the perilous return to earth let's bring in mark the cock ran from east south which is the european space agency in the netherlands mark thanks for joining us so this is being called a new era in space travel do you also see it that way well 1st things 1st you know it was a very nervous occasion yesterday and dirksen very happy to see both doug and bald safely on orbit it's a new vehicle so it's great that everything went well we have to remember that it's the 1st of a series of new vehicles which will be taking astronauts including european nationals into space in the next few years boeing starliner comes next and then the big one in particular for europe is the iranian vehicle sitting on top of what's called s.l.s. because europe is a major player as a major component of that capsule so yes in many ways it is the beginning of a new era but after you know 10 years on 9 years of not being able to launch astronauts into space it's kind of back where we were but it's yeah it's it's a good time for a human exploration well space exploration of course is a source of enormous national pride we saw pr

of course space is inherently an international cooperation we have $22.00 member states the european space agency we collaborate with the u.s. with japan with canada with russia and the international space station the destination is the result of a joint effort over many a couple of decades in many nations so i think you know the national last nationalist aspect is possibly for internal consumption but we see this is something where we are inherently part of it and that space is at its most inspirational and its most inclusive when it looks across the entire world and is not used let's say to divide people and we live in difficult times i would like to use the phrase that space may be a vacuum but it doesn't occur in a vacuum and we have to think about the political dimensions in the modern world as well but if we focus on where we're going now with space exploration for us it's always about the international collaboration. that was mark mccall korean from the european space agency in the netherlands. all right german soccer now environed unic are well and truly on track to win their 8th consecut

nasa is likely to buy four seats, or perhaps in combination with, as tim says, european space agency thers so people around the world will fly because their space agencies are paying spacex to do it. but that does release probably other seats that will be positioned underneath the four that the other astronauts will fly in, so three extra seats. now, who's going to buy those three extra seats? it could be a space agency, it could be a research institute, it could be some tourists, so i think the whole access to space issue changes as well, so that also increases this game changer idea. i love the story of how you ended up going to space, helen, which is, you heard something on the radio, you applied to be put in the mix for somebody who would get to go into space. 13,000 applied, you were whittled down to one of two and you did it and it is amazing. in terms ofjust anybody being able to get on these flights and go up, what are the rigours of training and preparing for that process of going up into space? well, unfortunately, this still uses quite a hefty launch and in particular, this

the transformation so dramatic, the european space agency snapped these satellite images taken one yearconspicuously absent? cruise ships. last year more than 600 passed through. their titanic size crashing on these fragile foundations says environmental scientist. what are going on with these steps? they look like they're about to fall in the water. >> they probably are about to fall in the water. >> reporter: once last year the damage was not so gradual. four people were injured when this cruise liner slammed into a venician dock. but today -- >> it's more like a lake. and i just imagine that all the buildings in venice are kind of singing to each other, and they must be so relieved not to be so bashed around. >> reporter: without the ships billowing, there is a marked improvement in air quality, though not without a cost. empty bridges, empty canals, but also empty pockets. without tourists, covid-19 has left the economy here gasping for air. this fish monger says he'll go bankrupt selling to venicians alone. there's only 50,000 of them compared to 30 million tourists who used to com

the japanese space agency, the european space agency, the canadian space agency, are all excited about building elements of the gateway for long-term human capabilities around the moon. i would also say, in order to achieve this monumental moment of putting a crew capsule on the moon by next year, we have to have launch pad 39 ready to go. launch pad 39 was used for apollo and the space shuttle program. it is ready to go. we are very excited about this new program. i think it is also important to vehicularve an extra mobility suit we have designed at the space center. we decided to walk on the surface of the moon. which is very different from spacewalks from the international space station. we have dust issues, thermal issues. i would not say it is ready to go. we are almost there. by 2024, we will be ready to walk on the surface of the moon. announced, we had a graduation ceremony for 11 new astronauts. these are the best america has to offer. these are the best of the best. i will tell you they have now graduated. we have 12,000 astronauts applicants. this is a demonstration of nasa

in a joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million for uk space agency says we may one day see dedicated drone corridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this, who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. so is this a site we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than we imagined. that wasjen. now, for anyone at home with kids, things have, of course, become a little more complicated of late, as we're always looking for ways to entertain them. so marc cieslak has been taking games to the next level. "why don't they go outside and kick a ball about?" that's the phrase often repeated by lots and lots of television preventers right after any item about videogame

the japanese space agency, the european space agency are excited about building elements for long-term human capabilities around the moon. achieve the yearental achievement next -- [indiscernible] 39 was used for apollo and the space shuttle program and it is ready to go. we are very excited about this program. we haveortant to note extra vehicle spacesuit we have designed at the space center. we decided to walk on the surface of the moon. very different for spacewalks from the international space station. we have dust issues and radiation issues. the design elements are almost there. by 2024, we will be ready to walk on the surface of the moon. we have announced we had a graduation ceremony for 11 new astronauts. these are the best america has to offer. these are the best of the best. and i know you looked over their bios vice president pence, what a privilege it is to convene the national space council and at the dawn of a new era of american leadership in space to be joined by two nasa -- we had 12,000 applicants. demonstration of nasa for the nation. we put the requirements on the

european space station astronauts. we are part of that global cooperation. the european space agencyce agency and its programme so international space agency and its programme so we are international space agency and its programme so we are really excited. libby, how much pressure as everyone under? not that you can do anything about the weather but you do not wa nt about the weather but you do not want too many failed attempts! they will go when it is safe, that is the weather and many other things they are looking at. no one is under pressure to go today, we will go today if we can. everybody is really trained. doug hurley has flown in space on the last space shuttle mission. they know what to expect. right now, they will work through their check list. it is three minutes until we launch. this looks like it will go. let's go back to jane who we managed to get. to this fantastic deployment. these things are difficult enough at the best of times, launching people into space, but this has been done in an era where they are having to content with covid—19 as well. where they are having

the uk is a member of the european space agency. we have tim peakein european space agency.on vehicle or on the bones article so we are looking very carefully at that because we will have british interest in it. the science that happens on the iss is a big part of what happens up and down britain. we have uk —based scientist taking part in that. with the space station at the mini only has three astronauts on board. this launch will take that crew back to five and with regular flights at the spacex a dragon capsule and boeing starlight it will see the crew get back to seven and that means we can do a lot more science and maintain the space station, all of which has benefits to everybody back here on earth.” was talking to jane, and florida, she talked about the weather. we we re she talked about the weather. we were talking about the nerve of these two men who are sitting in that capsule. look at it. we can see it at cape canaveral. high up there on the scaffold. strapped in. they will be for an hour and a7. before they get the not to go. can you actually imagine... there is

in a joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million foredicated drone corridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. diagnostics too could also be done by drone. trials from the university south australia show how temperature and vital signs can be seen by a drone, identifying someone who is coughing and what their temperature is. the system is now being tested by a police force in the us with a dragonfly drone. researchers say it could one day be able to distinguish between different diseases, for example if someone is suffering from coronavirus or ebola. so is this a site we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner

but why wouldn't nasa or the european space agency develop that technology themselves?e concerned, to start using this rocket so they will benefit from that. but in terms of prior launches, this is new technology we have been developing that has allowed elon musk, for example, to be able to make those gps —assisted landings using the racket technology back onto pads on earth and the ships at sea. it is highly sophisticated. there were a number of failures before he got there. this is cutting edge technology. how long has elon musk spent on this programme? he made millions with his earlier work in silicon valley, and he put pretty much everything into this company. he almost went broke with both this company and tesla in the mid—2000. last night, elon musk, exulted, as you would expect, was reminiscing about how back in 2008 he put almost every penny of his millions and billions he had set aside to make this work. he was on the edge of shutting down when they got the contract to fly cargo to the space station with an un—crewed version of the vehicle. so he has been all i

in a joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million foricated drone corridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. diagnostics too could also be done by drone. trials from the university south australia show how temperature and vital signs can be seen by a drone, identifying someone who is coughing and what their temperature is. the system is now being tested by a police force in the us with a dragonfly drone. researchers say it could one day be able to distinguish between different diseases, for example if someone is suffering from coronavirus or ebola. so is this a site we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner t

in a joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million for ce agency says we may one day see dedicated drone corridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this, who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. so, is this a sight we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than we'd imagined. that wasjen. now, for anyone at home with kids, things have, of course, become a little more complicated of late, as we're always looking for ways to entertain them. so marc cieslak has been taking games to the next level. "why don't they go outside and kick a ball about?" that's the phrase often repeated by lots and lots of television preventers right after any item about videogames

the european space agency beamed a powerful message of human unity from stephen hawking out across the see ourselves as a whole. ok, school is back and that means for parents at home, we have to start helping our children with their lessons. the bbc‘s bitesize has had a huge upgrade. sometimes you have to work it out in your head. it has hundreds of bits of interactive content, following the national curriculum for both primary and secondary students. also there is the oak national academy, which is backed by the government here in the uk, and that's designed by teachers and provides video lessons, worksheets and quizzes related to many subjects. the truth is, there is a lot of homeschooling content online, but it's pretty overwhelming for any parent to work out where to go for what. so here's kate russell with a round—up of what's around. you know, it's ok to admit that this shutdown is sending you a little bit doolally. like these parents who posted these brilliant memes about homeschooling. and with schools going back but the kids remaining at home, here is my tech survival kit. man

to make that possible in the future international students of the european space agency are conducting research with various experiments at the european training center for astronauts in cologne dr aden cowley is in charge of the space ship project. outside the center of a lunar station will be built for test and research purposes. so you're looking at is a is a foundation at the moment or the next he wants to see going to rapidly change into a building and we're going to be a large 34 meter diameter dome we're going to have several 100 tons of regolith cement like that is the payment to tell you find on the lunar surface. a small settlement for now in cologne but in the not too distant future one on the moon 2. this is how the scientists imagine it will look. inside there's an airlock and a technical area the main room is provided with daylight like in the i s s the oxygen supply is provided by chemically based air preparation. and there are good example of why we should go back to the moon would be to understand the radiation environment so if you're in a lower orbit at the moment yo

lamar's project with grew out of a lunar project with the european space agency essentially you take robots out to models and the robots mix with an additive the dust the red dust of models. and the robots learning from the bone structure of humans create a shell with the dust which is mixed with the attitude which is over an inflatable structure. faustus settlement would be built with the materials found on the surface of mounds transporting steel girders and concrete blocks into space obviously isn't an option. well of course that is science fiction so the things that i dreamt about and read about. as a as a young person are now reality but i think the whole space thing is in a way perhaps like the tallest building in the medieval cathedral the reach for the heavens i think it's human nature i think is always striving trying to break boundaries trying to stretch the limits of of human ingenuity to defy gravity. down house was all about visions of the future chancing new ground and trusting in technology. today as well disclosure all digital virtual and high tech colonizing other pl

quarantine-while, the european space agency has announced that "human urine could help make concrete said "the 1.5 liters of liquid waste a person generates each day could become a promising by-product for space exploration." inspiring words. reminds me of those famous motivational posters: "shoot for the moon, even if you miss, the 1.5 liters of liquid waste you generate could become a promising by-product for space exploration." quarantine-while, people across the country are finding creative ways to maintain social distancing while reopening the country. like this detroit priest who is spraying holy water from a squirt gun. of course for really big sins, you get the super savior. i gotta say, this is one change i think we should keep when this is all over. it makes church fun! let's keep holy water squirt guns! and while we're at it, log-flume baptisms. quarantine-while, there are now so many stories about using puppets and dolls to fill empty seats that i regretfully introduce my brand new long-running segment, "figurine-while." figurine-while, last week i told you about a restaur

once it does dock, there are resident astronauts and european space agency people up there on board working and doing research as we speak. they will be welcome to board after they open the hatch and hurley and bankin will move in and date to return on planet earth depends on the first official crew launch that spacex and nasa are targeting for august 30th, so last year, mt capsule with mannequin test flight number 1, today is test flight number 2 with astronauts just to make sure everything performs as expected and as needed on that capsule, you know, things are different when you have humans on board especially very experienced astronauts, they can know immediately whether something is not working right or wrong. then, we begin the next phase for nasa as well as the commercial space flight industry, boeing has campus right over there and they're building 3 of their capsules right now to, again, take astronauts as well up to the space station. they haven't set a target date for the first crew launch but they've had already had successful, for the most part successful test flight with their

tim flew as part of the european space agency and of course, it is those agencies that need notjust thea gateway to go and do lunar surface operations so the uk being part of that partnership and continuing to do so, the european space agency is not part of the eu so our membership is not affected by brexit. this is very much our space agency and we are part of this future exploration and that is very exciting and i think people in the uk should be excited about it. is a dog and bob continuing to launch hopefully later today, how will they be feeling? what is it like, that moment when you are about to be propelled into space? they are going to be feeling more excitement than anything else. of course there is some apprehension and anxiety, especially with a new test vehicle, but they are professional test pilots. they will have a her thirst —— might rehearse this many times and frankly, they will be willing and delighted to get a mission into space and so they will be excited about the mission to come. helen, does it take you back? you were in your 20s when you went 7 you were in your 20

the transformation so dramatic the european space agency snapped satellite images taken one year apartse ships. last year more than 600 passed through. their titanic size splashing core oefb wake on fragile foundations says environmental scientist jane da mosto. what is going on with the steps? they look like they're about to fall in the water. >> they probably are about to fall in the water. >> reporter: once last year the damage was not so gradual. four people were injured when this cruise liner slammed into a venetian dock. today -- >> it's more like a lake, and i just imagine that all the buildings in venice are kind of singing to each other. and they must be so relieved not to be so bashed around. >> reporter: without the billowing exhaust, there's been a marked improvement in air quality though not without a cost. empty bridges, empty canals, also empty pockets. without tourists, covid-19 has left the economy here gasping for air. this fish monger says he'll go bankrupt selling to venetians alone. there's only 50,000 of them compared to 30 million tourists who used to come every

now we have the nasa perseverance rover launching in late july and the european space agency will launchover a year later and these are the sort of target areas now that we can send these rovers to to actually check out whether there are preserve signatures of life or not. we don't know. but what we do know is the sort of environments on earth are certainly habitable. and on earth today it would be covered in a whole species, whether or not a shred of microbial or bacterial evidence would be associated with these martian rovers, we just don't know until we go there. >> sandra: you know william, we are taking it all in here with you and we are showing the imagery as we are speaking. with the short time that we have left, what strikes me talking to you is letter, how excited you sound about these developments and b, the amazing detail of the imagery that you have been able to study and come to these conclusions with. >> it really is amazing. it's the team who leads it based at the university of arizona in the united states. essentially the satellite has these very high resolution cameras t

in a joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million for and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this, who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. so, is this a sight we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than we'd imagined. that wasjen. now, for anyone at home with kids, things have, of course, become a little more complicated of late, as we're always looking for ways to entertain them. so marc cieslak has been taking games to the next level. "why don't they go outside and kick a ball about?" that's the phrase often repeated by lots and lots of television preventers right after any item about videogames has just run. goose honks well, in the current circumstances, where all real—world ball—kicking activities have been cancelled for the moment... oh! so sad! ..a lifetime spent playing video games has better equipped millions of people for life in lockdown than all the doomsday prepping o

collaboration when people were building the international space station photo in 1975 the european space agencyem getting on board, more from the ta ke them getting on board, more from the take off than ever before. do you know what those two men might be doing right now, are they allowed to have a sleep, what do they do? well, yes, the journey from have a sleep, what do they do? well, yes, thejourney from earth have a sleep, what do they do? well, yes, the journey from earth to the space station actually takes about 19 hours because they have to get into the right orbit and then doc. so there will be sleep during that time but there will be stage breaks where one will sleep, than the other was sleep. i think it might be quite challenging because if you're on a brand—new rocket, i think i would find it quite hard to sleep! absolutely. what will happen when they get their? what are going to do? so, docking with the space station is a regular occurrence, it happens about every three months. there are people on board the space station who stay there for maybe six to nine months, and they need to s

i think about the robotic arm made in canada, the european space agency built it, columbus laboratoryt. as it was getting closer and closer, the motion stopped. ? am like, what is going on there is a slight spring force. i was moving so slowly with the hand control that the spring force stalled out the motion. leland, -- there is commentary. >> go ahead. doug, we are still waiting for a weather update expected at 18 zulu. it will be closer to the propellant load time. we are currently no go on launch weather but showing expected clear of 1830 zulu. >> ok, copy all. thanks for the update. heard if they were to launch right now, the weather would be no go. sounds like there may be an opportunity if the weather clears, it sounds like they expect it may. we will keep listening. if we hear any chatter especially about the weather we will quiet down so we don't step on that and everyone can hear it with us. you were talking about the work on station. peggy was getting ready to tell you something. leland: it was about to be attached and there were 10,000 people waiting. job security depended

and european craft to one of the most memorable russia's massive mir space station in 2001 now there have been efforts to create international regulations and coordinate among the various space agencies but it's largely left to individual nations to track and inform each other of their actions un treaties in place to sort out who's internationally liable if a space object injures someone on earth most nations try to maneuver their space junk into an official spacecraft cemetery that's 4000 kilometers east of new zealand and one of the most remote parts of the pacific ocean john of the doll is an astronomer at the harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics is joining us now on skype from some of all in massachusetts we really appreciate your time so thank you very much indeed if it's possible normally to be able to maneuver parts of space debris into this particular space cemetery or into a particular range away from the earth what happened in this case right well it turns out that you want to be able to do that you have to make that rocket engine restartable and it appears that the chinese for whatever reason to date the rocket launch didn't do that they just left it up there with n

and european craft to one of the most memorable russia's massive m i our space station in 2001 have been efforts to create international regulations and coordinate among the various space agencies but it's largely left to individual nations to try and inform each other of their actions a u.n. treaty is in place to sort out who is liable if a space object injures someone on earth all stations try to maneuver their space junk into an official spacecraft cemetery 144-4000 kilometers east of new zealand jonathan mann doll is an astronomer at the harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics he says it appears the chinese had no plan in place to bring the rocket back to earth under control. they have been getting better about very good space citizens. and they used to launch from central china and the lower stages of their rockets would fall on villages in china so this launch was actually going to be a new spaceport in hind an island that launches over the ocean so that safer unfortunately the the the rocket stage once in orbit either they didn't have a plan to bring it down or 'd whatever plan they had didn't work and they haven't really been forthcoming about it's not just the prob

in european craft to one of the most memorable russia's massive moose space station in 2001 there have been efforts to create international regulations and coordinate among the various space agencies but it's largely left to individual nations to track and inform each other of their actions and un treaties in place to sort out who is liable if a space object injures someone on earth now most nations try to maneuver their space junk into an official spacecraft cemetery 4000 kilometers east of new zealand well jonathan mcdowell who is an astronomer at the harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics he says it appears the chinese had no plan in place to bring the rocket back to earth under control. they have been getting better about a good space that is a mess. and they used to launch from central china and the lower stages of their rockets would fall on villages in china so this launch was actually done from a new spaceport in hind an island that watches over the ocean so that safer i'm forced to leave the rocket stage once in orbit either they didn't have a plan to bring it down or 'd whatever plan they had didn't work and i may have really been forthcoming about this not just the

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