there's no doubt that the international space station is crucial to our space program, to our research enterprise, and our international relationships. as we've discussed today, there will come a time when the space station reaches the end of its operational life. we must have a plan in place for the next generation of low-earth orbit activities. when nasa was winding down the shuttle program, i can't help but draw a comparison between the retirement of the space shuttle which resulted in the rise of a vibrant commercial launch industry with nasa's current plan to transition the space station to a fully commercialized low-earth orbit. i'm curious, what lessons did nasa learn from the retirement of the shuttle about how transitioning large programs? >> thank you for that question. yes indeed, we did experience a gap in our transportation system when we the shuttle. we do not wish to repeat that with our u.s. human presence in low-earth orbit. this is a key tenant of our iss transition plan that nasa has put together. we can't have a gap in american human spaceflight in low-earth orbit.

he certainly got a friendly welcome as he floated on board the international space station. �* the internationalf. a few hours earlier, _ station. and lift off. a few hours earlier, he - station. and lift off. a few hours earlier, he had - station. and lift off. a few i hours earlier, he had blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome, the first tourist rush had taken displays in more than a decade. the exact price for the trip remained a secret, but some speculate he may have spent somewhere in the region of $50 million for his high altitude holiday. space tourism is a relatively new business. it was in 2001 russia through the first tourist into space, the first tourist into space, the russian entrepreneur or dennis tito. ten years later nasa retired its shuttle programme and needed to use russian rockets to reach the space station, which meant there was no room for any cosmic tourists. but in 2020, would be successful docking of elon musk�*s spacex dragon capsule, nasa could ferry its own astronauts to the iss and russia once again could offer wealthy holidaymakers a trip to the stars. but there

and a very warm greeting from the international space station astronaut to celebrate new year 16 times the orbit. the earth and got a message from them. the news broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our international . i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us as we bring in the new year. it's already 2 hours old here in moscow. russia is now completely in 2022. it's vast territories from the far east to clinic. brought in the west had welcomed in the new year or to daniel strong was one of only a few in moscow's red square where traditional celebrations have been curved because of corporate. ah, with the warmest of wishes and warmest, a welcomes for me on red square to everybody watching everybody back in the studio all over the world and all over russia. and i am of course, one of only a few on red square deal. 30, the senior fits are actually close, and the venue entirely to the public care, of course, because of coven regulations. but i've got plenty to keep me company here, as he just seen the fantastic firework salute light singled. there must go

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irresponsible act endangered the satellites of other nations as well as astronauts in the international space stationas activity in space grows, we must reaffirm the rights of all nations and we must demand spots ability -- responsibility. we must expand rules and norms on safety and security, transparency and cooperation. we must include military, commercial and space activity. the united states has led the developmentexpiration. 13 nations have signed on so far. from here we must work to expand signatories. in my recent meetings with the presidents of france and mexico, both nations have indicated their intention to join. promoting rules and norms, addressing the climate crisis, building on our stem workforce, these are the three areas that will guide our work today. there are many more this counsel will address in the days, weeks and months ahead. keeping that in mind, i will conclude with this. the astronauts who have returned home from space, they describe with wonder a new awareness of not only what is out there but what is right here, looking at earth from hundreds of thousands of miles away,

billy in there you sucka me as our has returned to earth after spending 12 days on the international space station as our became the 1st space tourist to travel to the international space station in more than a decade. as our is also set to become the 1st private passenger flying to the moon on a space x rock it in 2023 letters in hong kong have mostly stayed away from a legislative election in which all candidates were betted for their loyalty to beijing. the hong kong electoral affairs commission said voter turnout was 30.2 percent. that's a record blow for the chinese administered territory. the legislative poll is hong kong 1st since beijing imposed a sweeping national security law and reform the electoral system. many opposition candidates have been silence, jailed or have fled the territory. tanya is the editor in chief of hong kong, free press, and independent english language newspaper in hong kong and join. just now tom, less than the 3rd voters even bother to cast their boats in this election is staying away from the polls. the new way of protesting and hong kong. after all other options

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he returned from a 12-day trip to the international space station. he scene earlier today as he emerged from his space capsule that landed in kazakhstan. it made him the first space tourist to travel to the international space station in more than a decade. i would settle for an on-time flight back to new hampshire at this stage, that i will see you tomorrow. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da-da ♪♪ newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, covid on the rise-- infections spike, and more schools and businesses close, as hospitals brace for a wave of patients from the omicron variant. then, high stakes-- democ

says a japanese billionaire blasted off this morning from kazakhstan on a mission to the international space stationu maezawa and his assistant who is filming the mission were joined by a russian cosmonaut on board the soyuz spacecraft. the two tourists will spend 12 days in space and will be the first self-paying tourists since 2009. maezawa has booked a trip on spacex with a mission to fly around the moon in 2023. >>> still to come, an oreo cookie snack for adults only. a new red wine that's blended with flavors of the iconic sandwich cookie. >>> he >>> here's a look at the forecast in some cities around the country. ♪ >>> fire crews overnight rushed to put out a burning christmas tree located outside of the fox news building in new york city. the thick black smoke and flames were spotted shortly after midnight. police say they arrested a man in connection with the incident. a motive has not been released. >>> on the cbs "money watch" now, an update on amazon's cloud outage, and a new wine that pairs with oreo cookies. naomi ruchim is at the new york stock exchange with those stories and more. goo

fashion, billionaire, you sucka me as our has returned to earth after spending 12 days on the international space station. me as our became the 1st space tourist to travel to the international space station in more than a decade is how it is also set to become the 1st private passenger flying to the moon on a space, ex rocket in 2023 in south america, chileans have elected the leftist former student protest leader gabriel burridge as their new president all wing, one of the most polarizing elections in decades. supporters of the progressive social democrats celebrated the victory in santiago, chile, moorish ran on a platform ins supported public education, healthcare and equal rights, or indigenous people, and l. g. b t q. people, his opponent far right. ultraconservative. jose antonio cast, phoned burridge and conceded defeat. cost was seen as the law and order. kennedy let's bring in latin america expert. good to my hold here. he works at the german institute for international and security fairs here in berlin. good. have a with us now. gabrielle burridge is not only the youngest candidate who ever got

space tourists are landing in the contact step after spending nearly 2 weeks aboard the international space station. and for more on this we can cross live it to our correspondent egos, dawn of who is in the russian mission, control center, and your space is cool. you know that. so tell us what's happening, what you will indeed show. and this is russia's houston. so to speak, and indeed the crew of 3 have successfully landed in the steps of cassock, stand for the crew for the, for the russian cosmonaut and the hero of russia. it is a, this trope wraps up his 3rd successful mission into orbit. but there were 2 pioneers, the 2 1st comers, and that was a japanese billionaire and his assistant who did spend just short of 2 weeks in orbit. they did start, they did blast off into space towards the international space station on the 8th of december. and just now they have returned to earth, they did not just, ah, you didn't know it was tourism, of course, but they did not just wall a stay idle in there. in fact, the billionaire while back on earth, he spoke, he choses some about a 100 of activities which

mary chelsea al jazeera, the latest tourist to visit the international space station are back on earth after 12 days japanese bill in the air you circle, missouri is assistant and a russian cosmonaut all landed in kazakhstan. earlier missouri were bid farewell to the space station crew before boarding the russian soldiers rocket. they're the 1st self paying tourist to visit the space station since 2009. ah. talk for a quick chat at the top stories here. this hour left us gabriel. burridge is one chiles presidential election. he defeated his right wing opponent, was antonia cast by 11 percent big and larger than was expected. he's promising to be a leader for all chileans in little, you know, our government has the conviction to look forward to the challenges that we have before us. it cannot be just changed by talking to the mirror. i'm not here to only speak to people who think like me to change the way people who think differently. we are here to ensure that once and for all the our courses sufficient for all chileans. and we can achieve a wonderful life under the thousands of protes

the current russian saved the so called sate, which is you last notes travelling to the international space station. canadian national come on to chris hatfield. will the so called see during his file ship into space where he became famous for his city on board, the international space station to sleep. mm. you say he shows me around a circle say like the one he flew in. well, i'm a bit nervous about being completely enclosed inside a precious seat. so i want to know from his perspective, what a space suit is actually like to where the russian suit is varies very elegantly simple, very purpose designed. the suit that i wore on the shuttle much more robust because you have to actually be able to jump out and come down under a parachute in it. so it has to be a little more rugged suit than, than the, than the russian suit. but they both do their job well, i wouldn't where either of them recreation please. there. they are uncomfortable, hot rubber. no non compliant. garments to work. so it's not too much difference say to putting on a big heavy, wet suit and a scuba tank and a snorkel and fins and mas

my z, our entertain social media followers were photographs of videos from the international space station. now he set his sights on the moon. as obey were boys, se of jeff has gone there. back on earth. you saw cool my as our spent 12 days in space, a practice run for when he hopes to become the 1st space tourist on illinois mosques . space x trip around the moon in 2023. the 4 to 6 year old took off from carfax, than, than between his assistant and video producer, years or herano flew along to document his journey. it took months of training before the flight into space, missouri updated his followers on social media. he said he was fulfilling a childhood dream. i know that soon he came along there. i didn't think i'd be able to go to space. i used to like the starry sky and heavenly bodies. i feel fortunate to have this opportunity and to finally fulfill my dream book, it's not known how much it's exactly cost to reach for the stars and for, but it's thought to be around $50000000.00 with the u. s. companies space adventures. mazda was a household name in japan, making his fortune with

from kazakhstan two hours ago and is now on board a russian spacecraft traveling to the international space station 12-day mission. the 46-year-old says that the purpose of his trip is to share the experience of going to space as a commoner and give the perspective that is different from an austria toro naught. a recent video of him on his youtube channel showed him trying on a space suit and struggling to learn russian. it was organized by a virginia-based company called space adventures. now, this won't be the eccentric japanese billionaire's only trip to space. he rented a spacex rocket to fly around the moon as early as 2023. he made headlines earlier this year when he began accepting applications from ordinary people from all over the world to join him on that spacex flight with the billionaire footing the bill. max? >> okay, blake, exciting stuff. we'll look forward to the pictures. >>> now, the city council in south port land, maine, may have elected the country's first somali-american man. he said a lot has changed since 2018 when she first ran for the council and won. a fellow city council

international space. station artes report has done the armstrong looks at how it could potentially paved the way for the rest of his one day space. exploration and russia is a long and storied love affair. and nowhere is that more apparent than here in the city of bacon or in the heart of the cassock, step here in the middle of over 2000 kilometers of harsh and barren land rockets like this. so use model here, blasting into orbit, and the cities calling card and space travel is speciality ah. 6 decades ago russian cosmonaut eureka gary set off from the bacon or cosmic job to become the 1st man in orbit and paved the way for human space exploration. now on december, the 8th, japanese billionaire, you saki maze our will osha in a new era and space travel by becoming the 1st ever space taurus on iraq, cosmos flight, dedicated entirely to commercial travel. now ms hours 12 day stay in space will set off from exactly the same spot as you gardens and the by can or cosmic job. this is the so use a mass rock. it will ferry maze. our way into space to the i assess from here at the by can or cause

be whisking the latest billionaire to the holiday destination of a lifetime, namely the international space station id is donny armstrong. lose at how good, by the way, potentially for the rest of his one day space. exploration and russia is a long story. live affair and nowhere is that more apparent than here in the city of by can or. busy in the heart of the cars accept in the middle of over 2000 kilometers of harsh and foreign land rocket like this. i use model here, blasting in some of the cities calling cut space. travel is speciality ah 6 decades ago russian cosmonaut eureka gary set often the by can or cause my job to become the 1st man in orbit and paved away for human space exploration. now on december, the 8th japanese billionaire, you saki mays, iowa, will usher in a new era of space travel by becoming the 1st ever space tourist on a rock cosmo, slight dedicated entirely to commercial travel. now ms hours 12 day stay in space will set off from exactly the same spot as you gardens and the by can or cosmic job . and this is the so use a mass rock it will ferry maze. our way into space to t

the moment the japanese billionaire entered to the international space station as a tourist and as lots to get through in sporting painting and champions league acts in allocated crisis. and all that and pun timor coming up off of the break. ah, new zealand is a boot watches parent. but this south pacific nation has one of the worst extinction records on earth. rats and other introduced premises have decimated the nike bird population. the decline is still ongoing. if we let it roll for another 50 years, they won't be much left to restore. now, you zealand is leading the world with an extraordinary goal to wipe out the countries with peers. by 2050. there's nowhere else on the planet like this. and we now have the technology, the well and the low here to do it and take those bases. finally, after 2 days of 36 that we made our 1st, hey we both birds will joined 14 other key. we released in the last few mom. it's a vital step in saving while t we which will almost walked out across the region 2 decades ago. lou ah, for. thanks for your company live at from us special a fee for our cups in

holidays but the astronauts on the international space station have also taken a bit of a break. take a look. the crew of expedition $66.00, including for nasa astronaut and one from the european space agency. dressed up for this festive occasion. merry christmas with erica, happy holidays. happy new year from all of expedition. 66 and your up to date here on d. w. news coming up next is sports life. of course there's more in instagram and twitter. it dw news on our breaking news app. and on d w dot com, i'm jared read for those, celebrating a merry christmas to you will add thanks to with her. i'm just kinda, i think that's hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot us to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this? with the smugglers with lions, it's abby. what's your story? he wasn't, i was women, especially victims of violence in labs and take part and send us your story. we are trying always to understand this new culture. so you are not a visitor, not the guests. you want to become a citizen. in phil migrants, your platform for reliable information wi

i should mention that the international space station has had to dodge _ international space station, it's not all on one side. jonathan _ times. so, it's not all on one side. jonathan mcdowell. more now on our main story — the uk government has defended its decision not to introduce further restrictions in england before january. ministers have said they will continue to monitor the situation and the spread of the omicron variant, and will act if necessary. the news has been welcomed by the hospitality industry, but some experts say it is unclear what the impact will be. earlier, i spoke to nightclub owner terry george to get his reaction. well, you've caught me in a good mood, a happy mood, in actualfact, because this move is what we've been praying for. we've had a terrible week running up to christmas because of the cancellations that we've had. we've had lots of people being unsure whether to come out, people actually getting the virus, whatever conditions they've been suffering with. and this week, we're being told that new year's day can go ahead as planned. and that is great

only people here on earth that are celebrating the holidays, but the astronauts on the international space station have also taken a bit of a break. take a look. the crew of expedition $66.00, including for nasa astronaut on one from the european space agency. dressed up for this festive occasion. merry christmas, very grisly. very good. happy holidays. happy new year from all expedition. 66 and your up to date here on d. w. news coming up next is sports life. of course there's more in instagram and twitter. it dw news on our breaking news app. and on the w dot comp. i'm jared read for those, celebrating a merry christmas to you will. and thanks to with her, i'm just kinda i think that's hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot of to you anymore. we will send you back her are you from.

oh, the astronauts on the international space station have also taken a bit of a break this holiday season. merry christmas recruit. we're very happy holidays. happy new year from all of expedition. 66. the crew including for nasa astronaut and one from the european space agency brought a touch of festive che, while orbiting 400 kilometers about the earth. in watching data with the news. as a reminder of the top story we're following for you. south africa as archbishop desmond to, to has died at the age of 90 is death was announced by south african presidents that will remo hosa to, to was a key figure bringing south africans apartheid system to an end. he won the nobel peace prize for his work in 1984. that's a news update. we'll have more headlines at the top of the next or her. i'm scared that i that's hard and it is a me, you don't want to look to see you anymore. we will send you back her or you.

. >>> breaking overnight, some visitors are starting their trip to the international space station. they blasted off moments ago from kazakhstan. if all goes well, they'll arrive at the station in time for coffee. three men are on board, including a japanese billionaire and his assistant who will document the journey. he will spend 12 days in orbit. he's already paid $500 million to be part of spacex's trip around the moon in 2023. >>> coming up, the fire log that smells like fried chicken. >> wait, what? plus the big stars throwing it back to the '80s with live reenactments of "the facts of life", and "different strokes." that's next. you're watching "world news now." policy you no longer need?w you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit coventrydirect.com to find

the astronauts on the international space station have also taken bit of a break. merry christmas merry christmas eric happy holidays. happy new year from all of expedition. 66. the crew including for nasa astronaut and one from the european space agency for the touch of festive chair while orbiting 400 kilometers above the if you're watching the date of the news that johnny's update this hour, but don't go away. i'll report a series is up after a short break. i'll be back next hour with more headlines. ms. always wore on instagram and twitter at j. w news. and of course, when our breaking news app on our website, www. dot com. i'm recreate as in berlin, thanks very much for watching. ah ah ah ah, how long does a moment.

but he certainly got a friendly welcome as he floated on board the international space station. have spent somewhere in the region of $50 million for his high—altitude holiday. space tourism is a relatively new business. it was in 2001 that russia flew the first tourist into space. the american entrepreneur dennis tito. ten years later, nasa retired its shuttle programme and needed to use russian rockets to reach the space station which meant there was no room for any cosmic tourists. but in 2020 with the successful docking of elon musk�*s space x dragon capsule nasa could ferry its own astronauts to the iss and russia once again could offer wealthy holiday makers a trip to the stars. but there�*s competition now for those tourist dollars. jeff bezos and sir richard branson launching their own rival businesses although they don�*t go as far as the international space station. as for yusaku maezawa he had the opportunity to speak to friends and family back home. once this trip is complete, he says he wants to fly around the moon. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why spotif

the accused is nasa astronaut international space station crewmember, serena chancellor. hile docked at the international space station her motive according to the russians was to force the mission to enter early after getting into a fight with her boyfriend was also a space station crewmember. as a claims russians made up a story to cover their own incompetence and if it's true, it's the most epic breakup revenge story and history. here with me tonight to discuss that felt -- you think she did it? she's married. >> is it cheating if it's not on earth? kennedy: it's not. >> i don't know. you are using space condoms, not cheating. no herpes in space. everybody knows that. [laughter] everybody knows sex tourism in space is a big thing. you heard it here folks. assess had even with holes in the ship, there's no way anybody could have suffocated so it's not like she was being dramatic, she wasn't being back dramatic, and sometimes when you're in a fight with your boyfriend whether you have a husband or not in a fight with your boyfriend you don't feel you are being vehicle. ke

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