well the president of the international astronautical federation spoke exclusively to r.t. on the character needed to make such a flight. known astronauts are very balanced and even tempered people you know most of them are very tranquil they have inner peace i am not like that an astronaut these to be self-possessed and cool headed to be able to deal with failures and delays that are quite frequent in this line of work once i was in charge of an experiment that resulted in a massive explosion and the rocket was damaged too it was a huge shock for me and i had to start from scratch again. that it's a real breakthrough it would be for example finding life on mars at least some primitive life or if we could send marseille samples back to earth in order to run the lab tests that would be great if we could do so much with all the new technologies which are out there we could finally field test them and eventually map out the moon's surface better build moon stations and get ready to fly to mars as to the future lunar missions the e.s.a. is also working with russia so their join

the 60th anniversary of human space travel we spoke exclusively to the head of the international astronautical federation. i personally saw observing the traditions on the baikonur before their mission like planting a tree or leaving their signature on the door to their room many traditions live on for decades to celebrate your current memory. hello and welcome it's just turned 80 am here in moscow and you're watching r t international with me in the care. brussels to e.u. member states to come up with a unified response to the use of the astra zeneca job while governments all splits on whether and what restrictions should be imposed the e.u. health commissioner says confidence in the vaccine among the public could be full story artie shaw it depends if the story. concerns over a potential link between astra zeneca and red blood clots is exposing the latest divisions within the e.u. after the books agency that evaluates and supervises medicinal products that may once again said the benefits of the vaccine weigh the risks but saying that blood clots should be listed as a rare side effect not although we'r

astronauts shook hands through an open heart between the sole use and a pole capsules in 1903 the newly formed russian federation joined the united states europe japan and canada to build the international space station china is not included but he's planning to launch its own national space station within the next few years francisco diego is a senior research fellow at the department of astronomy at the university college london he says it's hard to say who's in the lead of the global space race with more and more countries working together in orbit. what's caught up in the last 60 years he said and i'm a singer a feat for and for humanity really. what we have today we have many countries with cup abilities i'm going to space a few of them to learn to not throw it into space as well so. other companies are trying to move our private companies on these he said on coming towards a kind of environment and similar to the one we have international space station where they nations get to get there so i now we have this confluence of far off international community getting together to explore space so who isn't the leave well not certainly has been in the lead for a long time but now we have

astronaut shook hands through an open hatch between the soyuz and apollo capsule zx in 1903 the newly formed russian federation joined the united states europe japan and canada to build the international space station a more global powers are investing in space exploration now like china which is planning to launch its own national space station within the next few years or francisco diego is a senior research fellow at the department of physics and astronomy university college london he says it's not clear who is currently leading the space race as more and more countries are collaborating and working together but that's not been the last 60 years he's an amazing feat for and for humanity really today we have many countries who have got probabilities of going to space a few of them to launch an astronaut's into space as well nasa certainly has been in the lead for a long time but now we can many more space as many stations are joining him so it will be kind of front global global contributions as well you know we start in that time so far ronald reagan in 1980 s. we. the the what is called the laser weapons in space and it was the space wars and the star wars they was called the proj

astronauts shook hands through an open hatch between the soyuz and apollo cut tools and then in 1903 the newly formed russian federation joined the united states europe japan and canada to build the international space station and china is not included but is planning to launch its own national space station within the next few years that speak to francisco diego he's a senior research fellow at the department of physics and astronomy at university college london he joins us now francisco we've seen so many countries and and private companies really invest in space who's leading the pack these days. well. it's difficult to say i mean not say so and he's going to camp with a lot of projects as well but this summer we just saw each other makes you know i mean what's coming up in the last 60 years he said and i'm a singer a feat for a for your money do you really. what we have today as you say we have many countries with cup abilities of going to space a few of them to learn to not sort of see into space as well so. that companies are trying to live out private companies on the song coming to work a kind of environment and similar to the one we've got in that national space station where they nat