starts feb 19th on d w. this is d w news live from berlin donald trump says he's not responsible for last week's siege of the u.s. capitol and his 1st public appearance since the rioting he defends the speech he gave his foreigners that many say incited the violence also on the program after weeks of protests in india farmers win a battle in their war against new agricultural laws india's supreme court puts them on hold so farmers can have their voices heard.

and often he's a fork into the show a number of high ranking republican lawmakers have said they will join democrats and vote to impeach u.s. president donald trump over last week's deadly attack on the u.s. capitol they say he is responsible for the siege it's an allegation the president has denied saying his speech to supporters beforehand was quote appropriate impeachment vote comes after vice president mike pence refused to demand from office using a constitutional maneuver. president trump has been subject to massive criticism of late but he can still draw on loyal supporters. banned from major social media outlets trump relished the opportunity on tuesday to reconnect with his base. headed to texas to talk about one of his favorite topics the border of war with

mexico. but before that he wanted to say a few words about efforts to remove him from office the impeachment hoax is a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of our country and is causing tremendous anger in division and pain far greater than most people will ever understand which is very dangerous for the usa especially at this very tender time. his comments came as debate raged in the house of representatives democrats are stepping up their efforts to remove the president from office they cues trump of having incited the capital riots and feel it would be dangerous for him to not be held to account. always you do some soul searching about 5 dead americans a capitol police officer who's dead dozens of people wounded lots of our capital cops in the hospitals and a country on edge and inflamed right wing which thinks that we're on the verge of

the civil war yet the assault on the capital has eroded support for trump in the senate several republican lawmakers have said they're willing to back impeachment efforts. it is also led to a raft of companies from cutting their funding to republican politicians and their association with the president. according to the new york times deutsche bank is the latest company to stop doing business with trump he owes the bank $340000000.00 and it's a debt he'll have to repay by 2024. a spoke earlier with. journalist at politico about how the events of the past week may have affected president trump's legacy. oh it has changed dramatically you know remember it wasn't just the riots on capitol hill last week but in the senate republicans lost a pair of runoff elections that they were widely expected to win in georgia

democrats won the 2 seats which puts them basically in the maturity of the senate the vice president will be for a time breaking vote there and so so i think a lot of republicans before last week felt that they had that they had to tie themselves to president trump that they needed him for their reelection efforts but last week showed you know that he's a liability to a lot of candidates who are running for running for office and of course everything that happened on wednesday with the riots at the capitol and his inciting his inciting the rioters that has definitely put a lot of distance between him and republicans in congress and nationally and his legacy is very different now than it was a couple of weeks ago i mean he might have had opposed president presidential future he was talking about running again in 2024 and all of that looks really uncertain now and and his legacy has definitely been tarnished and was frantically

reporter at politico speaking to us from el paso texas let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. gambling magnate sheldon adelson one of the richest men in the world has died at the age of $87.00 it was a powerful supporter of u.s. president donald trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. los vegas sands became the world's biggest casino company. madagascar is facing its worst drought in a decade that's according to the un's world food programme the organization reports harvests on the island and 2020 are the worst in 5 years causing a stark rise in malnutrition rates in the region. flooding has left more than $10000.00 homes in southern serbia without power days of heavy rain and snow in the balkans region have caused rivers to burst their banks inundating houses and fields and disrupting transport. spain is grappling with record low temperatures

after the heaviest snow falls for half a century temperatures have plunged to mine to minus $25.00 degrees celsius in areas unused to extreme winters authorities are urging people to stay indoors to avoid putting strain on hospitals already busy with kovan 1000 patients. drug drug maker astra zeneca has applied for authorization for its coronavirus vaccine to be used in the european union if approved the drug developed in partnership with oxford oxford university would become the 3rd available for the e.u. after those from pfizer biotech and moderna the european medicines agency says it's accelerating its approvals procedure and a decision could be ready by the end of the month. now for a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic. the german tabloid newspaper build says chancellor angela merkel has told her party to expect another

8 to 10 weeks of tough coronavirus restrictions israel says it will ensure holocaust survivors around the world are given the vaccine within israel health workers will immunize survivors in their homes and the u.s. government has expanded vaccine eligibility to all americans over the age of 65 as part of an effort to pump up distribution the head of the irish catholic church has apologized to survivors of church run homes after the publication of a damning inquiry on tuesday some $9000.00 babies died in facilities for unmarried mothers and their children over the course of decades that's nearly one in 7 children who pass through the homes which were finally closed in 1908 this is the site of a former mother and baby home and the site of a mass grave more than 800 babies and children died here before the home was torn down it was the discovery of this grave site in 2014 that spurred the report.

this man grew up here. were neglected no no show watched. and it wouldn't have been done to animals what we had to suffer and babies crying crying children i why because their own homes have been the only places stamps and cold. and no one over here whatsoever ireland's prime minister said the report held up a mirror to an era that had only recently ended. it presents all of society with profound questions. the regime described in the report wasn't imposed on us by any foreign power. we did this is as a society we are going to need we're going to need to confront and come to terms with this as a people and i'm hopeful that this report can be

a catalyst for that process. and in 2800 visit pope francis asked forgiveness for the abuses irish children suffered at the hands of the church but for some that's not enough what really. apparent in everything resulting of. course are great. but any compensation will come too late for too many. the ugandan government has deployed a massive military presence ahead of the general election thursday's vote will come after one of the bloodiest election campaigns in years veteran leader you what you wear emo 70 who's been in power for 35 years and seeking a 6th term his main challenger as the singer turned lawmaker bobby wine as the

election draws near there are growing fears about escalating violence. violent scenes of become common during the election campaign. and the a minute victims such as just the number. laura was. well known. that. there was. a. number was shortened to buck last year on nov 18th. police clashed with supporters of the opposition candidate will be one leaving at least 54 people who did the police can. and started shooting. i wasn't.

suited to behind it. that this. will give the people who think. that people who are going home. on christmas eve sophie another ward and her daughter were attacked by unknown people she suspects they were attacked because she mobilized support for president jordan was 70. we want one more everyone should be given the right to support a candidate of his or her own choice. whoever wins should not mistreat the other party because we all need peace we are all ugandans we must be united. their government claims the violence on the opposition but today opposition counter accuse the police and the military for pressing ugandans opposed to

a president must have any. or do i know wants the international criminal court tory just to get to the i legit human rights abuses we have information that they needed and people that are not in uniform have been deployed with automatic rifles. sitting on top of buildings snipers to shoot and the kid anybody that would be seen with that with the black eyed no matter how peaceful the president was 70 has assured ugandans their election will be peaceful and across the country security forces have been deployed to enforce this. no one will threaten peace in uganda. but what we would like to tell all the people who were previously done this. we will not accept anyone destabilizing uganda. no matter who you are.

the election on thursday is important to many ugandans especially the young people who make up the majority of the electorate. the country's youth have been the biggest victims of violence activists them to exercise their democratic rights in a peaceful manner. india's supreme court has temporarily suspended controversial new farming laws that have been fueling weeks of protests in the capital critics say the laws would benefit large private buyers at the expense of producers nearly 60 percent of india's population depends on agriculture for their livelihoods. for these farmers so much is at stake their livelihoods their future but now a cautious sigh of relief is possible especially for those from northern india weeks of protests did not fall on deaf ears at the supreme court the judges have

suspended a controversial reform of agricultural laws at least for now after several rounds of talks between the government and farmers unions failed and independent committee is set to mediate but the relief is new that the protest camps which were set up on the outskirts of delhi the court's decision does not address the farmers' grievances or demands what we have one of those who will play minister believes it is because he is not picking bill the saucedo by most i mean he's not the one. is back up but what other something or if the supreme court thing or split the farmers have now been suspended the farmers from punjab and haryana who are protesting along the delis borders will call off their protest and leave then we'd like to say that we won't end the protester leave until all 3 farm laws are permanently revoked . the 3 farm bills are aimed at liberalizing the market for agricultural products

but farmers fear this would mean an end to guarantee prices for certain crops which many of them depend on to make ends meet. you're watching to dublin is up next doc films this latest one looks at the threat of solar storms don't forget you can get the latest on our website that's d.w. dot com you can follow us on twitter and instagram. i'm on the end user thanks for joining us. we're all about the stories that matter to you. whatever it takes. a running now for. you it's made for minds.

untold thousands of years we have relied on the sun's light and wounds its powerful rays making life and growth in our world possible for this we worship and adore it . however the sun also expels tremendous plasma storms and these eruptions of energy challenged winds potentially capable of disrupting our power supply resulting in a global blackout the impossible to look good and the infrastructures and technologies we use are vulnerable to space weather if it. isn't have us because they are grateful for the sun but it also presents a major asset for us basically when there is solar storms. these storms occur time and again at irregular intervals of up to several years and the last one in 2017

fortunately missed planet earth. in order to solve the enigma of solar storms nasa scientists have now developed the 1st probe that can fly into the sun and approach it more closely than ever before. will listen able scientists to investigate the risks posed by the storms or are we at their mercy. the astrophysicist folk of boat research is the sun and is in charge of the german team working on building this new probe all its sides have to be equipped with sensitive instruments capable of withstanding the extreme forces and temperatures.

the most crucial component is a camera capable of observing the solar storms and focus is responsible for it. we can give an early warning about solar storms by making the appropriate base observations and there are some observations that can really only be conducted from space you need satellite technology and cameras on board which provide you with lead times and any precautionary measures taken depend on the time. the mission is meant to help provide advance warning unable to better prepare for the storms. but for this purpose research must be conducted on the origins of solar storms and the question as to why they pick up speed so rapidly in fact they reach such high speeds that it takes them just one to 2 days to reach earth

where they he says at 7000000 kilometers an hour. a comparison of full blown tornado rages at a speed of 500 kilometers an hour. and never before has there been a mission that has flown so close to the sun. such an approach is risky and so the probe must also set completely new standards nasa scientists call it the parkers solar probe. will be flying about 6000000 kilometers from the source or for us if this is the sum of distance backus all of. this close to the sun. the parkers solar probe will come 96 percent closer to the sun than earth and the outcome of this ambitious mission remains uncertain but this is the only way to explore how and when solar storms occur this is there's no question that

a strong solar storm will happen in the near future it's just a question of time and we want to be as well protected as possible before. because of a solar storm catches us off guard he causes incredibly high temperatures capable of melting even the biggest transformers in substations as occurred in october 2003 in south africa a widespread abrupt power outage would put water works in their pumps out of service. at the same time pipelines would stop conveying oil because they too run on electricity extended power failures caused by transformer damage would bring nearly everything. to a standstill since even emergency power generators can only keep operating for so long scientists warn that everything would come to a stop and food shortages would occur.

earth normally boasts a magnetic field that protects us from solar particles however when solar winds turn into a storm this protection is no longer sufficient. the mass of plasma then presses against the magnetic field compressing it. roman laon heart of the conrad observatory i'm in austria has been recording changes in earth's magnetic field for years and such geomagnetic measurements can then be used to detect solar storms. protected from external influences he has ensured optimum conditions for his measuring instruments here 50 kilometers southwest of vienna in a geophysical research facility on travel bag mountain. normally this magnetic field is rather quiet with hardly any movement but when

a solar storm hits we see a significant jump in activity. these measurements of earth's magnetic field are important in assessing the solar storm data recorded by satellites. the more data available to us about a solar storm the better we can predict where and with how much force it will reach earth and how much a dangerous energy it will unleash the key question is when a solar storm will overload the power grid. professor renna has developed a system enabling him to determine how the extraordinarily high currents will impact the power grid based on geomagnetic measurements taken here in this observatory. solar winds hitting earth are also visible in other ways the magnetic field lines on the side facing the sun connect together and enable electrically charged particles to flow into earth's atmosphere there they stimulate atoms making

them glow. so it's actually the effects of solar storms that cause the northern lights of the poles sometimes in red and sometimes in green. in the event of strong solar storms the lights are visible farther away from the polls as well continuing farther and farther toward the equator. it's as rare to see this phenomenon as a total solar eclipse. and. when the moon passes in front of the sun we see a bright halo of light around it known as the corona and that's where the parkers solar probe is flying because it's where solar winds are created and precisely where something unusual happens if you have a come fire. the further away you move from it the cooler it gets but does not work

for the sort of core when you look at the surface of the sun the temperature is about 6000 degrees. move up about 23000 kilometers in the temperature of the plasma would jump to more than a 1000000 degree that is completely counter-intuitive it would not it would not be that way but sun magically dust things that are out of the ordinary and one of them is what we call the corn hitting the corn is more than $300.00 times hotter than the source surface. understanding coronal heating is crucial for the scientists and it's why full was determined to take pictures there and equipped the probe with a special camera in collaboration with his nasa colleague russell howard in washington d.c. . the nasa scientists in washington had not yet decided whether the probe would have

a camera on board as its load capacity was limited. volcker boatman not only had good arguments on hand but also had long been friends with his american colleague russell howard they both shared an affinity for the sun. i call for you good to see you and for me how are you ben oh it was a good coming. in the end to russell how would to decided to install a camera on board the parker solar probe and began making 1st drafts of his space camera an instrument he would like to take special pictures with i actually love to talk graffiti i've always loved harvey so this is this is amazing. my personal goal was to really to have an instrument that i could see see the sun see the corona not the sun but the cross or corona. the

camera needed to have a view angle that would capture the corona around the sun and for this purpose it had to be placed at a certain position on the probe. you know we have a model of the of the whisper instrument and we thought it to be in this position. of. on the spacecraft. and just just about so. the camera would be very sensitive to light meaning that boatman and howard would have to prevent sunlight from being able to shine on to the camera's lens while it took photos of the corona. i think were said could you switch off the light walker yes and we'll do it all. based if it's important for the sunlight to be shielded off because the camera is meant to observe structures in the solar wind and the corona that are millions of times less bright in. the

heat of the sunlight is also so dangerous that the camera must always be protected by shade. after a long consideration an agreement was reached on the concept and construction of the camera could begin. it owes its unusual shank to the 2 wide angle lenses while the camera cover which protects the lens is installed beneath can be opened on the side. but when taking pictures the exposed lens is appointed in the direction of flight and dust particles from space are expected to hit the front lenses at high speed meaning damage is inevitable. it was hard to predict how hard the lenses would be impacted as boatman and how it would breaking new ground. but they couldn't risk the camera being blinded so they needed a glass with

a special extra top surface and tried out different variety something you see any with the naked eye yet i can see some spots a lot i once. saw that's interesting and i can compare it with everything with the other 2 types. so much that both small tells them so. what will happen is when one of the bent is coming out we're going to see it and then the spacecraft will run in so that. we're going to be flying through that sort of harsh particle environment i mean that's a risk. it's sort of like dust on your car window that you get these impacts and when if you have a very old car you have a lot of dust impact and it when you're driving into the bright sun and it's really difficult to say. so. it's the same problem that we have.

folco boatman and russell howard already have valuable experience building space cameras together on a previous projects they photographed solar winds in 3 d. . what kind of cameras to focus to have on board that's never been done before you know that we know. that we don't have such cameras that's correct. in 2006 the missions sent off 2 satellites at once called stereo a and stereo be enabling the solar wind to be photographed from 2 sides at once but only from a very long distance. the grigor solar telescope stands at an altitude of 2400 meters at the foot of pico dealt a day on the island of 10 or if it where almost ideal conditions prevail for observing the sky. as the largest telescope in europe

this telescope helps compliment observations by the parker solar probe from earth. usually air turbulence in the atmosphere poses an obstacle to observing the sun from earth but luzzi a client has a special mirror in her telescope that can compensate for such distortions. what's more the swiss scientists can observe the sun around the clock from here. parkins all approach the pakistani probe can take measurements there not having certain periods when it's close to the sun well we can take solar measurements every day. the telescope strong point however is it's particularly high resolution enabling the astrophysicist to study the sun spots with precision.

is on the head and his son has an 11 year cycle meaning that every 11 years it exhibits a particularly large number of carnal mass ejections and sunspots and we've been aware of this cycle for centuries in the past sunspots were seen as somehow evil because every time they occurred they lead to disturbances and so less storms but we now know that sunspots are actually just coalesce areas on the sunset. around the spots the sun's surface resembles a pot of boiling water with hot plasma rising from the depths cooling down and sinking back down again this results in a vibrant pattern of bright bubbles with dark ages. and investigating them took fine tuning and cooperation. in solar physics we always try to aggregate the data from all telescopes and space probes because only by combining

them can we really find out about the sun. if such extensive observations had been being carried out back in 1989 canada might not have experienced the devastating power outage that affected 6000000 people. in the winter weather of quebec at minus 7 degrees not only did the district heating fail but the children's hospitals power suddenly went out in the middle of several surgical operations. the transformers couldn't handle the enormous power surges. in austria the electricity grid provider a.p.g. therefore operate special transformers designed to compensate for the hazardous d.c. currents caused by solar wind however it will take decades for these kinds of transformers to become commonplace because due to their prohibitive costs electricity grid

operators can only install such transformers here and there a solution must be found and fallen when when a solar wind heads south it's a facts are not limited to a small space but they actually impact a very large area meaning multiple transformers will undoubtedly be hit when you most elements fail at once however this naturally results in power outages and in the worst case even a blackout because. bowker both know wants to make sure that solar storms do not become nasty surprises which is why scientists shouldn't be the only ones privy to the solar data recorded. instead there should be an easily accessible option for anyone to quickly get an idea of the sun's conditions and folk a boat has developed an app that directly displays nasa's observations of the sun.

since the topic is becoming increasingly important to us and society i wanted to develop a space weather app enabling you to have easy access to information about the sun's activity at any time along with what consequences that might have in the coming days. reading tea leaves to forecast solar storms is no alternative to scientists working with validated data to make their predictions even if they are tested to their limits. of this on this is on is so complex that you can simulate it as a whole you can imagine it's magnetic field like a rubber band running from the north to the south pole will tell you that the sun rotates faster at it's quite said than at the poles meaning this rubber band gets twisted up which is precisely what leads to say list storms.

the magnetic field lines binds tons of plasma to them however if they become so in tangled that they burst open by hurtle this plasma out into the void of space. it's still relatively young clay whether solaced own scandal predicted at all because if there is storms attack a chaotic will never be able to predict them several days in advance. solar storms not only here planet earth but also the spherical zones around us which are home to orbiting g.p.s. satellites among other things and these form the basis for our navigation systems in this case this there is the g.p.s.

is disturbed by solar storms this also has your determined position you'll certainly know you're in europe or america to anyway know if the runway is ahead of you or to use only the naval. imprecise navigation is a nightmare for pilots and aviation safety with accurate signals absolutely mandatory in order for nothing to go wrong. this problem can pose life threatening risks for example when japan temporarily lost control of 2 g.p.s. satellites in 2003. g.p.s. signals move through the ionas fear that surrounds earth like a shell so if it's deformed by a solar storm this distorts such signals. let's start during the last strong solar storm a few years ago about 60 aircraft were not allowed to take off and a flight radar. failed in scandinavia fluke or dawson's got. some american airlines

are already taking space weather into account and the international civil aviation organization recently established a working group to determine when aircraft must remain on the ground. co-creator we need hard space weather data for forecasting and we need appropriate standards enabling information to be passed on worldwide as to what effects can be expected under what space weather conditions and what actions must be taken but that is still in the process of being developed for the coming years. nature has its own struggle with space weather with some birds and insects for example the monarch butterfly relying on their own navigation system based on earth's magnetic field. this normally enables them to reliably find their way to their winter home however if earth's magnetic field is disturbed by a solar storm the sensitive insects get lost.

in autumn when the sun is no higher than 52 degrees in the sky it gives the starting signal for millions of monarch butterflies to begin their 3000 kilometer journey from the higher latitudes of north america down to mexico. every year they land at exactly the same place again within an area of just 20 hec terrace for 5 months they take in the sun along the pine trees before starting their return trip. but they lacked the strength to persevere for the long trip and will never reach their distant home in north america. the parkas solar probe also requires a lot of energy for its long flight 1st it must fly to faraway jupiter to pick up extra momentum and be flung by its gravitational pull before venturing onward to

the sun. but the concept has been the subject of spirited debate among researches because the side trip to jupiter would require the probe to be equipped with it's own nuclear power plant entailing an enormous investment even for nasa guys i wonder. if you think that's progress i think we have to discuss it because most of your focus boatman discussed the flight route with the nasa team once again and the costs were too high so a new trajectory had to be found russell howard and folk aboard considered one part might work as an alternative to the jupiter route we're going to change the trajectory of our satellite by hitting venus and then. go directly to the sun. and i can see the ok so here i am sitting on my rocket i have to get the speed right true.

you need into the nasa scientists agreed that the probe should start off toward venus where it will be slowed down by passing by before continuing onward to the sun. the so also significantly increases the available measuring times because the parker solar probe will not go around the sun just twice but $24.00 times. the european space agency e.s.a. is also working on solving the mystery surrounding solar storms and have also been developing their own probe for over 12 years called the solar orbiter. this is one vote for the most special thing about the solar orbiter is its trajectory which will take us out of the plane of the sound system all our observations so far from the perspective of. and because all the planets revolve

strictly within the plane of the solar system like on a record player it would take a lot of effort to escape this ecliptic and we feel what we are missing is data from the solar pole about the only way to see the poles is to fly out of the ecliptic and observe the poles from above. danielle miller coordinates the various solar orbiter teams and one of their biggest challenges is to ensure that the 1000000000 euro object can withstand the heat in france for example various materials have been tested for years to do just that. new sums i.v. i developed a process we have managed to develop special materials and methods for these instruments enabling them not to melt. metal you off of so that the instruments can continue taking measurements and achieve the expected result the only other documented. 10 different measuring instruments have been developed for the solar orbiter one is able to detect the x.

rays from the sun with this instrument physicist luzzi a client utilizes an optical grid that the x. rays pass through. an important stepping stone in the study of solar storms. in safe and visible light you can only see the effects of solar eruptions that's true x. rays you can investigate that causes in our instruments we have 2 metal grades and on them you can see a pattern caused by the x. rays on the pattern is highly accurate and varies depending on where the soldier eruption occurred on the sun thus allowing us to determine exactly where the particles came from that fund. the special ability to locate the eruptions is unique to the e.s.a. solo orbiter probe nasa is park a solar probe can't do that so both probes will complement each other. assembly had to be 1st with just

a year before launch the probe and all its details had to be finalized. meanwhile the start up procedures were being tested in the control center over several months. in early 2020 the probe was finally ready for launch like. everybody working in the white. even though many iranians are you looking good operating grammarian you're going to be on. the solar orbit so we'll spend 7 years collecting data from the sun employing its 10 different on board measuring systems all from different european countries. in person either so not all but i has meant a lot to me because it has shown that you can build a very complex things together with

a lot of other people all incorporating their different areas of expertise i've seen over the past 12 years how many people have invested many years of their lives giving it their all to make this as good as possible. instigating solar storms has been a long held dream for many nasa scientists too as early as 958 when nasa was founded there were those who wanted to conduct a mission to the sun at the time assistant professor eugene parker had only just proposed the theory that there might be solar winds for his bold thesis to be verified they would have to we're going to use a mission to the sun we knew the space age was coming and we would soon tell us directly whether there was a solar well. and when the system out or a few years old. that's it make time for who had enjoyed the difficulty in praising the existence of solar wind sleigh not only in our inability to launch

a space mission but also in the fact that the phenomenon was disputed by respected scientists eugene hawkins theory was completely unprecedented and was rejected by many. the referee saying justin i don't alarm her. rear bob and are going to make such those statements. oh. i don't know why i was so dumb part of her some people are just don't see see things in a new way one time changes and concepts change there's no change when that there are. change and. their dislike of them pass iowa saw. a good rational change is fun.

and over 90 years old mr parker is finally able to reap the benefits of his work in astrophysics 60 years after he discovered solar winds it's now possible to take the 1st measurements and photos of them in the middle of the corona. and the spacecraft has been named the park a solar probe in his honor. where heat of the sun is unfathomable rising to $15000000.00 degrees celsius at its core. the energy is then emitted outward via particles in a process that can take hundreds of thousands of years during this long journey outward the particles become fatigued diminishing in energy and turning into visible light. scientists have determined that the sun's visible surface still has a temperature of 6000 degrees however.

the space probe is prevented from melting mainly through its heat shield composed of carbon compounds a mere 11 centimeters thick. but the question remains as to whether this will suffice to protect the measuring instruments. while the side of the heat shield facing the sun is meant to withstand up to $1400.00 degrees the dark side will be almost room temperature. in addition a water circuit cools the solar cells in order to prevent them from overheating. and after all temperature is not the same as heat temperature is only a means of measurement while heat itself is discharged energy. in gaseous heat the energy particles are spread out so thin that the probe would hardly come into contact with them meaning despite temperatures in the corona of 2 to 3000000 degrees the heat doesn't pose

a risk to the spacecraft. at nasa the parkers solar probe was almost finished and only a few tests remained this mission success would depend heavily on whether the camera mr howard and mr boatman had developed was stable enough even for a space flight or their design is very sturdy weighing in at 10 kilograms but a rocket launch is so powerful that it's necessary to conduct as special vibration test. this is a critical point for all space missions which is why there's a dedicated laboratory where the vibrations can be simulated. part of constructing a space experiment is proving that it's going to work in space that it's going to survive this very violent launch i mean i i can't imagine being an astronaut

sitting on top of a rocket. during during the launch is just. that just boggles my mind that somebody would do that knisley. it's a very tough ride and but so that the vibration is is part of the launch the launch sequence. the camera cover could also present a problem because if it were to fail to open the lenses would be blinded. to the parkers solar probe thus underwent test after test. 3 months before the launch. with skiver that we have a problem with a set of heat sensors on the spacecraft. we had 87 of them. on the spacecraft and just a few of them and when i say phew i think it's 3 or 4 feet. i

remember that they give it lee it was it was absolutely electric. and the team was so nervous i mean we are seeing the finish line. but we may not cross and that was that was not a good feeling to have but the team is so great so. in a month and a half. they came up with a solution. we don't store the new system of its sense of spacecraft. but on top of that figured out what part what was the root cause of the failures of the other door system and now in the spacecraft we have to system of its sensors and they are working both live together and beautifully without problems. only the largest available rocket the delta 4 heavy could provide enough lift to launch the probe from cape canaveral air force station in florida.

65 am free to walk 0 such as the mighty delta 4 heavy rock with masses for her soul of go. back and that day in 2018 a lifelong dream of eugene parker's came true.

the further away the probe is from earth the more difficult it becomes to communicate with it and directly at the sun there is radio silence. operating like a sort of probe is one of the most challenging aspects of the mission. when we get into the encounter more when the spacecraft is very close of song it has to be 100 percent autonomy us and by that i mean if there is something that happens of spacecraft it has to solve it great stuff we cannot intervene we cannot do anything for. a worldwide network event 10 is unable dated to be exchanged and yet contact between earth and the probe is only possible when the 2 are in a particular configuration with each other. so

basically communicated with spacecraft is what we call a beacon trolls and beacon thoughts are very limited bits of deliberately the throws us the overall state of the operation level of space cut and they are emitted but we call the fund beams and this front beams that emit basically 180 degrees of wide. beam of view and the earth has to be very large in this. as in order to detect it through good and hopefully today we've got to we can. so the term is tucked behind the. wheel but yes it would not see the. load of has to operating temperature. now all the scientists could do was wait and see until the parkas solar probe could transmit its 1st data a journey that would take $88.00 days and nights $88.00 days that would pass

according to the rhythm of the sun as they have passed for millions of years. solid time is the time shown by a sundial the engineer carlo helen developed sundials himself and he and his daughter a well acquainted with the rhythm the sun sets out for us and how the day is divided into hours and minutes. on the sun dials produced here you can see that our official summer and winter times rarely coincide with true solar time yet solar time is crucial for our bodies . is on the gate among all the sun rises in the morning and when it reaches its zenith this is referred to as solar noon the real midday zone side and it's defined as 12 o'clock solar time and this noon divides the day into 2 halves of exactly the same length on our

circadian rhythm is based on solar time and centered around 12 o'clock noon or simply that. our bodily functions depend on this solar time and sun dials show us which phase of the day we're in. the sonic youth. as the sun rises our blood pressure and body temperature rise and we wake up and then when the amount of blue lightly creases again in the evening our bodies release melatonin most and we lie down again to sleep and the next morning it all starts back over again thanks to the sun. the sun's power and radiance are immense and there is no doubt that we live in its atmosphere as scientists say making it all the more urgent for us to explore the sun's mysteries using all the means at our disposal.

if it is only we will observe the sun with telescopes we will also measure the breath of a sample in the solar wind as it passes by the satellite and if we can really make that connection with data from the parkers sona probe we will really be able to reconstruct a chain of cause and effect and manage to better understand our place in the solar system as a must in. the nasa mission is going according to plan so far with the parkers solar probe sending its signals to earth on time there's a feeling of suspense in the control room whenever a new dater is expected because the special camera developed by mr boatman and mr howard is already providing sensational pictures after the 1st phase of the mission it became clear to the scientists that the image we had had of the sun so far was far too simplistic before the launch we had the workshop to. basically to make

predictions of what part of proposal of probes going to see in space all the predictions are completely wrong. what we are seeing in the data isn't new phenomenon that if you nominate but we never seemed to saw it before. it's now clear that the magnetic field lines of the sun do not spread out evenly but instead they call spontaneously zigzags within seconds and this may be a key element in understanding solar storms. the 2 probes will continue sending data so earth for several years and each revolution around the sun will reveal new findings. science will try to provide us with the answers to pressing questions in order to protect us from the dangers posed by the sun.

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