biala gassed. managed by from. this is news live from berlin brought back to earth with a splash 2 u.s. astronauts make history successfully completing the 1st manned space flight operated by a private company it's also the 1st landing for his face craft in 45 years. and kids in germany begin returning to school after the summer holidays with maximum caution against the coronavirus that's as adults they're supposedly role

models get slammed for ignoring precautions. i'm all made use of welcome to the program to u.s. astronauts have splash down in the gulf of mexico on board space x.'s dragon capsule successfully completing the 1st ever privately operated space flight it was also the 1st splash down landing after a space mission since 1975 space x. and the u.s. space agency nasa are celebrating the mission which they say will bring the free market to space travel. as we are now just about 20 meters off the ocean this is the moment when spy 6 probably went when no company has gone before. flashed out. as you can see on your screen we have this. confirmation splashdown

the firm's landing capsule glides into the gulf of mexico in the control room through tame from space 6 and nasa the u.s. space agency that contract for this mission is pretty much complete so. even after the landing the danger wasn't over the dragon capsule weighs over 12000 kilo is docking it and extracting the 2 astronauts inside a delicate endeavor teams currently working with a few private schools know one that space 6 saw this coming several sight seeing by it's approaching that cap show with it gushing propellant few the pleasure boats were ordered to leave the area immediately. there we can see the lift. in the end the dragon made it to shore out of the water and we have our 1st view and astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken emerged planet.

with a huge thumbs up and an optimistic message for the u.s. and the. moment just. given all the things that have happened here thinking on the left early on the right mission accomplished by 6 and nasa who have pioneered public private partnerships in out of spice. and i think we're both super super proud to have been just a small part of the team gets accomplished. space flights back to the florida coast and bring in our capability back to america it's also a personal triumph a spy 6 found a lawn musk public controversies have begun to overshadow his recent business successes. i'm not very religious but i prayed for this one. very few but here it is this. space x. is next mission is planned for september and the firm is hoping it will launch space tourists into orbit next year. and preparation 3 burns can separate in 4

35 pm pacific and it's go dominating a new idea of commercial space travel internationally one in which competition between the companies creates innovation and progress. let's go now to keith cowing in washington he's the editor of the space news web site nasa watch dot com thanks for joining us so this is being called as we saw a new era and space flight why was this missed and mission so significant. well it's interesting because the idea of putting humans in a capsule and launching him into space and then having them splash down into water isn't necessarily new sifton as was mentioned in your piece we haven't done it here in the states in 45 years we've ridden on cruise line and soviet space russian spacecraft and before that soviet space and they were you know only and so we haven't had a chance to do this in a long time but def says to engineer and more important things that this spacecraft

wasn't a government spacecraft it was bought by the government now the service is run what by the government under a commercial contract with space x. they also have one with boeing so instead of the 10 trend over the past half a century of only flying people into space and government on spacecraft now are buying tickets and that is the chance of going further than just you know professional astronauts needed commercial astronauts and maybe someday you're not so this is the beginning of an era of commercial spaceflight what is nasa its role going to be from here on alt. well nasa had the insight back several presidential administrations ago to the bush administration trying to go to commercial in the obama administration for the money necessary into this to make it happen and so now the even though it looks like it's just something that this administration did they spent a lot of time getting ready for this and the idea was that if you could lower the cost of operations in space that we should go for the role has the prime the pump

some speak to invest in the right places so that the commercial space it apprised can create these vehicles but more importantly the larger community can say hey there's actually a market there maybe we'll have this of money into it so are these private companies that are contributing to the tech not technological advances or is a more just about bringing the prices down it's both and it's sort of a piggyback is if you talk to the space x. and the boeing folks say oh no we all agree. get to nasa and all the work that they did but they went and took a government program so how can we do it more effectively and efficiently in a private sector and they're going to be competing against each other so if you just look at the private sector now you know with commercial air travel when it was not being victim of the pandemic now you see people fighting for the nicer interiors and then things like that and so you can have market forces intrigue into that so yes it provided the opportunity to private sectors providing the initiative

and it both sort of feeding off of each other was going to work it was only when he answers going to government space there right but of course there is another side to this some are calling us the privatization of spaceflight is there not a danger here and transferring so much responsibility from the government in the hands of private individuals people like you on moscow has come under fire for saying some anti scientific things to put it frankly online. well 1st of all although this contract was curing the rides commercially. airspace corporations have to build the spacecraft for half a century here in the us in europe japan elsewhere it's that mechanism where this ride was procured that is different but in terms of whether you know having one or 2 individuals with you know who have personalities how we say in their companies the flip side is you know are you interested in the product they sell or the personality the person rooms the company i mean if you know some people make their

buying decisions that way i'd be looking at which the sea to ride in the cheaper right keith cowing editor at nasa watch dot com thanks for joining us. now to some of the other stories making news around the world microsoft says talks are continuing with chinese tech company by dance to buy the u.s. operations of the popular video app tick-tock it follows a meeting between microsoft and donald trump the u.s. president has threatened to ban the popular app citing national security concerns tropical storm yes continues to move north of florida north off of florida's atlantic coast that's after it dumped a rental reigns on the bahamas forecasters say the storm is likely to intensify to near hurricane strength as it approaches the carolinas where it's expected to make landfall. italy inaugurated a new bridge in genoa today replacing

a structure that collapsed 2 years ago 43 people were killed in that disaster crews worked round the clock every day except christmas to complete the new span the point they send georgiou as it's named is due to open to traffic later this week. australia's 2nd largest city in melbourne has spent a 1st night under curfew as part of a toughened coronavirus lockdown state of victoria of which melbourne is the capital declared a state of disaster on sunday the new lockdown comes after earlier measures failed to curb a spike in cope with 1000 cases. now today marks the beginning of a new school year here in germany with daily instruction planned for the 1st time since schools began closing because of the pandemic in mid march authorities say they're taking every precaution to keep the school kids safe that's in contrast to behavior by adults thousands of whom descended on berlin to protest against coronavirus restrictions police leaders political leaders have slammed the rally as

irresponsible. yes some today's protest in berlin against the rules to fight the coronavirus demonstrators failed to keep their distance from each other and they didn't wear masks either politicians are entrenched. he says i know that on the one hand they're exercising their right to protest but there are rules which they disregard their behavior is playing with people's lives you leave a message fighting for freedom and responsibility go hand in hand there's the freedom to exercise one's right to demonstrate but also a responsibility to abide by the rules and instead of a relaxation of the restrictions that the very end state premier mock was into would rather see a tougher enforcement by authorities to fight the virus if a police officer people who come from risk areas don't take it coronavirus tash still refused to take one along with those who deliberately violate the measures

must face a fine otherwise all of this makes little sense. doesn't factions rise in germany the best way to deal with the pandemic looks set to cause further debate. some german tourists have also been misbehaving ignoring coronavirus regulations and angering locals earlier this month authorities on the spanish island of majorca shut down entire beach areas after it was discovered that german tourists were throwing illegal parties there and online videos of germans partying on bug areas golden sands resort without face masks or any social distancing likewise sparked outrage there well we wanted to know if anyone had learned their lesson so we went to find out. thank. you mood having fun at bel gary is celebrated golden sands in defiance of the coronavirus singer klaus he is also from germany he's happy performing here.

today we've moved the stage outside so it's completely outdoors before it was only half in the open always circulated freely but it's a lot better now there's so much more space. at the entrance strands have their temperature taken and given hand sanitizer there are warning signs up everywhere. we don't want anyone to get infected with a virus. that would really hurt everybody. golden sands bar owners say they're trying to maintain safety measures it's difficult to enforce social distancing when people are drinking alcohol and the owners can't stop the parties altogether without wrecking their own business. we're

doing all we can to keep people safe but they have to take responsibility for themselves as well. and many party goers agree with that. once you get in there's a lot less distancing it's up to everyone to stick to the rules it's the same for us we think it's ok to come here in the evening. many golden sands hotels have decided not to open a summer those that have all round the 3rd full and is staying here with her mother and 2 children she booked in january and considered cancelling but decided in the end to go ahead. and the stuff all wear face coverings. he can maintain distancing from other people the tables are spaced well apart and it's the same on the beach i do feel safe here. but it's still

a big challenge for the hotels manages that those it's everything is very different this year we're completely really learning how we operate as a tourist destination with all the precautions we have to take to keep our stuff and visitors safe. the hotels that doing their best to offer safe holidays despite the pandemic and trying also to save their industry. to sports now and in formula one britain's lewis hamilton has claimed victory at his home grand prix at silverstone but he had to do so in extraordinary circumstances after dominating the race from pole position britain was on course to win when his left tire was punctured in the final lap leaving him to limp home for the 87 fig tree of his career leaving him just 4 short of michael schumacher is record red bulls max for stop and finish 2nd but would have what do you would have

won and he not made a late pitstop assuming victory was out of reach rory's charlesworth player came 3rd. watching d w news here's a reminder of our top story we're following for you 2 u.s. astronauts have splash down in the gulf of mexico completing the 1st manned space flight by a private company space x. dragon capsule brought them and safely to earth not your rating. what's called the new era in space travel thanks for watching. more posters from nigeria you know that's what money would sponsor their unique. authentic. and successful beyond belief.

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