it is so close to earth. it is really the closest planet to earth. it does consist -- because it's rock, these rocks are the source of all the elements we need of -- well acres lot of the elements such as iron, calcium, all the stuff that goes into bones and so on. so, mars has all of that. the question of organics is a very interesting one. carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, because rocky planets get these elements probably -- water as well later in their history, still really, really early in the big scheme of thoo things, but later in the history, and we think a lot of that material came from asteroids and comets, so from elsewhere in the solar system. by looking at these old rocks from mars, this is one of the actually aspects of the mission and the return samples that is most exciting to me. we can start asking how much was taking place? what is is this background delivery of the compounds that are needed for life to rocky planets. >> thank you very much. dr. meyer, you've been a specialist in astrobiology. dr. bosak earlier talked about life evolving, t

happy earth day.ove being able to observe and forecast our atmosphere on our planet earth where we call home. looking at the roof cam you see that gray start. another cool day by the water along the coast and around the bay but milder with more sunshine inland. concord you are 51 though there arclouds in oakland, livermore, san francisco, san jose, santa rosa as well. through the day, pacifica, a high of 54 with clouds, cool 57 in san francisco, 64 oak land and more sunshine inland, 72 in san jose as well as for concord. you see that on futurecast as we head through our day. let's check with gianna. it's slow going on highway 4 this morning. >>> it is. we've got a lot of brake lights for the ride west bound pittsburg into bay point. there is a crash adding to the busy ride. it is affecting ramp to highway 4 and possibly one or two of the lanes. 51 minutes is your travel time if you are headed into the altamont pass this morning. if you are taking nimitz freeway, if you are up early maybe getting your

happy earth day and love observing our earth's atmosphere.ve an amazing planet that we live on. here is a live look with our treasure island camera looking at san francisco. it's a gray start to our day. we have low clouds, areas of fog along the coast, around the bay, even inland with that cloud cover. temperatures are running in the upper 40s to low 50s. through the day, very similar to yesterday. we are going to keep the cloud cover still along the coast and around the bay for today. it's going to be another cool day for you, a little bit more inland. 54 pacifica, san francisco 57 this afternoon, looking at 72 in san jose as well as concord, 73 in livermore this afternoon. we are looking at temperatures very similar for tomorrow but big changes ahead for our weekend. a cold front moves in and that will bring return of the rain. let's check with gianna. it is still slow going through the altamont this morning. >> it is. super commuters gear up, a busy ride for the drive 205 to 580. a broken down vehicle near north flynn is adding to that al

in the coming decades, at the shuttle will place networks of satellites into earth's orbit., our land and water, weather forecasting and communication on a global scale. raymond, west germany, where s, at the european space agency is building the space lab which will fly aboard the space shuttle. >> in europe, we are well aware of the space activity that is taking place in russia and in the united states. and we would like to anticipate to benefit from the same technological advances. >> a physicist from the netherlands, a mission and pay load specialist and a member of the european space union. >> there's been an interesting doing manned space activities and back in 73, they decided to build an oratory, which will be carried along in space with the americans shuttle. >> about ten different countries, members of the european space engine c participated in the funding and development of this. germany being one of the bigger participants. it has inside, an atmosphere which is very similar to earth, scientists eventually will go up in this bra retort to do all kinds of experime

some of the celestial bodies close to earth i'm kind of treasure troves. old i'm talking a lot of very heavy and over time big sankey droplets. that's why they're so rare on the arts crossed. but again because the actor is don't have much gravity that did that but i'm asteroids and in some cases there are 100 times as. much as a 15 for example an asteroid the best close to our planet was this thing needed to have more platinum than it's ever been mined the earth. takes 16 cycle. which wald said to be worth $700.00 until now these were just theoretical because space travel was just too expensive but that's changing. a seat on a space x. walk at least 3 times cheaper than it was a space shuttle started that you could watch. chosen and to have larry page the co-founder of google police wealth behind planetary resources that you're after and you company joined the race to mine asteroids and in 2017 nasa announced he would pay a visit to psyche. what if. she's leaving the 18 stone she's the one needing such a mission. thank you washington i'm wrong. but althoug

it has inside a pressurized module, and atmosphere similar to earth.laboratory and do all kinds of experiments in space. >> houston, columbia, loud and clear. go ahead. >> roger, we have -- let's see, joe, a minute from the burn, ok. narrator: the space shuttle will indeed be our course in space. as many as four satellites on one mission. >> we are all set. standby. 30 seconds. narrator: the department of defense will have payments on a third of the flight schedule over the next 12 years. ♪ >> space is not an american-soviet monopoly. we are approaching the point where the world community, and not just a few nations, are interested in space. narrator: dr. isaac asimov, author does mr. asimov: thank you. we are entering a new era of construction and architecture. now for the first time in space, we will be able to ignore gravity and build structures that will be strong for other reasons than simply passive resistance to gravitational pull, and new kind of architecture, prefabricated structures we can just move into position and watch these structures gr

day. >> it is a reminder on earth day that we affect the earth and the earth affects us. >> reporter: what gives brown hope is the climate summit led by the u.s. and biden administration. >> united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half. >> it is essentially to totally change our energy infrastructure. it won't be easy and something ongoing throughout the remainder of the century, but 5 . >> we are in a drought across the bay area. it is such a big concern heading into the wildfire season. our winter has been so dry. we are tracking changes thankfully by the weekend. this next storm system will bring widespread rain. it's been since march since we've seen widespread rain. dry for the meantime and here's a live look with the salesforce tower camera with gray skies around the bay and the coast. another cool day by the water with more sunshine inland. tomorrow not a lot of change with the typical spring weather pattern continuing for us. much coole look tothe weekend with rain rnon sunday. as we go through the weekend watching that storm system, e retuofthin. ad dro

earth will be just fine it would destroy life on earth ok so earth will just shake it off but you and me we are at risk of going extinct if we don't protect ourselves from asteroids who by the way is what we would find with a well funded space program ok i bet the dinosaurs if they had a space program they would have deflected that asteroid 65000000 years ago but the brains were this big they didn't have opposable thumbs and they certainly didn't ever space program so if you care about the long term future and what your children's children's children's descendants inherit from us or as they say in native american cultures we are borrowing earth from them and their future present in the grass path and that. happy to be with you again that's neil de grasse tyson his book cosmic queries is out now we'll be back on wednesday 18 years to the day of the fall of baghdad to u.s. troops to talk about the future of civilization here on earth and the end of the mega machine until then join the underground on the last national media channel. the world is driven by dream shaped by. military thinks

the space shuttle is in earth orbit, 150 miles above our planet.king foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the astronauts moving with the rotation of the earth light into night and day many times during orbit. they will see 36 sunrises and 36 magnificent sunsets as they orbit above the planet earth, looking down on clouds and life below. >> good morning. this is matthew james in melbourne. the shuttle slows from a speed of 18,000 miles per hour. shuttle goes into the heavy atmosphere and generates temperatures of up to 2800 degrees. the crew on the columbia have begun reentry at this altitude. >> they must reject and absorb this heat without transferring it to the interior spacecraft. those on duty weight word that contact has been made. james: the onboard computers, guided by ms. control, houston and the pilot fly the shuttle back toward earth. along, very fast glide from mid pacific to southern california. supersonic seeds -- speeds and then mid sonic and then as the fruit comes down, the air speeds those dramatically. -- supersonic

>> stephen: hey, let's get another earth fact. the earth is not really a sphere. oblate spheroid. >> i got some junk in the trunk! >> stephen: in honor of earth day, joe biden held a virtual climate summit, which made history as the first digital gathering of 40 world leaders. 40's a lot. there were only three leaders present at yalta when roosevelt, churchill, and stalin met via semaphore. today, joe biden made this historic announcement. >> the united states sets out on the road to cut our greenhouse gases in half, in half, by the end of this decade. >> stephen: that's an ambitious goal that can be met only by sharply cutting back oil, gas and coal use. that's going to be rough on santa. "ho, ho, ho, katie, you've been naughty, but coal has been cancelled, so here's the snyder cut of 'cats'." he cutting everything now. he's cutting everything. biden is reversing the previous administration, which pulled out of the paris accords. climate policy czar, gina mccarthy, explained, "the u.s. is back in the game." that game? "don't break the ice." hey, it's time for ano

in the coming decades, the shuttle will place networks of settlers into earth's orbit., our land, our water weather forecasting and , communication on a global scale. bremen, west germany, where esa, the european space agency, is building the space lab which will fly aboard space shuttle. >> in europe, we are well aware of the space activities taking place in russia and the united states, and we'd like to participate in similar activities to benefit from the same technological advances. james: bubba, a physicist from the netherlands, a mission and payload specialist, and a member of the european space agency . >> that has been a large interest in doing and space activities, and back in '73, they decided to build a space laboratory which would be carried along in space with the american shuttle. about 10 different countries, members of the european space agency, participated in the funding and development of this laboratory, germany being one of the bigger participants. it has insight in its pressurized module on the emmys fear, which is very similar on earth. scientists

some of the celestial bodies close to earth i'm kind of treasure troves. hold them flocking are very heavy and over time they sank into a private school. that's why they're so rain on your arse crossed. but again because the actors don't have much gravity that did that but i'm asteroids and in some cases there are 100 times as. much as a 15 for example i'm not sure the best close to our planet was this thing needed to have more plotting or been it's ever been mined the earth. takes 16 cycle. which wald said to be worth 700 continuous soft on the force until now these were just your article because space travel was just too expensive but that's changing. a seat on a space x. walk at least 3 times cheaper than it was a spaceship he says started them you can't rush. doesn't and to have larry page the co-founder of google put his wealth behind planetary resources that you're after and you company joined the race to mine asteroids and in 2017 nasa announced he would pay a visit to psyche. it was. she's leaving the i can stand and she's the one who leading a com

when the fish gives off a bridge it doesn't 13 an asteroid entered earth's atmosphere over russia all. through. it created a fireball brighter than the sun hankie and. it's shockwave injured more than 1000 people. for. good just like these show white asteroid suppose a great threat to life on earth but they're also the reason why some see them as a golden opportunity this clip was watched millions of times on personal computers and smartphones. such small and powerful devices something metals like gold silver and platinum all. these resources are not just britain they're among the most conductive and durable and in my level of elements. are hiding important for magazine. and aerospace. and fatha and technology. painting them is an ugly process. mining destroys in buyers a customer's misplaces communities. in stocks waist. down and there's a tragic irony. is used to make solar panels hydrogen in winter bins. the more the wall goes green the more toxic mining meets. our planet is not the only source of the special elements. the key to spearing earth does have a stake in mining may lie i

it has insight, an atmosphere similar on earth.ton columbia, we're reading you loud and clear. go ahead. >> roger, we got that done. let's see, joe, we have a minute. >> space shuttle will indeed be our work horse in space. with as many as four satellites orbited on one mission, >> engine is good. stand by for the execute. 30 seconds. >> the department of defense will have payloads on the 400 flights scheduled over the next 12 years. ♪♪ >> space is not now an american monopoly. it will be less so as time goes on. we are approaching the point where the world community, and not just a few nations, is interested in space. >> dr. isaac asamof, microbiologist, author and lecturer. >> the space shuttle. >> oh, thank you, thank you. we are entering a new era of construction engineering and architecture. now for the first time in space, we are going to be able to ignore gravity and build structures that will be strong for other reasons than simply passive resistance to gravitational pull. it's going to be a new kind of architecture. we're

happy earth day, jeff. >> happy earth day to you guys, too. i had to get outside on this earth day. green shirt on, green back here behind me. and it's that green you see in my front yard here that reminds me each and every day of what a beautiful place earth is to live. i know all of us across the bay area, you have that one special spot that you love. today is a reminder of maybe a self-evanuation. what am i doing? could i be doing something different to help save mother earth and to help everything stay around much, much longer? so these are just some simple tips to help to lower your carbon footprint. i know we all know them. but today might be that day to re-evaluate and buying local food. that also helps. check your water heater. make sure it is set at 120 or lower. that also helps on greenhouse gases. car pool, maybe your work will continue to let you work from home. and led lightbulbs, we can all do that. screw in a new lightbulb and we get the benefit of huge, huge savings on that. go to nbcbayarea.com. okay. mother earth is being super great to us. we have some rain fall c

this facility near seoul tests radio communications with objects in the earth's. a group of engineers headed by physicists now bain's spent several months focusing on one specific task proving beyond doubt that an internet connection can be established on 90 days in a row via satellite constellation that test results would determine whether one website writes to transmitted the frequency spectrum approved by the international telecommunications union would be confirmed it's a milestone the team eventually reached in 2019 satellites were launched in february of this year and we want to show proof of concept that it works so we want to be able to send signals up to the satellite but down again and prove that we can send traffic at very high speed. and therefore realize some of these services you know high speed broadband services that we want to offer the world so this is a perfect testing ground we've got the regulatory clearance here to do transmissions and receptions. could a system initially comprising just 6 satellites in orbit stream internet video content fro

some of the celestial bodies close to earth i'm credible treasure troves. golden flocking all are very heavy and over time they sank into a private school. that's why they're so rain on the arts crossed. but again because the actor is don't have much gravity that didn't happen i'm asteroids and in some cases there are 100 times as. much as a 15 for example i'm not sure of the best schools floorplan it was this thing needed to have more profit than it's ever been mined the earth. takes 16 cycle. which world said to be worth $700.00 quintillion soft on the us until now these were just your practical because space travel was just too expensive but that's changing. a seat on a space x. walk times cheaper than it was in the space shuttle started that you couldn't watch . chosen to have page the co-founder of google put his wealth behind planetary resources if you're after and you company joined the race to mine now stories and in 2017 nasa announced he would pay a visit to psyche. she's in the 18 stone she's the one leading such a mission. thank you wash in the

our earth seemed small and fragile, hanging in the vastness of space. the way we think about earth for all time. it raised profound questions, especially those associated with the earth's finiteness and unlimited resources. the next two flights, apollo's 9 and 10 would continue dress rehearsals for the first lunar landing. all systems were indeed ready. astronauts, neil armstrong, edwin cullham would make the journey next stop, tranquility base. >> 2, 1, 0, liftoff, we have a liftoff, 32 minutes past the hour. liftoff on apollo 11. >> neil armstrong reporting the roll and pitch program, put apollo 11 on proper heading. >> apollo 11 how do you read, over. >> loud and clear on the high gain. >> eagle you're looking great, coming up nine minutes. >> we're now in the approach phase, everything looking good. altitude, 42. >> you're a go for landing. over. >> 30 feet, down 2 1/2. 30 feet, 2 1/2 down. forward. 4 forward, drifting to the right a little. 30 seconds. >> tranquility base here, the eagle has landed. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for

the vision of fast connectivity everywhere on earth a reality. which regions in germany have the worst internet connection and how is performance measured. the engineering consultancy group p 3 specializes in gauging the signal strength of networks for mobile phone and internet providers. its fleet of several dozen cars ferries it specialists all across europe to detect any gaps in coverage. or the technicians measured the surfing speed just various websites including the up and down load of data and video streaming aborted transfers and sluggish intermittent connectivity indicate deficits in network quality of the digital isn't and i'm computer for all new phones are being connected to a computer where a sound file is being played and i'm not just kinda scared of the 1st 4 calls the 2nd one vendors are called and once that calls over there's a brief pause for that and then the 2nd phone calls the 1st one just get them and that's repeated all day long so as to objectively determine voice quality of the queue for images we have to cut. the team al

our earth seemed small and fragile, hanging in space.from lunar distance would change the way we think about earth. it raised profound questions. the next two flights, apollo nine and 10 would continue dress rehearsals for the first lunar landing. all systems were ready. astronauts neil armstrong, edwin aldrin, and michael collins, would make the historic journey. the next stop was tranquility base. >> two, 1, 0, all engines are running. we have lift off 32 minutes past the hour. tower cleared. >> neil armstrong reporting. apollo 11 on a proper heading. ♪ >> how do you read? >> roger, loud and clear. you are looking great, coming up nine minutes. >> we are now in the approach trays and everything is looking good. altitude 4200. >> two and a half down. four forward. to the right a little. 6 -- -- 6 -- six and a half. >> tranquility bay here. the eagle has landed. that is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> ♪ >> apollo 11 crew were welcome back -- welcomed back as heroes. . ♪ meanwhile, more than 100 scientists from here

orbiting solar observatories studied our sun and its influence on earth.rse, now dynamic of quasars, black holes, and other extraordinary objects, cataclysmic forces causing the birth and death of stars, of billions of galaxies in the immensity of space. ♪ we look back at planet earth, remote-sensing satellites, crops, forests, pollution, all can be photographed in great detail to help us better manage our earth's resources. ♪ the viking program was a systematic effort to investigate the planet mars. two separately launched viking spacecraft made up of a pair of orbiters that would photograph from above the planet, and twin lenders built to descend to the martian surface, spent 11 months and 420 million miles traveled to the mysterious red planet. the lander's robot arm conducted chemical and biological tests on the soil in a search for life forms. martian weather and seismic reports were also sent back routinely. cameras began returning pictures , thousands of pictures. ♪ color photographs showed a surface littered with rocks, fine dust, red or yellow gro

earth couldn't stoop. currents. this is t w news live from berlin 2 announcements about the astra zeneca vaccine the u.k. and the european union say there may be a link between the shock and the rare blood clots the head of the european medicines agency and its british counterpart both said blood clotting is a potential rare side effect though they're sticking to the view that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks and life in prison in turkey hands down dozens of harsh sentences to former top ranking army officers accused of plotting the 2016 failed.

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on earth day?i horn killed his girlfriend and chopped her up and composted her. >> larry: don't you think john kerry is perhaps the stupidest man in washington. today was a terrible earth day. the stock market. that makes it a bad earth day. the second reason is joe biden was with his earth day solution, attacking every single thing that moves. he will destroy a perfectly good economy left to him by donald trump. it's a bad earth day, that's all i'm saying. i've got one more point regarding the existential threat they keep talking about which drives me crazy. janet yellen. a nuclear physicist, an authority, obama's undersecretary of energy said the worst-case scenario for the next 90 years, the economy might be 1,500th of 1% smaller because of this. that's the worst-case scenario. this was a bad earth day. >> greg: that could be a movie. bad earth day. kat, i think it's a great excuse when people say the climate is so bad we can't have children. a guy can say that. >> kat: i can say that. i'm going

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it is earth day. and how about enjoying the earth and heading out for a hike today.e have some beautiful scenery in the south bay. if you're going out, expect those temperatures at 8:00 to be at about 52 degrees. a few clouds but then a lot of sunshine throughout the day as we head into the upper 60s. we'll talk about some weekend rain chances and what is a mega drought? we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >>> all right. that doesn't sound good. this is not bad. san mateo bridge westbound with the taillights. looking at a smooth drive right now heading into san mateo county. santa clara county is clear. i'll show you the growing numbers for contra costa's commute coming up. >>> all right. thanks very much, mike. 6:16 right now. business and tech news this morning, taking a look at the futures. wall street is set for a mixed open this morning following yesterday's gains. chipotle getting a big boost in digital sales. the company says sales more than doubled in the first three months of the year and now account for half of total revenues. staying on the f

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the vision of fast connectivity everywhere on earth a reality. which regions in germany have the worst internet connection and how is performance measured. the engineering consultancy group p 3 specializes in gauging the signal strength of networks for mobile phone and internet providers its fleet of several dozen cars ferries it specialists all across europe to detect any gaps in coverage. technicians measured the surfing speed of various websites including the up and down load of data and video streaming aborted transfers and sluggish intermittent connectivity indicate deficits in network quality of the telephones and i'm computer for the phones or being connected to a computer where a sound file is being played but. i'm not just a tennis teller for the 1st 4 calls the 2nd one vendors are called and once that calls over there's a brief pause and then the 2nd phone calls the 1st one. and that's repeated all day long so as to objectively determine voice quality images we have to cut. the team also use b. test websites to check d.s.l. and landline

happy earth day. >> yes indeed. you call your products un- leather. what exactly is that? we say mushrooms kind of out of convenience, but that's not exactly at. >> yeah, when you go dig under a mushroom, there is roots under there that kind of has threadlike material. what we do is, we take that and grow it in a controlled environment and make a product. when we are done with it, it looks and feels a lot like leather. you can make all those products you love, but it's not from an animal and it's not from petroleum. and we think that's the way of the future, when you get all these things you wear every day, 70% of the environmental comes from the materials that go into them. >> this may sound like a silly question, but does it smell like mushrooms? >> only if we've done something really wrong. you know, it doesn't smell like cow, doesn't like mushroom. it reminds me a lot of leather. we go through a tannery where they are putting finishes and things on. it evokes that sensory feeling of leather. >> ho

the key to spearing earth does have a stating my may lie in the planet's autumn a threat that. asteroids. this guy certainly is no longer living. his crysler weiqi he was the co-founder in chief asteroid miner off planet are you resources. the 1st company formed we'd be explicit goal of mining asteroids is he even ever an asteroid named after him so i'm very grateful. some of the celestial bodies close to work i'm kind of will treasure troves. golden flocking all are very heavy and over time they sank into a private school. that's why they're so rain on your arse crossed. but again because the actor is don't have much gravity that didn't happen on asteroids and in some cases there are 100 times as. much as a 15 for example i'm not sure the best close to our planet was this thing needed to have more plotting and then it's ever been mined the earth. takes 16 cycle. which walter said to be worth $700.00 do yourself dollars until now these were just your practical because space travel was just too expensive but that's changing. a seat on a space x. walk at least 3 times cheaper tha

on the 15th of february doesn't 13 an asteroid entered earth's atmosphere over russia. really. created a fireball brighter than the sun hanging a end. of its shockwave injured more than 1000 people. for. just like these show why asteroids was a great threat to life on earth but they're also the reason why some see them as a golden opportunity this clip was watched millions of times on personal computers and smart phones. such small and powerful devices contain metals like gold silver and platinum all. these resources are not just pretty down and the most conductive and durable and my level of elements. are highly important for magazine. aerospace. naphtha and technology. but the painting them is an ugly process. mining destroys in buyers ecosystems displaces communities. and greed stocks waste . and there's a tragic irony. is used to make solar panels hydrogen in winter bins so the more the wall goes green the more toxic mining meets. our planet is not the only source of the special elements. the key to spearing earth does have a stake in mining may lie in the planet's ultimate

off the earth, for the earth, endeavor is ready to go. all right. handshakes from inside of the crew dragon that's the voice of the core and here in mission min control house you a thorn, the next series of events which be in the gin. everything is looking good so far. yeah. it is. we are actually watching the valves on the engines going through checkouts right now. as you said, t minus 7 minutes we are going to start a sequence of's vents that begins with opening the prevalves. on the falcon 9 first and second stage is separated from the merlin engine just over a minute from now we open the prevalve down the top of the engine or the to the tur beau pumps the same time we open up the valves on the turbo pumps that allows a little bit of that trawl cold liquid oxygen to flow through the pump to chill down. we spin up and everything comes to full power and not pulling very cold luck quid oxygen through's warm pump as it cools can it down that will git ready another ignition sequence in the last couple of seconds. it has started and hear about a minute

it is april 22, earth day. i am len kiese. >> it is earth day. >>> happy earth day to you. we are looking at fog especially along the coast and around the bay. a live look with our treasure island camera, it's a gray start. we are looking at temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s at this hour, very similar to yesterday. if you liked yesterday, you will like today with the cloud cover sticking around along the coast and around the bay. another cool day by the water, 57 san francisco, 64 oakland. inland, seeing a little bit more sunshine, 72 in san jose as well as for concord. let's check with gianna for a look at traffic. >>> we're off to a decent start, some road work if you are headed on 84 this morning between palameras and main street. this continues until saturday overnight. they usually have lanes open by 5:00. hopefully that will happen. we are not seeing brake lights along 680. we are seeing brake lights along 580 into the altamont pass, things getting a little bit busy already this morning for that commute. travel time is 29 minutes, in the green, 205 towards 680.

and one of the most remarkable space photographs ever taken of the earth.an area in iran exposed to wind erosion which has resulted in these breath taking silt and sandstone protections which look more like a painting than a desert. after lunch on the second day, the astronauts received a phone call from the vice president of the united states, george bush. >> how is it going up there? everything rocking along all right? >> it is great. everybody views. it i am, sure just as the foreigner of great things to come. i think that your trip is just going to ignite excitement and the forward thinking for this country. so i really just wanted to call you up and wish you the very best. >> we appreciate it mister vice president. >> the crew also don and check out the objections they will wear during entry. young, columbia, passed every test. they are ready for the final phase of the mission. entry and landing. ♪ ♪ ♪ april 14th, 1981, nasa's flight research center on the edge of the dry lake bed in california. a recovery convoy of 24 vehicles and more than 100 person

is continuing to coast up and unpowerred and reach a peak height then begin to decen back down the earth where it will light three engines to slow down in preparation for a lang burn on the drone ship in the atlantic ocean. you can see they are deployed right now. the first stage pulsing. >> pe are pulsing the thrusters. copy. nominal trajectory. we hear callout from the crew. nominal trajectory so beginning to move the first stage into position so it can do thentry burn. >> 1:15 into today's plight. second stage propelling the four astronauts up the eastern seaboard and continue to fire, it is 6 minute burn to deliver into orbit. we will wait far q after that, meanwhile, we will be hearing check-ins on the vac's tra jk rain performance as well as check-ins with the ground station as it passes over throughout the six minutes of the second stage firing. >> copy. nominal trajectory. getting good views above the first and second stage from the cameras. now beginning to descend height. it is 167-kilometers up. in a few minutes we will get the in try burn of the first stage. >> nominal. >> co

now we are in the moving beyond earth gallery. this is where we treat human space flight in the era of the space shuttle and the international space station. basically, everything that's depicted in this calorie happened since the museum opened in 1976. in fact, in that, year the first space shuttle, the test vehicle enterprise made its debut. it was created as a revolution in spacecraft design. this was the first spacecraft to look like an airplane. the first reusable spacecraft that would be able to return to earth, land, be serviced, and fly again. and, really the space shuttle era is all about practical uses of space. practical access to space. practical benefits from space. the distinctive feature of the space shuttle was that it was a reusable spacecraft, and by being reusable, it was supposed to be more economical, and more readily used for routine spaceflight. in fact, early on, the planners and designers thought it might operate as regularly as aircraft, in service. it did not work out that way. it turns out that even tho

so morrow is world earth day the event began in the 1970 s. to remind everyone of the relationship between us humans and our only earth this year may be one for the climate change history books on thursday u.s. president biden is expected to pledge a major cut in greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by the year 2030 the announcement will come as the president begins hosting a virtual 2 day climate summit the chinese president plans to attend we'll speak with a young environmental activists in just a moment but 1st this look at earth day then and now. this planet is with destruction. we are in a crisis of survival on the 22nd of april 970 millions of americans mostly students took to the streets to demand more environmental protection it was the birth of earth day and an important step towards what was to become a global environmental movement proles they had pesticide control they had clean air clean water the list of environmental laws and regulations that passed over that decade after earth day away by a growing environmental movement is quit

so morrow is world earth day the event began in the 1970 s. to remind everyone of the relationship between us humans and i were only earth this year maybe one for the climate change history books on thursday u.s. president biden is expected to pledge a major cut in greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by the year 2030 the announcement will come as the president begins hosting a virtual 2 day climate summit the chinese president plans to attend we'll speak with a young environmental activists in just a moment but 1st this look at earth day then and now. this planet is through with destruction. we are in a crisis of survival on the 22nd of april 970 millions of americans mostly students took to the streets to demand more environmental protection it was the birth of earth day and an important step towards what was to become a global environmental movement proles they had pesticide control they had clean air clean water the list of environmental laws and regulations that hast over that decade after earth day. by a growing environmental movement is

>>> good evening on this earth day. we know that solar is part of the green energy solution, but now utility companies are trying to cut a major incentive for going green. >> we are live in richland with the story. >> reporter: pg&e's latest proposal will cut credits for future solar uses by more than half. to add to that, a bill that is utility back went through committee hearing this week in sacramento. if passed it with tag, the fees for future and current solar users. >> electrical rates, i never see them go down. >> reporter: homeowners get paid for energy they kick back to the grid. many want to make the switch, if the credit they received gets cut that is a game changer. >> for us the incentives would be a big

. >>> it is earth day. state and local leaders are keeping a close eye on the drought levels with low-average. nbc bay area cierra johnson is live in mill valley where folks are preparing for those new restrictions. cierra? >> reporter: good morning, marcus. we're a couple of days away. the water board here in marin county voted unanimously to put those restrictions in to help conserve water. beginning next saturday, may 1st, folks here in marin county, central and south marin county will be encouraged not to power wash their home, refill pools or wash their cars. this is going to impact about 200,000 people. and, as i mentioned, it's all in an effort to conserve water. some folks i spoke with said they're on board with this decision that will begin next saturday and some said they've already begun storing some jugs of water. take a listen. >> water is the primary need for our survival. i can do without food for reasonable period of time, especially if the refrigerator is working, but without water, you kno

, on earth day, which is today, right, so go earth day. i hope we can keep it going for a long time. >> every big city at least should be looking towards doing something like this. >> reporter: the mayor says she wants to set the example and is challenging other cities to be greener, not just on earth day but every day. >> this entire planet and the future of our planet and the generations to come, there's so much at stake here. >>> up next here at 6:00, can a tesla be driven in auto pilot mode without someone in thethe . we'll show you the results. >> state vaccination cards are all over the internet. why state and federal agencies are starting to crack down. >> on this earth day some gorgeous weather. we'll talk more about the weekend that includes rainfall. this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually forces you to piece together multiple policies. that's why three was created. it's one policy that covers everything you need... small business insurance is usually so complicated, you need to be a lawyer to u

are there things that don't return when you are back on earth? >> there can be. it's hard to not have bone loss, it took years for my 2.5%oss bone density to come back. >> i get a bit of peanut butter. >> reporter: most of the food is ready to eat. but not all of it. i can let go of the cracker and it will stay in the general location and now i'm tearing open my jelly packet and i now have a cracker of peanut and butter. and because your inner second grader wants s to know. >> a couple of things about the toilet. you can see, there's a can there, that's where the solid waste is collected and the urine is collected in the hose because we he collect urine separately we are able to recycle that urine. >> yes, they recycle their pee, in space, water is a precious resource. >> the station recently celebrated 20 years of being continuously occupied. what do you miss most while you are up wilthere? >> i miss my family. i cannot wait to see my kids at the airport or wherever i bumpin to them first. >> up here, i miss weather, it never changes, it's >> reporter: yeah. >>