very interesting stuff.

Well, tomorrow, we'll turn to cyberabuse and hear from Zoe Quinn, one of the original targets of Gamergate. Find out how she's fighting back and

trying to help other women.

Now to a remarkable story of survival from the U.S. state of Utah. Doctors say a baby girl found in a partially submerged car on Saturday

seems to be improving. CNN's Michaela Pereira has the story of how she was found and how rescuers reacted.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Survival and tragedy along the Spanish Fork River in Utah. This 18-month-old baby girl, Lilly,

was rescued from an overturned car submerged in frigid waters, suspended in her car seat for more than 12 hours. Her mother, 25-year-old Lynn Jennifer

Groesbeck, was killed after the vehicle she was driving veered off the road into the river the night before. A fisherman alerted authorities the next

afternoon after spotting the vehicle upside down in the water.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Where the car was at, you couldn't see it from the roadway.

PEREIRA: First responders jumping into the icy river, working quickly to turn the car over.

OFFICER BRYAN DEWITT, SPANISH FORK POLICE: As we did that, it became apparent that the driver was deceased. But we also noticed that there was a

small baby in the backseat.

PEREIRA: Incredibly, the young baby girl, who was trapped inside, was unconscious but alive.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Got the baby in my arm, raised it up -- raised its head up out of the water as I tried to release the seat belt.

PEREIRA: Rescuers acting quickly, passing baby Lilly from one responder to the next.

OFFICER JARED WARNER, SPANISH FORK POLICE: The child was passed to me and I just ran up and climbed in the ambulance with the child.

PEREIRA: According to officials, the mother was believed to have been headed home Friday night when her vehicle struck a cement barrier before

careening off the road and plunging into the river. The officers responding to the scene all say they heard a distinct voice from inside the car

calling for help.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I remember hearing a voice that didn't sound like a child just saying, "help me."

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: That was Michaela Pereira reporting.

News Stream will be right back.

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TANK: Later this month, two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia will embark on a historic space mission: they'll spend one year living on the

International Space Station, that's twice as long as usual.

So, earlier, I spoke to NASA astronaut Scott Kelly about his groundbreaking journey. And I began by asking about his final

preparations.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SCOTT KELLY, U.S. ASTRONAUT: I got to Russia about two-and-a-half weeks ago. And we have our final training and then final exams here, which

finished last week. And then this week is what's considered a rest week and I'll spend a few days in Moscow.

TANK: The idea of spending a full year in space, does that fill you excitement or apprehension?

KELLY: I -- to be honest with you, I'd probably say a little bit of both at this point. You know, a year is a long time to be anywhere, but

I'm definitely excited about having this opportunity to do this and I consider it a real privilege.

Now, of course, this is a really important mission. And it has a number of goals. But can you tell us how this mission of yours is going to

benefit all of us here on Earth?

KELLY: Well, you know, the space station has a pretty broad range of science objectives. And the science program is broken up into three parts.

Basically, the stuff that is designed to improve life on Earth, and then there's the exploration stuff that is, you know, how to built systems and

you know develop and understand the human physiology to go further beyond low Earth orbit, and then there's the international science that is part of

the program, the science of the international partners do.

So, the way it benefits life on Earth is we do, you know like I said, a broad range of research in that, you know, improving life on Earth area

that's a different kind of scientific disciplines from basic science to research and medicine, or you know observing the Earth's atmosphere and

Earth-based science.

So, you know, there's a lot going on up there.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: Yeah, and a whole year they're going to be up there. So certainly they should be kept busy.

Kelly's historic mission earned him recognition, actually, from the U.S. president. In his State of the Union Address, Mr. Obama asked the

NASA commander to Instagram his life in space. In three weeks, we'll see if Kelly takes on that challenge, although it sounds more like an order

from the commander-in-chief to me.

And that's it from News Stream. I'm Manisha Tank. It's good to have you with us.

Don't go anywhere, World Sport with Patrick Snell is up next here on CNN.

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