well, that's it for astrobotic for this particular . for astrobotic for this particular mission.nce to the lunar surface, as nasa thinks about taking astronauts back there towards the end of the decade. astrobotic have other missions in the pipeline. they are going to put down a big roverfor nasa later. the other two companies, together with astrobotic, were going together with astrobotic, were going to do six missions at the moon this year. so the attitude from nasa is that it's a bit like a football analogy. they told me that you take analogy. they told me that you take a good number of shots on goal and hopefully, one or two of the bulls will go in and the others will learn from the experience of what has gone before. so yes, nasa has a risk appetite for this because these are low—cost missions, but they hope in the long run that these small private companies they have engaged will be able to routinely land on the moon. will be able to routinely land on the moon-— will be able to routinely land on the moon. ,. . the moon. our science correspondent jonathan amos. _ the moon. ou

astrobotic have other missions in the pipeline.strobotic, were going to do six missions at the moon this year. so the attitude from nasa is... it's a bit like a football analogy. they told me that you take a good number of shots on goal and hopefully, one or two of the balls will go in and the others will learn from the experience of what has gone before. so, yes, nasa has a risk appetite for this because these are low—cost missions, but they hope in the long run that these small private companies they have engaged will be able to routinely land on the moon. before we leave you, let's bring you some pictures from israel. they show you the us secretary of state antony blinken as he is meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mr netanyahu's team has had an expanded meeting with members of the war cabinet will be held after that meeting. you're watching bbc news. hello. it's another cold, wintry day out there today. we've got some icy stretches around, some fog patches that are going to linger all day, particularly

well, that's it for astrobotic for this particular mission.ies eventually but scientific equipment in the first instance to the lunar surface, as nasa thinks about taking astronauts back there towards the end of the decade. at that point, of course, those solar panels will not be astrobotic have other missions in the pipeline. they are going to put down a big rover for nasa later. the other two companies, together with astrobotic, were going to do six missions at the moon this year. so the attitude from nasa is... it's a bit like a football analogy. they told me that you take a good number of shots on goal astrobotic have other missions in the pipeline. and hopefully one or two of the balls will go in and the others will learn from the experience of what has gone before. so, yes, nasa has a risk appetite for this because these are low—cost missions, but they hope in the long run that these small private companies they have engaged will be able to routinely land on the moon. it's only usually a problem if it keeps those around you awake — but s

the big names, we have got space x, astrobotic, _ crucial. have got space x, astrobotic, blue _ crucial. the big names, we have got space x, astrobotic, blue origin - crucial. the big names, we have gotj space x, astrobotic, blue origin and we have boeing. in terms of space tourism that is very elitist. the general public, what can we benefit from developing space travel and the space economy? i from developing space travel and the space economy?— space economy? i think we see a lot of applications. _ space economy? i think we see a lot of applications, especially _ space economy? i think we see a lot of applications, especially in - space economy? i think we see a lot of applications, especially in the - of applications, especially in the last year, benefiting life on earth. especially resources and also making life and unsustainable. here we see everyone has space technology everyday on their phone at hand. . i have got about 20 seconds. in terms of plotting travel to the moon, just how crowded is it up there? how dangerous is it? generally

the unsuccessful flight of peregrine may postpone the second mission of the astrobotic griffin companyoon in mid-2024, and peregrine and griffin, according to the plan of the american space agency, should explore sites on the moon for landing astronauts as part of the artemis project, but now after the failure peregrina announced to us that the landing americans on the moon is also being postponed. we will not fly until we are completely ready, safety comes first. this is all administrator nasa billel said at a briefing for journalists. security isn't working out yet. two test launches of the older ships, those that are supposed to deliver astronauts to the moon, ended unsuccessfully. both exploded in flight. and, as many experts believe, the reason for the failure is that nasa relied on private companies producing space rockets, and they cannot always guarantee results during. the decisions nasa makes are not always the same. efficiency, and are often dictated precisely by the desire to choose the cheapest supplier, as happened with the lander from spacex, when they chose a lander bas

astrobotic have said their engineers are working on the issue.ion. it seems they have run into a technical hitch already. we will keep across that story for you but we need to come back down to earth now. a retired postman has captured an unlikely little helper, on camera. rodney holbrook from powys set up a night camera in his shed to film a mouse cleaning up every night. this is a night—vision camera. it�*s a good helper was a mouse. he is very busy, picking up pegs, corks, nuts and bolts, tidying up as the night goes on. he has been given a nickname, the welsh tidy mouse. but heavy with us on bbc news. hello. there are still well over 100 flood warnings in force, so the flooding situation hasn�*t fully resolved itself, but things should improve over the next few days. today, though, the main talking point, isuppose, is the chance of seeing a few flurries of snow working in across parts of the east. it�*s not very exciting snow, to be honest with you. in most cases it�*s not going to settle, you�*lljust see a few flakes like this. in one or two

the company behind the project, astrobotic, says it's trying to fix the problem, but if it can't, the perfect launch this morning, the peregrine craft on the top of the new vulcan rocket left cape canaveral in florida, everything seemed perfect, and about seven hours after liftoff, we got a statement from the private exploration company in pittsburgh in the us, astrobotic, saying that their spacecraft had experienced an anomaly of some kind, that is what they use, the word they use when something is not quite right. the spacecraft, they were going through the standard checkouts that you do on a spacecraft when it comes off the top of a rocket, you go through its systems and power everything up, check the data to see that it is all working properly, and one of the things the spacecraft has to do, one of the first things it has to do, is to point its solar panels at the sun. that's how you maintain power — and without power, you don't have a mission. it has got to keep its batteries topped up. unfortunately, the spacecraft, as astrobotic have said, has not been able to point at the sun

the astrobotic project was called a breakthrough even before its implementation began. they used a new rocket, a vulcan, albeit with a previously tested upper stage. on board are five nasa scientific instruments that were supposed to help including in preparation for the first landing of astronauts on the moon in half a century. it is currently planned for 2025-26. in total, the device carries 20 types. cargo, including quite unusual ones, for example, such as a fragment of mount everest and the dna of 66 deceased people, among them the creators and actors of the famous space saga star trek, three american presidents: george washington, dwight esenhower and john kennedy. the sending of human ashes to the earth's satellite, by the way, caused protests from the navajo people. the indians believed that he would desecrate the moon. for landing the model also chose to not previously explore the place. the domes are grumbling for heisen. they call the moons a mystery and a geological riddle. the fact is that they are formed from magma rich in silica. the necessary conditions

us—based company astrobotic says a propulsion system of its robot lander is faulty.e the first american mission in half a century to make a controlled landing on the moon. but very shortly after take—off, engineers noticed that the spacecraft was struggling to maintain a stable lock on the sun, and that means the solar was not receiving a constant supply of sunshine to be able to recharge the on—boa rd battery. mission astrobotic engineers has been working on alternative plans for the lander to make the very most of the mission. thank you for watching. we will have on our top headline, antony blinken heading to the middle east to try to convince israel to reduce civilian deaths in gaza. we have more on that top story you at the top of the next hour. i'm sumi somaskanda. you can get the very latest on our website or on our app. thank you so much and stay with us. hello. the week has got off to a cold start. some of us even got to see some snow on monday. tuesday will be another cold day, but it should be largely dry with a bit more in the way of sunshine. high pressur

the project of the astrobotic company was called a breakthrough even before its implementation. however, with a previously tested upper stage. on board are five nasa scientific instruments that were supposed to help, including in preparing for the first landing of astronauts on the moon in half a century. it is currently planned for 2025-26. in total, the device carries 20 types of cargo, including quite unusual ones. for example, such as. george washington, dwight esenhower and john kennedy. the sending of human ashes to the earth's satellite, by the way, caused protests from the navajo people. the indians believed that he would desecrate the moon. to plant the model also chose a location not previously studied. the domes of geisen are called a lunar mystery and a geological riddle. that they are formed from magma rich in silica. a necessary condition for the formation of such volcanoes on earth is the presence of water and collisions of lithospheric plates. and scientists have been puzzling over how they could have done this for quite some time. appear on the moon, where the p

unfortunately, astrobotic have not managed to get kind of a stable attitude control.oint its solar cells in the right direction, so towards the sun. so you need to be able to recharge your batteries in order to have a good state of battery charge for the journey to where you're going. potentially there's also issues with the spacecraft overheating. yeah, worrying times, i'd say. engineers are working hard to find out what went wrong and to regain control of the spacecraft if they can. they say they are making progress in recharging the battery, but there is a critical loss of fuel. if it doesn't make it to the lunar surface, it's not the end of the world for nasa. it knew that with innovation comes risk and setbacks are part of the development process. pallab ghosh, bbc news. astrophysicist dr maggie lieu says it's too early to say if they'll be able to successfully land on the moon. lunar landing missions are difficult — like, over 50% of them do fail, so it's a difficult task. this is a small company doing it for the very first time and it's on a small budget, so it

us—based astrobotic says a propulsion system of its robot lander is faulty. controlled landing on the moon. but shortly after takeoff the engineers noticed the spacecraft was struggling to maintain a stable lock on the sun and that means the solar was not receiving a constant supply of sunshine to recharge the on—board battery. mission astrobotic engineers has been working on alternatives to make the most of the mission. thank you for watching, i'm sumi somaskanda. stay with us here on bbc news, hello. the week has got off to a cold start. some of us even got to see some snow on monday. tuesday will be another cold day, but it should be largely dry with a bit more in the way of sunshine. high pressure is in charge of the scene right now, centred across the north of the uk, where you can see the ice above squeezing together further south. well, that shows quite a strong wind. and where you're exposed to that wind, it is going to feel very cold indeed through the day ahead. a widespread frost and some icy stretches through tuesday morning. fog could also be an

peregrine's unsuccessful flight may postpone the second mission of the astrobotic griffin company, whicho send to the moon in mid-2024, and peregrine and griffin, according to the plan of the american space agency, should explore sites on the moon for landing astronauts in as part of the artemis project, but now... after the failure of peregrina, nasa announced that the american landing on the moon was also postponed , we will not fly until we are completely ready, safety comes first,” nasa administrator bill nelson said at a briefing for journalists. security isn't working out yet. two test launches of the older ships, those that should deliver astronauts to the moon, ended unsuccessfully, both exploded in flight, and, as many experts believe, the reason for the failures is that nasa relied on private companies. efficiency, and are often dictated precisely by the desire to choose the cheapest supplier, as happened with the lander from spacex, when they chose a lander based on a starship that still does not fly. artemis mission. and the flyby of the moon has now been moved to september 2

pittsburgh—based astrobotic says its peregrine spacecraft will be directed to re—enter the earth's atmospherelander suffered a major propulsion failure that made a safe touch—down on the lunar surface impossible. some adorable baby panda pictures to share with you now from the china conservation and research centre for the giant panda — in sichuan province. the cub takes a liking to a wooden rocking horse — climbs on board — and then tries to work out how to use it. it gives it a bit of a nibble — but can't seem to get the motion going — until eventually it climbs off, and then tries to rock it from the side. they can do no wrong, panders! laughter wonderful! how do they survive?! now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good afternoon. it was the coldest night of the winter so far for most of us last night, but there is a lot of winter sunshine out there and blue sky today — including here in pontypridd in south wales. a few showers for western wales, showers clearing away from north sea—facing coasts, but still blizzard—like conditions in northern scotland, and

a company called astrobotic developed this and nasa sponsored it.might not be able to reach the moon. it has a propulsion failure and is having trouble generating the thrust it needs to land on the moon. >>> today is 200 days from the beginning of the paris olympics. emmanuel macron urged people to be more involved in sports. he delivered the message on social media. is urging people to get out and exercise. the olympics will be held from july 26 through august 11. you can catch all of the action here. i will go to paris to cover all the local athletes. >>> how much money needed for you to take part in the study (vo) with fargo, the new virtual assistant from wells fargo, you can instantly know what you spend on things like food. (dad) fargo, what did i spend on groceries this month? (son) hey dad, can the guys stay for dinner? (dad) no. (vo) want faster, easier banking? you can, with wells fargo. (vo) with fargo, the new virtual assistant from wells fargo. you can pick up the tab, even when you forget your wallet. (kaz) i got this. (ben) fargo, sen

-based astrobotics, which was challenged from the moment it took off. it was lost for a moment, and then they aborted the mission to the moon, tried to use it as a satellite for testing, then it burned up on the way back into the earth's atmosphere. is there anything that can be salvaged from this, the data maybe that was sent back before it burned up, or is this a total loss? >> well, that was unfortunate, the lander, the big accomplishment is they made it into space and everything was looking pretty good. there was a little communication glitch, but then soon they reestablished communication, they, unfortunately, discovered that after it got into space it had suffered a major anomaly, basically it looks like there was a valving problem where the high pressure helium may have burst, exploded one of the propellent tanks. they didn't have enough fuel to go to the moon and land. so, fortunately, they were able to stay in communication with the spacecraft, try to salvage maybe some measurements, and then be able to direct it to a safe entry back into the e

peregrine's unsuccessful flight may postpone the second mission of the astrobotic griffin company, whicho the moon in mid-2024, and peregrine and griffin, according to the plan of the american space agency, should scout out sites on the moon for landing. astronauts as part of the artemis project, but now after the failure of peregrine we have been informed that the american landing on the moon is also postponed, we will not fly until we are fully ready, safety comes first, ” nasa administrator billel said at a briefing for journalists. safety is not yet in order, two test launches of starships, those that are supposed to deliver astronauts to the moon, ended unsuccessfully, both exploded in flight, and many experts believe that the reason for the failures is that... relied on private companies producing space rockets, and they cannot always guarantee results on time. the decisions that nasa makes are not always dictated by efficiency, but are often dictated precisely by the desire to choose the cheapest supplier, as happened with the lander from spacex, when they chose a lander based on

if all goes well, the peregrine1 robot — developed by astrobotic — would be the first—ever soft lunarhed in cooperation with nasa, it's the first of six commercial robot—lander missions planned for this year, in which the nasa will be, in effect, a passenger, studying the moon's surface. earlier i spoke to planetary scientist dr hannah sargeant — she said that a commercial lunar landing has been tried before. there has been a few different attempts. a private company attempted lunar mission. they didn't subtly learn so hopefully this will be the first successful soft landing of a commercial lander. commercialising space. has been most of the financial side, the economic activity, has been driven in space for earth economy, i believe. you develoa it — for earth economy, i believe. you develoa it on _ for earth economy, i believe. you develop it on earth _ for earth economy, i believe. you develop it on earth and send it out to space. what about space for space economy? is it viable? yes. economy? is it viable? yes, absolutely- _ economy? is it viable? yes, absolutely. there _ economy?

if all goes well, the peregrine 0ne robot — developed by astrobotic — would be the first—ever soft lunaraunched in cooperation with nasa, it's the first of six commercial robot—lander missions planned for this year, in which the nasa will be, in effect, a passenger, studying the moon's surface. joining me now is planetary scientist, dr hannah sargeant from leicester university. how significant is a lunar landing? there have been a few different attempts. last year a private company attempted a lunar mission to land on the moon. they did land but not a soft landing. hopefully this will be the first successful soft landing of a commercial lander. commercialising space, most of the commercial activity has been driven in what's called the space for earth economy. you develop it on earth and then sent out to space. what about space for space economy, it viable? yes, absolutely. there has been a lot of interest in commercialising space for a number of decades now. it is not really that economic for space agencies like nasa and the european space agency to fund everything from the rocket to the

just hours after this morning's launch astrobotic technology, the private company behind the mission, said the unmanned spacecraft developed a critical fuel leak the issue could prevent the peregrine lander from touching down february 23rd as planned. >>> with polls showing some black voters turning away from president biden, today he made a direct appeal at the church where a brutal act of racial violence took place nine years ago gabe gutierrez reports from south carolina. [ crowd chanting "four more years" >> reporter: at charleston's mother emmanuel a.m.e. church president biden today honored nine black worshippers massacred in 2015 by a white supremacist. >> this is a poison. throughout our history. it's ripped this nation apart this has no place in america. >> reporter: the president forcefully trying to link racial violence to the nation's current divisions. >> it's all right. >> reporter: but his speech briefly interrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in the israel-hamas war >> ceasefire now ceasefire now! >> reporter: another sign of deep divisions among some democra

the astrobotics or from nasa to put their hand up.— their hand up.interested whether any - their hand up. the reason i was interested whether any of - their hand up. the reason i was interested whether any of this i their hand up. the reason i was - interested whether any of this would end up in the water, its notjust thejunk, there were human remains on the lander, some of it was supposed to be deposited on the moon. and in fact we have the ceo of the company that put all this together, some of it was going to get to the moon, some of it was going to go to deep space. is it now a burial at sea, or is it not?- a burial at sea, or is it not? well, i mean a burial at sea, or is it not? well, i mean there _ a burial at sea, or is it not? well, i mean there were _ a burial at sea, or is it not? well, i mean there were some - a burial at sea, or is it not? well, | i mean there were some cremated remains on board, there's a couple of us companies that for a few thousand dollars will send a small catchment of your cremated remains into space. these companie

the good news is both astrobotic and nasa have upcoming lunar missions.year or even next year. >> this is basically a full write off. it will go tumble in space and run out of power. what was it intending to do? in other words, going to land on the moon and do what for whom? >> the idea is that it is essentially a cargo transporter delivering 20 different payloads for a variety of government and commercial customers to the surface of the moon. the idea that nasa is trying to create with these missions is low-cost delivery service to the moon. that's kind of in your idea. instead of spending $1 billion on a high-tech superpower lander, they're doing these missions for 100 million, $200 million a pop. then instead of having the single point of failure, there's a bunch of different companies working on missions and the really key part there is that we have three different american companies all with landers that will launch here in the next year. it is shaping up to be a bit of an american private moon race. >> as soon as next month, different company, same

astrobotic abandoned its plans due to a critical fuel leak aboard the peregrine spacecraft.ding was set for next month, but its goal now is simply to get as close to the moon as possible. >> five days after causing courtroom mayhem in las vegas, a convicted criminal faced the judge. he attacked dobra. redin wore a spit mask, mittens and shackles. judge mary kay holthus sentenced him to four years for attempted battery last week's sentencing ended with redin charging holthus and punching her. he'll face a different judge today when he's charged for that incident in california. >> authorities are hoping the public will help them solve a 32 year mystery. they are desperately trying to find the name of a woman who was killed by one of the country's most notorious criminals. here's abc's lionel moise. this morning. >> officials in riverside county, california are releasing these images, hoping to identify the only remaining unidentified victim of convicted serial killer keith hunter jesperson. so easily able to kill her and just dump her on the side of the road like she was trash

the private company astrobotic technologie's lunar module peregrine was launched on january 8th.aunched into orbit by the vulcan centaur rocket. the launch took place from the namysi kanaver cosmodrome. on february 23, the device was supposed to land near the south pole of the earth's satellite. however, 7 days after launch, it became clear that the mission was doomed to failure. the company's manufacturers reported that there was peregrina on board. the first image obtained from the module shows damage to the multilayer insulation, which confirms the telemetry data and indicates an anomaly in the propulsion system. the second photo captured a piece of land, one of the perigrine supports, and a time capsule containing various messages from children around the world. in general, there are quite a lot of symbolic cargo on peregrina, in particular memorial capsules with the ashes of people who wanted to be buried this way. the genetic material of former us presidents george washington was even sent to the moon. eisenhower and john kennedy, as well as the director and actors of the s

astrobotic said the propulsion system of its peregrine 0ne robot lander is faulty and the system is losingde it difficult for the spacecraft to point its solar panels at the sun to recharge its batteries. the peregrine 0ne robot lander was launched on monday and was due to attempt a landing on the moon late next month. astrophysicist dr maggie lieu is a research fellow of machine learning & cosmology at the university of nottingham.( of machine learning & cosmology at the university of nottingham. thank you so much forjoining us. firstly, what's your assessment of this situation? is it possible for the mission to continue? actually, no. lunar landing _ the mission to continue? actually, no. lunar landing missions - the mission to continue? actually, no. lunar landing missions are - no. lunar landing missions are difficult. 0ver no. lunar landing missions are difficult. over 50% do fail. it's a difficult. over 50% do fail. it's a difficult task. as a small company doing it for the very small time —— short —— first time. so it's hard. they've been able to realign the solar panels, so they're

. ♪ ♪ astrobotic raced to orient the lander toward the sun, so its solar panel could capture sunlightn board battery dwindled. but so far, no word on if it's working. abc news reporter derek dennis has a look at what the company is hoping to do on the moon, and liftoff of the first united launch alliance vulcan rocket lift off some 50 years after the first american mission to the moon. >> a new american rocket is on its own. giant leap for mankind. launching overnight from cape canaveral, marking the first lunar launch from the u.s. since nasa's final apollo mission in the brand new rocket, the vulcan is made by the private space company united launch alliance, hoping to jump into the commercial space tourism industry. if all goes according to plan, a small lunar landing will touch down on the moon on february 23rd. >> they ask us, as a company, to buy a launch vehicle and to build a lander that can deliver their payloads, in this case, science payloads to the surface of the moon. >> rod roddenberry, son of star trek creator gene roddenberry, is paying special attention to the launch

stops them, the question is to catch on, but there is not enough fuel to catch on, the project of the astroboticled a breakthrough even before its implementation began. to send the module to the moon, they used a new vulcan rocket, albeit with a previously tested accelerating block. on board are five nasa scientific instruments, which were supposed to help , among other things, prepare for the first landing of astronauts on the moon in half a century. it is currently planned for 2025-2. in total, the device carries 20 types of cargo, including quite unusual ones. for example, such as a fragment of mount everest and the dna of 66 deceased people. among them are the creators and actors of the famous space saga. water and collisions of lithospheric plates. and scientists have been racking their brains for quite some time as to how they could have appeared on the moon, where it has not been proven the presence of water and the presence of powerful tectonic processes. why is the mission commercial? the lunar module turned out to be a failure, it remains to be seen. there are several hypotheses: one o

unfortunately, astrobotic have not managed to get kind of a stable attitude control.es this mean for the spacecraft? it needs to point its solar cells in the right direction, so towards the sun. so you need to be able to recharge your batteries in order to have a good state of battery charge for the journey to where you're going. potentially there's also issues with the spacecraft overheating. yeah, worrying times, i'd say. engineers are working hard to find out what went wrong and to regain control of the spacecraft if they can. they say they are making progress in recharging if it doesn't make it to the lunar surface, it's not the end of the world for nasa. it knew that with innovation comes risk and setbacks are part of the development process. pallab ghosh, bbc news. let's speak to dhara patel, space expert at the national space centre. nice to see you, thanks for coming on the programme, this is disappointing isn't it? after such a good lunch earlier today, what do we think happened when the spacecraft disconnected from the vulcan rocket? yet, like you said, very

funds advanced missions back to the moon by commercial operators, the peregrine lunar lander, built by astrobotic, is set to launch on the maiden flight of ula's vulcan rocket from the kennedy space center. but landing on the moon is tricky. they ask us as a company, to buy a launch vehicle and to build a lander that can deliver their payloads, in this case, science payloads to the surface of the moon 2024 is shaping up to be the year of the lunar lander, with five us spacecraft and at least one japanese lander heading to the south pole of the moon. >> it is a quarter million miles away. it is in the vacuum of space. um, you are controlling a vehicle that you can't use joystick with from here on earth . >> these missions are critical. before nasa can land artemis three on the lunar south pole, operating under harsh conditions , peregrine won't make it to the moon until february and has friendly competition from another company, intuitive machines, which is launching after peregrine but hopes to land just one day earlier on the moon. >> that was gio benitez reporting. now, nasa says the sweet payl

the private company astrobotic technology's lunar module peregrine was launched on january 8th.i rocket. the launch took place from the cosmodrome at cape canaver. on february 23, the device was supposed to... land near the south pole of the earth's satellite, but 7 days after the launch it became clear that the mission was doomed to failure. the company's manufacturers reported that an emergency occurred on board peregrine; there was a problem with the orientation of the solar panels of the module. they write that, after restoring communication, they somehow managed to sort out the loss of fuel, they say that they are very empty, well, that is, the fuel tanks, that is, there are problems with a propulsion system. perigrine was left almost without fuel; according to the preliminary version , this was due to the fact that after insertion into orbit, during the startup of the propulsion system, it was not possible to hermetically close the valve between the tanks with helium as an oxidizer, all this means that there is no longer any talk of any soft lunar landing he’s going, moreo

the rocket is carrying astrobotic peregrine one, and that aims to be the first us craft to make a soft4 metres, and a total mass of more than 500,000 kilograms on board a scientific instruments that will probe the lunar environment, hoping to pave the way for the return of astronauts on the moon. but there's also some unusual cargo. a physical bitcoin sculptures by the artistjeff koons a physical bitcoin, sculptures by the artistjeff koons and controversially, dna and human remains of the star trek creator gene roddenberry, as well as sci fi roddenberry, as well as sci—fi author and scientist arthur c clarke. the vulcan rocket�*s upper stage is also carrying late cast members of star trek, as well as former presidentsjohn f kennedy, dwight eisenhower and george washington. well, the countdown is on. take—off is expected at 2:18 a.m. local time. cold health alerts have been issued for parts of england this week, with temperatures due to plummet, leading to snow and ice. it comes as many areas are still trying to recover from the aftermath of storm henk, which caused widespread flooding.

funds advanced missions back to the moon by commercial operators, the peregrine lunar lander, built by astrobotic, is set to launch on the maiden flight of ula's vulcan rocket from the kennedy space center. but landing on the moon is tricky. they ask us as a company, to buy a launch vehicle and to build a lander that can deliver their payloads, in this case, science payloads to the surface of the moon 2024 is shaping up to be the year of the lunar lander, with five us spacecraft and at least one japanese lander heading to the south pole of the moon. it is a quarter million miles away. >> it is in the vacuum of space. um, you are controlling a vehicle that you can't use a joystick with from here on earth. >> these missions are critical. before nasa can land artemis three on the lunar south pole, operating under harsh conditions , peregrine won't make it to the moon until february and has friendly competition from another company, intuitive machines, which is launching after peregrine but hopes to land just one day earlier on the moon. >> that was gio benitez reporting now, nasa says the sweet payl

the private company astrobotic technology's lunar module peregrine was launched on january 8th.d into orbit by the vulcan centaur rocket. the launch took place from the namysi cosmodrome. on february 23, the device was supposed to land near the south pole of the earth's satellite, but 7 days after the launch it became clear that the mission was doomed to failure. the company's manufacturers reported that on board peregrina, an emergency situation occurred, a problem arose with the orientation of the solar panels of the module. they write that after restoring communication they somehow managed to sort out the loss of fuel, they say that they are very devastated, well... problems with the propulsion system. peregrine, that is, the fuel tanks, that is, there were left almost without fuel, according to the preliminary version, this happened due to the fact that after launching into orbit, while turning on the propulsion system, it was not possible to hermetically close the valve between the tanks with helium as an oxidizing agent, all this means that there is no longer talk of any s

astrobotic's all gone wrong. astrobotic's peregrine lunar lander may have blasted off okay.e broken away. okay but it's all gone horribly wrong . it isn't gone horribly wrong. it isn't going to be landing on the moon in fact, it may not even make it to the moon. and why? well, because . because they relied on because. because they relied on solar panels on the craft . solar panels on the craft. because they wanted to show the world they could use renewable energy to show how green and good they were. and for some reason, the tilt towards the sun wasn't right. they didn't have enough conventional fuel. and i'm going to say, albeit slightly tongue in cheek, if you rely on renewable energy , you'll rely on renewable energy, you'll often get let down. i'll wait for the abuse of emails to come in on that one. um, and the what? the farage moment of the day is now this this is unbelievable. so the guys 30, right. he's come to england when he was 13 illegally. he is an ethnic albanian who grew up in serbia . we're now at the point serbia. we're now at the point where he's been caugh

land on the moon in more than 50 years is in jeopardy tonight, just hours after this morning's launch astrobotic company behind the mission, said the unmanned spacecraft developed a critical fuel leak. the issue could prevent the peregrine lander from touching down february 23rd as planned. >>> with polls showing some black voters turning away from president biden, today he made a direct appeal at the church where a brutal act of racial violence took place nine years ago. gabe gutierrez reports from south carolina. [ crowd chanting "four more years" ] >> reporter: at charleston's mother emmanuel a.m.e. church president biden today honored nine black worshippers massacred in 2015 by a white supremacist. >> this is a poison. throughout our history. it's ripped this nation apart. this has no place in america. >> reporter: the president forcefully trying to link racial violence to the nation's current divisions. >> it's all right. >> reporter: but his speech briefly interrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in the israel-hamas war. >> ceasefire now! ceasefire now! >> reporter: another sign o

the company behind the project, astrobotic, says it's trying to fix the problem, but if it can't, theondentjonathan amos our science correspondent jonathan amos gave our science correspondentjonathan amos gave us the latest. we had a picture perfect launch this morning and the craft on top of the new vulcan rocket left cape canaveral in florida and everything seemed perfect and then about seven hours after liftoff we had a statement from the private exploration company in pittsburgh in the us. it said their spacecraft had experienced an anomaly of some kind, that is the word they used. the spacecraft, they were going through the standard checkouts that you do on a spacecraft when it comes off the top of the rocket and you go through its systems and power up everything and check the data to see it is working properly. one of the things the spacecraft has got to do, one of the first things, is to point its solar panels at the sun which is how you maintain power, because without power you have no mission. but unfortunately the spacecraft has not been able to point at the sun stably. it i

and it will be that company, pittsburgh—based astrobotic, that will be in charge when the landing comescience instruments on board. they've purchased that space. it is a logistics mission service that they have purchased. and what exactly are the experiments that they're going to be conducting? one of the interesting things about the moon that we've learnt in the last few decades is that there is water there. water is interesting because you can use it in a number of ways. you can drink it if you're an astronaut, but you can also split h20 into hydrogen and oxygen, and that's a rocket fuel. and if we are going to go back to the moon with astronauts and we're going to stay there, set up lunar bases, if you remember these guys, they only went for a few days and then they came home. the idea is that we go, we stay, we have a permanent presence. and if you do that, you need resources at the moon and water would be one of them. and this spacecraft has instruments that are going to study how water moves across the surface. and interestingly, lucy, one of the sensors that were going to do that

supposed to be the first landing on the moon in 50 years, and the first ever by a private company, astrobotics later, though, operators reported a critical fuel leak, preventing the spacecraft from pointing toward the sun for solar power as its battery power was running out. it's unclear whether they'll be able to redirect it and recover any part of the mission. >>> when we come back here tonight, the new year's wish for the dogs. wish granted. you're going to love this. >> announcer: abc "world news tonight" with david muir sponsored by alka-seltzer plus for amazing, fast cold relief. o. plop plop fizz fizz with alka-seltzer plus cold & flu relief. also try for fizzy fast cough relief. your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you lost. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire nature's bounty hair growth. help grow thicker, fuller hair with just one capsule a day of advanced hair complex. conquer hair thinning... ...and fall in love with your hair all over again

it will be that company, pittsburgh—based astrobotic, that will be in charge when the landing comes upstics mission service that they have purchased. stay with us here on bbc news. after the relentless rain for the start of 2024, things this week, thankfully, are looking much quieter and calmer on the weather front. lots of dry weather in store, but certainly colder out there. we've got some frost, some fog and also some icy stretches through this week. a few wintry showers out there today, although most places are avoiding them. it's high pressure that's driving the weather. we're going to see the winds rotating around that area of high pressure, so coming in from an east or north—easterly direction. quite breezy conditions, in fact, over the next few days, particularly towards the south. that east or north—easterly breeze will draw a little bit more cloud to eastern areas of the uk, in particular down towards east anglia, and the south—east and the london region. some wintry showers through the course of today, so you may see a slight dusting of snow at low levels. one or two showers

and it will be that company, pittsburgh—based astrobotic, that will be in charge when the landing comes instruments on board. they've purchased that space. it is a logistics mission service that they have purchased. and what exactly are the experiments that they're going to be conducting? one of the interesting things about the moon that we've learnt in the last few decades is that there is water there. water is interesting because you can use it in a number of ways. you can drink it if you're an astronaut, but you can also split h20 into hydrogen and oxygen, and that's a rocket fuel. and if we are going to go back to the moon with astronauts and we're going to stay there, set up lunar bases, if you remember these guys, they only went for a few days and then they came home. the idea is that we go, we stay, we have a permanent presence. and if you do that, you need resources at the moon and water would be one of them. and this spacecraft has instruments that are going to study how water moves across the surface. and interestingly, lucy, one of the sensors that were going to do that was d

the rocket is carrying astrobotic peregrine one, and that aims to be the first us craft to make a soft 62 metres, a diameter of 5.4 metres, and a total mass of more than 500,000 kilograms on board a scientific instruments that will probe the lunar environment, hoping to pave the way for the return of astronauts on the moon. but there's also some unusual cargo. a physical bitcoin sculptures by the artistjeff koons and controversially, dna and human remains of the star trek creator gene roddenberry, as well as sci fi author and scientist arthur c clarke. the vulcan rocket�*s upper stage is also carrying late cast members of star trek, as well as former presidentsjohn f kennedy, dwight eisenhower and george washington. well, the countdown is on. take—off is expected at 2:18 a.m. local time. cold health alerts have been issued for parts of england this week, with temperatures due to plummet, leading to snow and ice. it comes as many areas are still trying to recover from the aftermath of storm henk, which caused widespread flooding. about 170 flood warnings are still in place in england an

astrobotic said the propulsion system of its peregrine 0ne robot lander is faulty and the system is losingo recharge its batteries. the peregrine 0ne robot lander was launched on monday and was due to attempt a landing on the moon late next month. next year, the latest business news. we will have more on boeing and the latest business stories. i will see you in a moment. hello. the week has got off to a cold start. some of us even got to see some snow on monday. tuesday will be another cold day, but it should be largely dry with a bit more in the way of sunshine. high pressure is in charge of the scene right now, centred across the north of the uk, where you can see the isobars squeezing together further south. well, that shows quite a strong wind. and where you're exposed to that wind, it is going to feel very cold indeed through the day ahead. a widespread frost and some icy stretches through tuesday morning. fog could also be an issue in the northern half of the uk, especially in the north of scotland, where some of that fog could linger for a good part of the day. this area of cloud ac

pittsburgh—based astrobotic says its peregrine spacecraft will be directed to re—enter the earth's atmosphereface impossible. let's hope it does not come crashing down. that could be messy. let's hope it goes well, and they have another go at trying to land on the lunar surface. we have plenty more for you here on bbc news. if you watch at this time of day, the world economic forum is under way and i met this woman there, this is a sandboe, the former chief operating officer of messe, which is the company that runs facebook. she has announced she is stepping down from the board. we have the details here on bbc news online and also on our avenue. we will be hearing a lot from davos in just a moment, which is where i met her a few years ago. see withers here on bbc news. the top is a resign next. dominic the top business stories are next. hello there. our current cold snap may well be coming to an end, but before it does so, i think something of a sting in the tail. of course, over recent days, we've seen plenty of these snow showers — this one looking very heavy as it obscures the skyline of t

pittsburgh—based astrobotic says its peregrine spacecraft will be directed to re—enter the earth's atmospheret week that made a safe touch—down on the lunar surface impossible. a reminder of our top story. we have heard from the prime minister rishi sunak who was talking after his bill on rwanda, the move to send people who had been illegally here back to rwanda has passed through the house of commons after the tory rebellion failed to materialise. he has urged the house of lords to pass the bill, it needs to go to the house of lords now. in the end, the rebellion in the house of commons which was supposed to happen, only 11 voted against it. we will have continued analysis and on any of today's news on the website. we will be back shortly. do stay with us on bbc news. we started with a very cold morning leading into a bitterly cold day. through today and tomorrow it is going to remain cold. there'll be further snow showers, especially so in the north of the country with some blizzards and drifting. into the weekend, it turns much milder than it has been, but it's going to be wet and windy. s

the peregrine mission one, built by us space company astrobotic , us space company astrobotic, will becomend on the lunar surface. the rocket lifted off from florida this morning and is expected to land on the 23rd of february. it's operated by the united launch alliance company , united launch alliance company, the number one competitor to elon musk's spacex. if it touches down safely, it will be the first american craft to make a soft landing on the lunar surface since the apollo era . surface since the apollo era. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to tom and dawn . back to tom and dawn. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:08 and the prime minister, rishi sunak, says he would strongly support revoking former post office boss paula vennells cbe . this comes as justice cbe. this comes as justice secretary alex chalk is meeting with ministers to discuss one of the most widespread miscarriages of justice, the uk has ever seen i >> brought back to the fore by itv drama mr. bates versus the post

astrobotic is doing this mission for $100,000.ons of dollars if not closer to a billion dollars. just to give you a sense of the role private sector is playing in this. >> port canaveral, cape canaveral, kennedy space center. you got to update us on that. >> space coast, let's keep it easy. >> yeah, okay. see you later, thank you. >>> coming up, we've got a story about a different kind of race. this one a spot bitcoin etf, former s.e.c. chrmaian jay clayton will join us right after the break. we'll be right back. power e*trade's easy-to-use tools, like dynamic charting and risk-reward analysis, help make trading feel effortless. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. e*trade from morgan stanley. with powerful, easy-to-use tools, power e*trade makes complex trading easier. react to fast-moving markets with dynamic charting and a futures ladder that lets you place, flatten, or reverse orders so you won't miss an opportunity. e*trade from morgan stanley. hi, i'm jason. i

unfortunately, astrobotic have not managed to get kind of a stable attitude control. so towards the sun. so you need to be able to recharge your batteries in order to have a good state of battery charge for the journey to where you�*re going. potentially there�*s also issues with the spacecraft overheating. yeah, worrying times, i�*d say. engineers are working hard to find out what went wrong and to regain control of the spacecraft if they can. they say they are making progress in recharging the battery but there is a critical loss of fuel. if it doesn�*t make it to the lunar surface, it�*s not the end of the world for nasa. it knew that with innovation comes risk and setbacks are part of the development process. pallab ghosh, bbc news. we will keep an eye on that story and updating you. so he decided to find a what was going on. and installed a cctv camera. he cannot quite believe what he saw. it had happened before in the past with me, with a friend of mine that lived in severn beach near bristol. because a similar thing was happening here now, i thought, it�*s got

unfortunately, astrobotic have not managed to get kind of a stable attitude control.? it needs to point its solar cells in the right direction, so towards the sun. so you need to be able to recharge your batteries in order to have a good state of battery charge for the journey to where you're going. potentially there's also issues with the spacecraft overheating. yeah, worrying times, i'd say. engineers are working hard to find out what went wrong and to regain control of the spacecraft if they can. they say they are making progress in recharging the battery but there is a critical loss of fuel. if it doesn't make it to the lunar surface, it's not the end of the world for nasa. it knew that with innovation comes risk and setbacks are part of the development process. pallab ghosh, bbc news. the bbc has uncovered evidence that the leader of a christian evangelical church with millions of followers worldwide sexually assaulted, raped and tortured dozens of women over a 20 year period. pastor tbjoshua, who died in 2021, founded the synagogue church of all nations in niger