the main basis for partnering in the european union, with europe, generally is actually the european space agencyt really the european union or the commissions so we put the majority of our funding through the european space agency, that is independent of the european union, and we are not going anywhere in terms of the european space agency. we in fact increased our contributions to the european space agency in 2016, after the eu exit referendum. all of that is true but there is one project that, in many ways, dwarfs all others, which is run by the european union, not by the european space agency, and that is galileo. now, galileo, for those who are not familiar, it's the european effort to produce a satellite navigation system, as to rival to america's gps. britain has played a key role in it. we now stand to be frozen out from it. yes, that is very true. we had played a big role in it. we have supplied about 20% of the kit and capability going into the project and, as you say, at the moment, the negotiations are not showing sufficient flexibility on the side of the european commission to enabl

space agency is behind that dynamism. for example, we are the major fund agency is behind that dynamism. for example, we are the majorfund in the europeanon the use of gps for observation and communications. from the upset when we were created in 2010, we wa nt to when we were created in 2010, we want to grow the commercial space sector. we are not quite like nasser. we are not an institutional space agency and that traditional sense. but as a scientist and a man who‘d spent a lot of time considering the possibilities of space, do you think elon musk and others who are muscling in on this kind of private rocket sector and, let‘s not forget, this big matchup in rocket that are supposedly being built will take private individuals around the moon, around the other side and back again as well as, he says, flying around the world in 40 minutes. you think that is good for humanity or is it, a sort of wasting resources ? humanity or is it, a sort of wasting resources? i think what he is doing is brilliant because he is shaking up is brilliant because he is shaking up institutional space. is showing we can do it much more cheaply, he is moving

as i said, the european space agency has carried out radar. a great instrument. icesat was the first laser auto transmission from nasser, from 2003— laser auto transmission from nasser, from 2003- 2009. it laser auto transmission from nasser, from 2003— 2009. it is not a radar. -- nasa. the from 2003— 2009. it is not a radar. —— nasa. the difference between icesat and icesat—2 is that we now split the beam into six beams, three pairs. we can therefore get a very good mapping of the surface and we can also work out the slope of the surface and use that to better get more accurate height measurements. that was helen explaining about icesat-2 that was helen explaining about icesat—2 and how it is going to work. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @samanthatvnews. hello. the potential for hello. the potentialfor turbulence whether in the forecast over the next few days and that is already making its presence felt across scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and north wales as this front works that way south and east overnight, bringi

do do, because we have a long time series, going back to the early 90s, starting with the european space agencyg record and from that we can look at that time scales on which things are changing, we can actually look at the signatures and try to work out which processes are responsible for the loss. summers from the atmosphere, some from the oceans, and other processes as well. we can really understand how the system is responded —— someone is from the atmosphere. there have been other projects to measure ice gloss over the years. what makes this one different? that's right. -- ice loss. yes, there is one currently orbiting at the moment which we use the data from, really great instrument. icesat, from 2003 until 2009, from nasa, a laser instead of radar, bouncing off the top, rather than penetrating into the service —— radar rather than a laser. the difference between that and icesat—2 is that we now the beam into six, three pairs and therefore we can get a very good mapping, spatial mapping, of the surface, and at the same day we can work out what the slope of the service is and we can use th

so it is exciting because, you know, a few years ago, the european space agency sent rosetta to comet on the comet found signs of organic chemicals, including the existence of one of the amino acids, a basic building block to dna, which is a basic building block to life. >> so people think, oh, what is the big deal, it's a ride -- the asteroid seems to be a big deal. so they are going to dig into what they find on the asteroid? >> correct. they will fire an impacter, basically almost a missile onto it's a ride to kind of blast down into the surface, make a crater, and then kind of then thus exposing fresh material underneath the surface. and so these rovers are going to go into that crater, pick up some of the raw samples or protected samples, and then actually bring some of the material back to earth in 2020. so very exciting mission. >> and what does this say for japan's space agency, the fact that japan has done this? >> well, japan, they have a very successful hiabusa 1, the first mission several years ago that had technical problems but they were able to get some science. this is

so it's exciting because, you know, a few years ago the european space agency sent rosetta to comet 67 organic chemicals, including the existence of one of the amino acids, a basic building block to dna which is a basic building block to life. >> just a little bit of life inside that asteroid. we'll be finding out more about it when the robots come back in 2020. >> it is so amazing that we can do that. >> it is hard to comprehend. thank you for watching. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. for our viewers in the united states, "new day" is next. for the viewers around the world, the special rally team is coming up. you're watching cnn, the world's news leader. it? yes. it intensely moisturizes your hair and scalp and keeps you flake free. manolo? look at my soft hair. i should be in the shot now too. try head and shoulders two in one. captured lightning in a bottle. over 260 years later as the nation's leader in energy storage we're ensuring americans have the energy they need, whenever they need it nextera energy. washed up? never. sometimes. l'oreal age perfect rosy tone moi

ricky arnold, managed to edge out their opponents nasa's serena m au n—chancellor and the european space agency'sp pullman turned to twitter in an attempt to find his pencil, pen case, and montblanc ballpoint, writing... the problem is, the author does not remember when he last had his lost materials. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. the week got off to a pretty cool start, but as far as the days are concerned anyway, things have been warming up. today in the capital with blue skies overhead, temperatures gone up to 23 degrees. parts of eastern scotland and the east coast of northern ireland saw sunny skies, temperatures into the low 20s. but across many western and northern parts of scotland particularly, lots of clouds today, this stripe of cloud is marked up by a weather front, and the south of that has warm air in place, that is why the temperatures rose so high during today. but even with warm air in place, at this time of year, if the skies overhead stay clear, it will turn chilli. that is what will happen in southern parts today, temperatures in some parts of the coun

by two canada speaking and being given membership in the european space agency and is the foundational policy document that allowed the canada arm program to receive. the national -- rational there was launching country so we ensure access to space them out so improving canada appeared the united states offered canada to fly to astronauts in marker and that was the first one and roberta was the second and we spent many, many more sense. and then we move on to the space station program and it's important for everyone to understand the space station program was a major foreign policy initiative for the united states. at that time the russians were launching foreign astronauts on their system and ronald reagan was looking for him the way to show the world that the western nations could cooperate openly and demonstrate the value of our way of life. so if you look at the things ronald reagan did and we are in the ronald reagan center, he took the idea of a space station to the g-7 summit. he nominated the administrator of nasa to be an ambassador at-large to go around at the diplomatic leve

these photos were tweeted by european space agency astronaut alexander gerst. red with a super wide angle lens... and calls the view chilling -- even from space. (catherine) and a major development tonight as forecasters say the category 3 storm is now expected to pause late this week off the coast of north carolina - and turn left. reporter karin caifa... has more on what that could mean for people living along the path of destruction. officials say - today, is the last chance.despite blue skies today in the carolinas - the weather is about to take a dramatic turn -- the first effects of florence, to be felt here thursday.jeff byard / fema associate administrator: "this is going to be a mike tyson punch to the carolina coast."law enforcement -- keeping traffic flowing away from the carolina coasts today -- just one direction on some major thoroughfares.gas stations in north carolina - running low on fuel, and trying to accommodate long lines - as warnings become more dire.gov. roy cooper / north carolina: "the time to prepare is almost over. disaster is at the

au n—chancellor and the european space agency's alexander gerst. day, the sunshine starts to work its magic, those temperatures rise and it feels quite summery actually. but not everywhere, more cloud with outbreaks of rain and it is quite windy, particularly through north—western part of scotland, and that is because we have a weather front that is just straddling scotland and it will make very slow progress over the next day or so. introducing heavy rain as well as we head into this evening. underneath that cloud, it doesn't feel particularly warm, 13 to 15 celsius maximum, but in the sunshine pleasant highs of 21 celsius, 70 fahrenheit. into those clear skies, once again the temperatures dropping away this evening, a touch of frost perhaps, with some mist and fog developing, and perhaps parts of northern ireland as well we'll see outbreaks of rain overnight and here the temperatures will hold up. as we head through thursday, gradually this weather front eventually starts to slip further southwards. it will introduce some heavy rain to the far no