question more on. the latest in science and technology from. the future coverage. if you're just joining us a very warm welcome this is our team coming to you live from the russian capital twenty four hours a day top stories now of this hour the french president is facing opposition to his leading role in the intervention in libya as the situation threatens to descend into stalemate as criticism that nicolas of course these actions have been driven by imperial. libyan rebels are holding at least four russian journalists captive meanwhile nato forces see their support suffer after

a botched airstrike killed several anti-government fighters the coalition says it regrets the incident but stopped short of offering a full apology. as u.s. political parties keep bickering over the new budget credit agencies sound the alarm over the country's bad boring habits saying it's a road straight to bankruptcy. i'll be back with another update from in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime it's moscow out and this week not a dangerous explores what the russian capital can offer anyone with a taste for space and a dream of shooting for the stars that's next. hello

and welcome to the start i'm something of the day for the highest and most famous monuments here in the russian capital but why just because in this week's program we'll be exploring the subject of space to write it in one nine hundred sixty fourth celebrates the soviet achievements from the space race to today's european space program join me as we find out why russia is so obsessed with everything that's literally out of this world the world watched when yuri gagarin successfully completed the first manned space flight unable to twelve nine hundred sixty one gary became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals honest including hero of the soviet union it was a huge achievement for the u.s. a saw him beating the u.s. into space and over its sixty year history the soviet space program was responsible for a number of pining accomplishments including the first satellite sputnik one the first space station the u.s.s.r.

was on a mission in every possible way. one place essential to development of education star city the cosmonaut training facility today russia and america welcome projects here together. originating as an actual society it was for she's only school for cosmonauts and i've been asked but i'd like to try out the training program so here we go. thank you now in the soviet times this facility was a highly secret area restricted from the rest of the country and indeed the entire world and that's the training where the first stage of the process is the spinning centrifuge here that's the most important thing any cosmonauts. aim to recreate the dramatic experience of a blastoff if you can't withstand the simulated g. forces of this making machine then the cosmonaut conference and you any further training. straps in i'm kathleen loaded into the centrifuge because.

we haven't pressed the. building up tremendous speed this really pushes you to your limits. people should hide from. moving to the commonwealth of h two o. now on time for eva training course will speak for spaceport and that means training. neutral buoyancy is the only effective means of simulating weightlessness for extended periods. of this poll is forty meters deep and

holds a mass of five thousand cubic metres of water four have to admit i am a little scared but i have previous starting experience. such as suspended plane overhead and police system i was pressurized to the same pressure as it would be in the vacuum of space safety is a priority during a training session at least seven dollars would be to make sure everything goes ok . myself in the cosmonauts learn basic emergency procedures and how to operate the airlocks in normal. situations. so fox. or won't he saw the. one hundred kilograms in the water.

and he. mentioned between five and alan. michael. thank you and again. it's possible for anyone to take a tool a star city each day in two hours you'll be able to get an idea of the date space simulates is you also get to see how difficult dangerous and at the same time how interesting modern day space exploration and training is in russia and with me what american astronauts visiting the facility here brings us to this week's guest. michael it's me martin great to meet you so tell me how did you get involved in space exploration of space it's been my whole life i was born two months after sputnik launched and just grew up watching the early days of the space program and

really you know what it could i really do that what it would be like and you've been on two space missions that's right up into space shuttle missions one part of the return to flight after the accident to prove their point to inspect and repair some kinds of damage and the second one to have years ago and the japanese laboratory to the space station and what are you currently doing here in moscow i'm preparing for a launch i want you to so you track it out because it's done with the you know cousin up to commander only and so useful sergei volkov and a japanese astronaut and that's a question for account we're launching between the space station crew and what on earth you do in your free time in space i personally would miss the internet facebook twitter i think there's we have a limited ability right now it's fairly new to access the internet and scott kelly is up there is a fairly for the frequent posting pictures and things from experience his. on facebook they're actually on very late and some guy's power on this plea right now

is sending twitter messages every day wow so he's as pro polo as pro underscore pablo it's oh it's that's pretty good and the first thing i want to those just like the wind up until with you if you are called by a time right time oceans continents it's just amazing to see if you are there for the rolling underneath you know i say working here in russia that means you have to learn russian right i was going that's probably the most challenging part of my i don't been typing it really is but i also love it and i think i like i really like being here i don't feel like a critic coming i enjoy coming here i have many friends here i enjoy the opportunity and i have a son that visited last summer he came out to visit and he was so intrigued he started taking on the russian language at the university and he's spending six weeks here this summer in a selfless part of a school program. for you maybe he'll follow your footsteps and up we'll see. if you're smart or like this. is the reason you can quit all your work let's.

get your dream supplies above the ground into the cellar like me to go into space if you enjoy flying especially cheap is comparable to free falling when skies are think it's safe after vital to anyone the training before the flight last half an hour and then you fall into an eleven meter hike you can fly for a couple of minutes one session costs one thousand four hundred rubles which is a valve that enjoys. the culture of terry and is one of the world's largest and the oldest of its kind in russia. opens in one hundred twenty nine it became thirteen fatalities hereon in the world it's currently close a major reconstruction and its plan to reopen in the summer. one of the news

maintains to popularize knowledge of space to visit of all ages there's also the observatory to get a closer look at objects in space. carlos was the pioneer space and today in the u.s. saw an elite service spacecraft designer. is high on it and his house musk is concerned it's real easy and celebrating the scientists like what you will see the house is a present from the governments of the first satellite was successfully launched and lived back in the one nine hundred sixty s. later it was turned into a museum occurrence library collection of impersonal belongings among the exhibits . a memorial museum a cosmonaut six in moscow is like a different face of a man. humans as dedicated to space explorers that looks like a lost dog the idea to stop this museum belongs to stagger croft well that was open

years after his death in ninety eight and one question features models of space equipment personal belongings of course from those who saw the car documents fancy graphs and videos. of. the highlights of this war is in this next war the breakup of the soviet union was a realization that space exploration doesn't have to be competitive this tells americans and russians develop the expertise to build and maintain the international space station the largest international science cooperation in space inside this where you can see a life sized model of the international space station it simulates the exact working conditions cosmonauts will experience in space in front of the six months other key features include the world areas kitchens happens to this equipment and personal hygiene products it. doesn't finish my tour inside the space station

i remember the arduous training russian cosmonauts go through the lives that have been lost and the dedication russia has instilled gifts to space exploration in the early days of spaceflight the united states and russia were rivals and now with projects like the international space station they've become partners with your of japan china india and other countries joining in the new cooperation in space exploration has truly become global the vastness of space is only matched by man's endless ambition to explore its. own by trading. by companies that offer. a corporate or. i realize. it really is. hard. but so it's really helpful to tell me how

a public space program on base. i'll see you we have a story i reckon so they're pretty great the rest of the crew. and. the doctor at seven thirty three pm six time to begin sampling the system. just so you could choose for gasoline.

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most precious thing in the world. use of self-sacrifice comparison with those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world need to. be true nineteen forty five don't archie top come. top stories is hard on t.v. french president is facing opposition to his leading role in the intervention in libya as the situation threatens to descend into a stalemate as criticism just because of course these actions of people driven by imperial ambitions. libyan rebels are holding at least four russian journalists captive meanwhile nato forces see their support suffer after a botched airstrike killed several anti-government fighters the coalition says it regrets the incident but stopped short of offering a full apology. as u.s. political parties keep bickering over

a new project credit agencies the country's bad pouring have it saying it's a road straight to bankruptcy. that would more news for innocent fifteen minutes another meantime stay with us for the latest in what the sports with kate. hello welcome to the sports news and here are the headlines advantage of the fossil about to lie of the up in the guardian cup finals heating up plans to warm you over some. while still reeling spotlight the regrouping can't do losing five want to the quarter finals of the europa league. and lowering. of our appear elsewhere the ones to catch is day two of the u.s. masters is well underway. but let's start on the ice and favorite sell about july have beat up plans to one in overtime to win the first of their best of seven regarding cup final series on i was all about still the entire period but surprise

package aside atlanta would go back in the third the extra frame and in the second minutes of overtime in place with a thin graph the winner i'm slightly advantage. i mean not regarding top itself made three thousand kilometer journey east from the headquarters in mosul to new thought would be that for the first two games of the best of seven series they were taken to the home of atlanta new t. shirt just north of moscow as the contests which is then used if the finals go the distance the deciding game will be played on people literally a. football match and spartak moscow coach for larry carlton says he takes full responsibility for thursday night's crushing five one defeat and porto in the europa league the muscovite side that little resistance in the first leg of the quarter on quarter ball park and says he couldn't explain his side second after picture lation at the break they were trying to about an hour solitary strike that's for colombia and went on to complete his hat trick of teammate sylvester but

i left my current out of the others need to come out of ground to go back for a spot that they face a daunting if not impossible task for the return leg as well they are also playing big five on going against the champions of say twenty. unspent paper also looked assured of a place in the last fourth they thought the fate of peace winds hope and optimism here the true one one point a slight progress. meanwhile in the russian premier league new boys could could go top if they win it and i'm also on saturday to not have lost their first three matches also in action off this as president of the host i'm caught in the other picture here so that's off the yet so when i see the rest of moscow. i want in the english premier league matched united could stretch their lead to ten points to play with us i'm just full of fourth place chelsea eleven points adrift of the game in hand because bottom side wigan this christ taught me well mistakes second was almost like an adult and forgotten thing and also faced the bottomless town and

songs and got it into west brom to get many eyes are on the top of surat expects as leaders and try to come former united striker matthew strong as their side. miser to become very difficult to be. loyal no one is very more than a good war for voice training games sure some experience of gather together a team change and there's no real change in the team every second sources are so action. meanwhile liverpool has manchester city on monday without skipper steven gerrard has been ruled out for the rest of the season the england midfielder returned to training a week ago after a growing operation in early march but sustained a similar problem last friday the thirty year old's absence as to the reds other worries as defenders daniel agger and then johnson also injured. formula one and red bull continue their early dominance of the new season mark webber the quickest in practice for this sunday's malaysian grand prix history in was a fraction of

a second ahead of mclaren's jenson button and lewis hamilton champion sebastian vettel won the first race of the season in australia was fourth quickest in his red bull rushes the tally for three of crashes relevant first practice hosted the thirteenth fastest time in the second session by flying sunday's race takes place on saturday. saying as motor sports and colors driver edwards nikolayev has triumphed in the trucks category at the abu dhabi desert challenge well this one wasn't much of a challenge because i have only trunks competed for the top spot but the russian had also finished third overall in the black car rally earlier this season and with a czar of black art with been retired nicholai it is the calmest teams new hope black are champion on the bikes not conan of spain also prevailed in abu dhabi for his straight title their past but none of the huns are celebrating over a victory because much of

a frenchman riding outside the storm. again is missing in the emirates. gulf now and with the second day of play well underway at the u.s. masters that augusto nor the marlins rory mcilroy and spain were the ones to catch as they finished the first round is joint leaders by two shots it was not the roy who has the clock has leapt for most of the first day a sizzling start saw him birdie three of the first four holes they carted a seven under par round of sixty five but whatever he did care as much as i made playing in the last group of the day this lofty approach. using the pin. and he not ten shots off its previous best on the old course. i mean why are south koreans white each challenge in k.j. choi seen here with a sweep that's a couple of shots back. defending champion phil mickelson struggled off the tee

in the bushes here at the thirteenth and relied on his short game to keep him in contention for the seventy. tiger woods well he wasn't blooming either a further shot back on seventy one lacking the touch shown by the two leaders boxing in one of the best pound for pound fighters in the sport's history roy jones jr is on a visit to moscow this week promoting his upcoming back to a russian cruiserweight in this letter there the fight was originally shared your fall may twenty second that was made a day earlier which of course lasting agreements although there's no world title up for grabs joan still sees the fight as a perfect opportunity for women cruiserweight banks for the first time in his amazing career meanwhile is regarded as one of the top boxes in this category despite losing his last flight to w.v. on champion marco park by split decision. preparations are ahead of churchill for the sochi winter olympics in twenty fourteen according to man in charge to be. the

presidency of the organizing committee and i.o.c. officials on a visit to london which is hosting the summer games next year and he made the point that such a which is building all its values from scratch is on track a couple of big sponsorship deals including one with gas giant gazprom have recently fallen through that's trying to shank but says commercial contracts worth more than a billion dollars are still being signed and the games will be a success. or. failure within the budget. for me and some area where even the head cold call in mission atlanta this is the biggest seller construction site in the neighborhood yesterday and it did feel like you're in the venue to really be part of the fun and where consoles and constructors are working well and so surely you have to go with the forty two selves and constructors working late in life to try to deliver the world vision project the most campagna. efficient olympian sort of the infrastructure in the

world. well russia hasn't enjoyed the best of times in winter sports over the last couple of years but there's one area where russia is leading the world in the sport of paris which of course they caught up with marc that's a couple who explained what this exciting new discipline is all about it's not likely to become an olympic event any time soon but russia are proving to be good leaders in the news media paris. which is opinion based parachuting onto a piece of condoning the skis and shaming once we get into the bottom of the slope . all of this behaved coach of the russian national team and he explained how it evolved. this. competition was born in. eighty three in the. competition between crystal services in our big. man is. a must be

a very good. skier and a. very good person he is. winning complete with the ultimate championships. is popular with russia's military personnel who learn how to parachute during that service. the time of emphasizes it is risking discipline which is the more important of the two but despite the interest in the country there are lack of training facilities at the moment unfortunately in present russia we have not many many places for training and our. country has. training in your own mountains for us all and now i think we will have good facilities and new possibilities in sochi. that can all change out of sochi games

and the main aim for the sport of piracy is to eventually become an olympic event and put out of hopes one day just what happen as a spear you going continue to help the sport develop. into sport and. where it. came. in the drive to show. nice and very visible sport and i mean big before. sochi pool thousand and fourteen and also the drive through organize world championships there because all international community were interest about it and asked will always be competition in. paris he certainly is not many people have heard about our there it has plenty of potential to develop in russia especially with a number of new ski resorts popping up around the country and given the success of the russian team of the world leaders this can only help increase its popularity

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